Vocabulary Activities
14. Review the Terms to Know list at the
beginning of the chapter. In teams, create
categories for the terms and classify as many
of the terms as possible. Share your ideas
with the class.
15. Read the text passages that contain each of
the following terms: hospitality, foodservice
industry, lodging industry, travel industry,
tourism industry, and recreation industry.
Write a defi nition of each term in your own
words. Verify your defi nitions by rereading
the text and using the text glossary.
Critical Thinking
16. Organize. Make a list of at least 12 hospitality
businesses that you have used or would like
to use. Organize those 12 businesses into
the fi ve segments of the hospitality industry.
Using this information, make an electronic
presentation explaining the segments of the
hospitality industry.
17. Compare and contrast. Describe a pleasure
trip and a business trip. Then compare and
contrast the two.
18. Choose. Imagine you want to open your own
restaurant. Would you rather start your own
independent business or buy a franchise?
Explain your reasons.
19. Predict. Imagine you are a professional in the
hospitality industry. Explain why you would
join a professional organization.
20. Create. Create a poster illustrating the diversity
of the hospitality industry in your local area.
Share the presentation with your class.
Core Skills
21. Math. Select a hotel franchise and research its
website. How many units does the franchise
own? How much does it cost to purchase a
unit in the franchise? What is involved in
purchasing a business unit in the franchise?
What other information did you fi nd
about the franchise on this website? Create
a spreadsheet or a graphic presentation
organizing your fi ndings.
22. Reading. Read a credible magazine,
newspaper, or online article about the impact
of the economy on the travel and tourism
industry. Determine the central ideas of the
article and review the conclusions made by
the author. Provide an accurate summary
of your reading, making sure to identify the
who, what, when, where, why, and how of
the article’s central idea.
23. Writing. Write an essay on how tourism
affects the economy in your area or state.
24. Speaking. Research the different types of
career and technical student organizations.
What types of opportunities do these
organizations provide students? Why are
they important? Give an oral report to the
class on your fi ndings.
25. Writing. Visit a local lodging property, such
as a hotel, motel, or bed-and-breakfast. Write
an essay about your visit, describing the
lodging property in detail.
26. Speaking. Contact your closest visitor’s
bureau to ask about recreation opportunities
in your area. Give an oral report to your class
about your fi ndings.
27. CTE Career Readiness Practice. Imagine it is
fi ve years in the future and you are starting
your fi rst full-time job. Your new employer
is a meeting, event, and convention planning
agency, and you know the work is fast-
paced and demanding. You have watched
some family members and friends suffer the
effects of workplace stress on their health
and wellness over the years. Your goal is to
maintain health and wellness by developing
a plan for handling workplace stress.
Investigate and evaluate the resources on the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health link on the Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) website. Then write your plan for
preventing job stress.
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