MPTH Midterm-Reviewer
MPTH Midterm-Reviewer
MPTH Midterm-Reviewer
TYPES OF TOURISM
- focuses on the tourist’s gaining exposure to - involves visits to factories to learn about the production
process of products.
paintings, sculpture and other forms of art.
- usually considered a sub-category of cultural tourism.
- Tourists visit places to appreciate works of famous
artists, local or international. FESTIVAL TOURISM
- focuses on festivals
CULTURAL TOURISM - It is a sub-category of events tourism traveling to join in
the celebration of specific festivals.
- involves experiencing or having contact of different
intensity with the unique social fabric, heritage and
special characteristic of places. HEALTH TOURISM
Primary reasons:
- Enriching information and knowledge on - travel for improvement of health, including spas and
other countries medical treatments.
- Satisfaction of the need for entertainment - travel to a different country or state for health-related
reasons
Some drivers of health tourism:
ECOTOURISM - Lack of facilities
- High treatment costs
- consist of travel to relatively undisturbed or - Anonymity
uncontained natural areas with specific objective of
studying, admiring, and enjoying the scenery and its
wild plants and animals.
MICE
- Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibition
EDUCATIONAL TOURISM Tourism
- involves travel to attend scientific, professional and
- main purpose: learning even political gatherings.
- an organized learning usually made available to - engages in more by business travelers than leisure
students travelers.
SPORTS TOURISM
EVENTS TOURISM
- travel and participation or attendance at a
predetermined sports activity.
DISASTER TOURISM
ENO TOURISM
- traveling to disasters scene for interest, not to help.
- Tasting, consuming, or purchasing wine at wineries.
Top destinations for wine tastings:
- France, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Argentina, GAY TOURISM
Australia, South Africa, Spain, New Zealand,
Moldova and Chile - “Pink Tourism”
- To participate in the gay life of a destination.
FASHION TOURISM
SEX TOURISM
- visiting places to enjoy and buy fashion related items.
Top fashion destinations in the world: - Traveling for sexual purposes, often with prostitutes.
- New York, Paris, Barcelona, London, Rome, - It is illegal in many countries
Milan, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Berlin and Popular sex tourism destinations:
Toronto - Amsterdam, Thailand, and the Gambia.
Reasons for engaging this kind of tourism:
- More relaxed morality law in the host
HALAL TOURISM community
- Less rigorous enforcement of laws
- geared towards Muslim families who follow the rules of - Cheaper rates
Islam - More anonymity/privacy
Famous Halal tourism destinations in the - Finding certain ethnic groups more attractive
world: - Finding sex in tropical surroundings and hot
- Malaysia, UAE, Turkey, Indonesia, Saudi climate more
Arabia, Marocco, Jordan and Qatar.
ELLSWORTH MILTON STATLER Circulating hot and cold water in each room
Full-length mirrors
Father of Modern American Hotel Industry Morning newspaper
Premier hotel-man of all time
October 26, 1863-April 16, 1928 Founder of the
Statler Hotel chain
CONRAD HILTON
He started working at the age of 9 at the LaBelle The King of Innkeepers
Glass Factory “The biggest hotel man in the world”
his 13th year he had obtained a job as a bellboy. Thus It was with the intention of buying a
began a life in the hotel industry bank that he arrived in Texas at the
Age 15 - he had become head bellboy, then night desk height of the oil boom.
clerk, and finally day desk clerk. 1919 - He bought his first hotel instead, the 40-
The first such venture was a billiard room in the room Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, when a
McLure Hotel. bank purchase fell through.
He then went on to develop a bankrupt bowling club. He went on to buy and build hotels throughout Texas
most ambitious move came in 1894 when he opened 1925
Statler's Restaurant in the new Ellicott Square - high rise Dallas Hilton
Building in Buffalo.
- he built his first hotel to carry the Hilton
Buffalo- had a reputation as a poor restaurant
name in Dallas.
town.
1927 - Abilene Hilton
He discovered the power of advertising.
1928 - Waco Hilton
A series of newspaper ads and publicity stunts later,
1930 - El Paso Hilton
Statler's Restaurant was a resounding success.
1938 - Conrad Hilton opened his first hotel outside
1901 - he opened a 2100 room temporary hotel,
Texas, the Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco.
the “Outside Inn” to house visitors to the Pan
1939 - built his first hotel
American Exposition in Buffalo.
outside of Texas in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
He had carried his dream of building a fine hotel over
today known as the Hotel Andaluz.
25 years.
During the Great Depression Hilton - nearly
With the end of the St. Louis fair Statler was prepared
forced into bankruptcy and lost several of his
to build his first permanent hotel. It would be in Buffalo
hotels.
and would incorporate all he had learned from his
1943 - had properties from coast to coast.
previous ventures. This hotel, the Buffalo Statler,
1945 - as World War II ended, Hilton purchased
quickly became famous and successful.
what was the largest hotel of its time, The Stevens
1908 - Ellsworth Milton Statler opened what many
Hotel, and renamed it the Chicago Hilton and
believed to be the first “modern” hotel, the Buffalo
Towers.
