To undertake selective research in the Hospitality Industry. To critically analyze a range of key contemporary issues affecting the Hospitality sector. To critically analyze the development of ethical & sustainable practices within the sector. To debate complex cultural & sociological issues raised by the development of the hospitality industry in new tourism destinations. 1. Research and critically analyse any three key contemporary issues facing the hospitality sector, justify your choice and outline suggested recommendations or solutions for each one. Ensure that you provide specific examples as part of your work. 2.Critically analyse the concept of ethical and sustainable developments in the hotel sector generally, evaluating the sustainable practices in two specific hotel examples. 3.Discuss the positive and negative effects of the development of hotels on the socio-cultural environment of a new tourism destination using one specific example. 4.Overall written presentation, accuracy and style including a suitable introduction to the portfolio, and a critical summary of the research at the end. 5.All sources of information should be acknowledged using the Harvard referencing system. The portfolio should include references from credible sources such as journal articles. – This Assignment has been designed to assess your understanding of the often complex issues in Hospitality Management and your ability to critically analyse and evaluate those issues. You have been asked to identify three key contemporary issues facing the hotel sector. You should initially establish why you have selected your examples before critically analysing the issues, offering recommendations and solutions for each. Students should provide examples as part of this section. The next section of your assignment should focus on critically analysing ethical and sustainable developments in the hotel sector, evaluating the sustainable practices in two specific hotel examples. Your final piece will explore the challenges the hotel industry faces in a global context. As part of that research you will also need to consider the context of cultural and sociological issues raised by the development of the Hotel industry in new tourism destinations, clearly identifying how ‘new’ tourism destinations are classified and why. Finally, you are expected to produce a critical summary of your research. You are expected to use existing literature, such as journal articles and books, to guide your research. It is therefore imperative that you support every argument you make, through the use of references. Your report should draw on relevant theories and concepts, applied analysis of data, country or company information and a discussion of issues, recognising a range of perspectives.
