Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Ancient History
1. The Sumerians
❑ The recorded history of the
hospitality industry begins
with the Sumerians, a
group of people who
inhabited an area known
as Mesopotamia, near the
Persian Gulf, by about 4000
BC.
J. Willard Marriott
who started in the
restaurant business
first, opened his first
hotel called the Twin
Bridges in 1957
2. Warm Shower
3. Meals
➢ Holiday/leisure
➢ Business
➢ Convention
➢ Visiting tourist attraction