Statler.
1949 - acquired one of the most famous hotels of
“A Bed with A Bath for A Dollar and A Half” Famous
all time founded by the legendary William Waldorf
Slogan
Astor, The Waldorf-Astoria.
1954 - The Hotels Statler Company, Inc., was sold
1954 - purchased the Statler Hotel Company in
to Conrad Hilton's (Hilton Hotels) for
what was then the largest real estate transaction to
$111,000,000 in what was then the world's largest
date with the amount of 111 million dollars.
real estate transaction.
1950s-1960s - Hilton expanded domestically and
internationally.
STATLER’S MODERN HOTELINNOVATIONS 1979 - the founder, Conrad Hilton, died. His son,
INCLUDE: Barron Hilton became the president and
continued to run the company today.
Fire doors Barron Hilton (William Barron Hilton) was born on
Installation of light switches inside the door so that Sunday, October 23, 1927 in Dallas
guests could enter a lighted room
Private bathrooms
Key holes placed directly
above doorknobs for easy access
ERNEST HENDERSON AND ROBERT MOORE Born July 25, 1822 at Bristol England
WITH GEORGE HENDERSON 1822 - announced himself as the 1st steamship
agent.
Founders of Sheraton Hotel Corporations He began booking passengers on steamers to
The world's leading international hotel company various Bristol Channels ports and to Dublin.
and third-largest hotel company in terms of number
of rooms, ITT Sheraton Corporation owns, leases, THOMAS COOK
manages, or franchises some 450 hotels, inns, and
resorts in 65 countries on five continents. born November 22, 1808 in Derbyshire, England.
June 9, 1841 - old cabinet maker Thomas Cook
walked from his home in Market Harborough to
HOWARD DEARING JOHNSON nearby town of Leicester to attend a meeting.
A former Baptist preacher, Thomas Cook
Pioneer of Brand Leveraging believed that most Victorian social problems were
was one of the first to introduce franchising in the related to alcohol and the lives of working people
1930’s. One of the famous names in the restaurant would greatly improve if they drank less and
and hotel business. became better educated.
developed the concept of a uniform system of As he walked along the road to Leicester, he later
operations that provided consistency in the rapid recalled, “the thought suddenly flashed across my
expansion of his restaurants and lodging properties. mind as the practicality of employing the great
1925 - began his hospitality empire in Wollaston, powers of railways and locomotion for the
Massachusetts, in a small patent medicine store furtherance of social reforms.”
and soda fountain that he inherited from his father. At the meeting, Thomas suggested that a special
train be engaged to carry the supporters of
Are hotel (apartelles), building or edifices It provides lodging to tourists who cannot be
containing several independent & furnished or accommodated in hotels and motels during
semi-furnished apartments that are regularly peak vacation periods.
leased to tourists & travelers for dwelling. Example:
More or less long-term basis & offering basic Airbnb - an online marketplace that connects
services to its tenants similar to hotels. people who want to rent out their homes with
Example: people
Copacabana Apartment Hotel who are looking for accommodations in that
locale. Aside from being cheaper than the
PARADORES regular hotel guestroom, guest can
experience a more relaxed
Are old convents, monasteries, castles converted
environment as they immersed themselves as
into hotels by the government and operated by a
if they are locals of the area. Hosts or the
national tourism office.
owners rent out their space to those who are
They are generally priced reasonably with full-
interested at a more reasonable cost.
meal plans.
First-class paradores are found in Spain and
Ireland.
CLASSIFICATION OF HOTELS (5)
PENSIONS
Hotel classification by Location
Private or family-operated tourist accommodations According to Types of Guests
similar to boarding houses or guesthouses. According to Price
They offer food and lodging to tourists and are well According to Star Level Classification
known for their informal family atmosphere. According to Quality Ranking
BED AND BREAKFAST HOTELS
HOTEL CLASSIFICATION BY LOCATION (3)
A Bed and Breakfast (often abbreviated to B&B, B
and B, BnB or BB) Center City/ City Center -Generally located in
Provide a room, bath & a hearty breakfast to the heart of city within a short distance from
tourists and/ or travelers. business and shopping centers.
Example:
HOSTELS Fairmont Raffles Hotel Makati
Hostels provide basic amenities such as a bunk
bed and a commonly shared toilet and bathroom. Airport Hotels
The traveler provides his or her own bedding. A hotel near the airport. The hotel does not have
Hostels appeal primarily to young travelers. to be connected to the airport (although some are)
Cons: or even adjacent to it. Most airport hotels have a
Some hostels don’t accept credit card payment shuttle to and from the terminals.
Fewer amenities
Potentially noisy Resort Hotels
Pros: A resort hotel is like a mini-village, with everything
Low cost any discerning guest could ever need without
You’ll meet other travelers leaving the premises.
Fewer hidden fees Think large-scale, gorgeous accommodations,
big, beautiful grounds, and a seriously impressive
CAMPGROUNDS
slew of amenities -- golf courses, swimming pools,
It usually appeals to the families who travel in tennis courts, etc.
recreational vehicles (RVs) Floating Hotels