Answers to the questions below should be thorough and express what has been learned by reading the chapter’s material. Consider the text as well as your own academic and professional experiences.
Week 2: Tuesday, September 4, Textbook Chapter Chapter 1, pgs 3-23
- Chapter Review Question #1
- Write about what learned about the history of hospitality and explain why it was significant to you?
- Would you or would you not want to visit the place written about in the current NY Times “36 Hours in…” article? Explain why you will or will not go.
- Join the OpenLab and complete the eProfile assignment
Week 3: Tuesday, September 25, Textbook Chapter Chapter 1, pgs 23-46
- Using examples from Disney’s Approach to Guest Service, describe a time when you experienced “Disney Like” service.
- Think about the information presented in the chapter and then conduct a self assessment of yourself. What will you do during your college years to develop the traits needed to work in the hospitality industry?
- Identify three organizations you would like to work for. Make a list of the companies. What are the attributes of the company that make you anticipate the company as an organization you would like to work for.
- Would you or would you not want to visit the place written about in the “36 Hours in…” article? Explain why you will or will not go.
- Upload your “Our Stories” post to the OpenLab
- On a separate piece of paper
- Identify three organizations you would like to work for. Make a list of the three companies. What are three attributes of the company that make you anticipate the company as an organization you would like to work for. What supporting information can you provide to support your choices?
 Week 4: Tuesday, October 2, Textbook Chapter #2
- Chapter review question #2
- List four terms from the chapter that were new to you and explain how they are used in the industry.
- Would you or would you not want to visit the place written about in the “36 Hours in…” article? Explain why you will or will not go.
- Industry Research Assignment
Week 5:Â Tuesday, October 9, Textbook Chapter #3, We will meet in class, we do not have a site visit planned
- Chapter review question #1
- Chapter review question #2
- List four terms from the chapter that were new to you and explain how they are used in the industry.
- Would you or would you not want to visit the place written about in the “36 Hours in…” article? Explain why you will or will not go.
- Resubmit the Industry Research Assignment.
Week 6: Tuesday, October 16, Textbook Chapter 9
List the common types/categories of tourism.
What economic impacts does tourism make?
List and explain the goal of three organizations in the tourism industry.
Read the current 36 hours article
Week 7:Â Tuesday, October 23 Chapter 9
Learn more about Tourism in Brooklyn by reading The Brooklyn Tour Guides Who Know All the Secrets
Answer the following questions:
- What did you learn by reading the website?
- Choose a neighborhood, what can a tourist learn about that neighborhood based on the website?
- Thinking as a director of tourism for a tour company, identify four areas of information that is communicated?
Read the current 36 hours article
Week 8: Tuesday, October 30, Textbook Chapter 4 and 5
- Chapter 4, Review questions #1
- Chapter 4, Review questions #3
- What inventory controls are important in a F&B operation? Why? Use terms from the text to explain all your answers.
Week 9:Â Tuesday, November 6, Chapter 6 and 7
In each chapter identify 12 words or terms that were new to you, define each word in detail.
Identify a job in the field of food service or restaurant management as it is explained in the textbook. Referencing the information in the chapter, in what way do you believe you would find success in this position?
Bring your weekly checklist from the “tracking your success” section of the Companion for the First-year at City Tech to class (it was distributed in class and can be found in the files section of this site the activity is on page 25.
Did you post your Brooklyn Bridge Park Reflection? If you have not yet posted, see the criteria listed here.Â
Read the current 36 hours article
Week 10: Tuesday, November 13, Chapter 10Â
- Identify 12 words or terms that were new to you, define each word in detail.
- You have been promoted to the Assistant Director of Adventure Tours. Identify two national parks with distinctly different characteristics (one should be in New York State). Write a memo to the Director explaining why these two parks should be added to your list of tour options.
Bring your concierge assignment to class.
Week 11, November 20, Group Presentations
No chapter reading, continue to read the NY Times 36 Hours… column and prepare for a discussion.
Week 12, November 27, Group Presentations
No chapter reading, continue to read the NY Times 36 Hours… column and prepare for a discussion.
Week 13, Tuesday, December 4
For chapter 12 and chapter 13, identify 12 words or terms in each chapter that were new to you, define each word in detail.
Identify a job in the field of Meeting and Conventions Management as it is explained in the textbook. Referencing the information in the chapter, in what way do you believe you would find success in this position?
Week 14, Tuesday, December 11
- First, think of a leader you admire and know personally, make a list of their qualities.
- Next, read the article Seven Transformations of Leadership. What type of a leader is the person you admire?
- What have you learned about your own leadership qualities based on those of the person you admire? