Exam 5: Accommodations

Lodging available along highways are typically motels, not hotels.

There are various classifications of lodging establishments within the accommodations industry.Explain some of the ways accommodations are categorized.Include in your answer a description of specific types of accommodations within each category, along with a specific Canadian property that fits into each of your examples.

Hotels often have a wide variety of prices available to customers, rarely holding to a single fixed price. i)Identify five variables that can influence the price of a room; provide a brief description of your choices. ii)Hotels establish a selection of meal plans that can be offered to guests.Describe three distinct meal plan packages.

MAP is a meal plan that includes two meals with the room rate, usually breakfast and dinner.

Banquets and catering are particularly good revenue generators because _____________________.

One of the first styles of hotel was called a hospitium.It provided ____________________.

Housekeeping is only responsible for keeping hotel rooms clean and tidy.

The first inn constructed in North America was built in Boston in 1706.

Factors that determine the price of a hotel room do not include ___________________.

An FAC is a franchise advisory council whose job is to ______________________.

Room service becomes the most expensive food service a hotel runs because __________________.