Hospitality Management: An Introduction to the Major

A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Background:  Hospitality comes from the French word 'hospice', which means to provide for the weary or to take care of those traveling  Hotel comes from the French word 'hôtel' meaning host usually referred to a building seeking frequent visitors than a place offering accommodations (Hotels)  Sold a soup called restorantes or 'to restore the body' (Restaurant) Inception Dates  The Hospitality Industry dates all the way back to the Colonial Period in the 1700's and some say as early as 40 B.C.  The industry as we know today started forming in the 1950's and 60's The Beginnings of the industry:  Ancient Greece: guest right were an established set of conventions that were accepted among different cultures in the Greek world (Social and religious purposes)  Ancient Rome: Roman businessmen travelled. They were some of the first know people to travel for pleasure  Middle Ages: Others provided safety, shelter and food travelers from the increase use of coaches, which made traveling more popular. Nobles and rich stayed in monasteries and the poor or lower class usually stayed in inns, or private homes.  The New World: As people started settling in the New World, they brought with them their own terms of eating and resting places namely the increase use of inns and taverns.

Brief Timeline of the Recent Past in the Industry: (Brown: Hotels, Black: restaurants)  1765: Boulanger created the first restaurant selling soup  1889 Cesar Ritz open Hotel Ritz  1891: The YWCA of Kansas City: The first Cafeteria  1910: The first Ritz Carleton in the US  1919: Hilton Founded  1925: First Hilton  1936: The first drive-in restaurant was opened in Glendale, CA  1943: First Coast To Coast Hotel  1950: Kemmons Wilson  1952: First Holiday Inn Opens  1953: First Hotel Stock  1954: Ray Kroc created the McDonald's Enterprise  1977: The first 'Happy Meal' was tested in St. Louis  1979: The first 'Happy Meal' was served during the 'Circus Wagon' Promotion 9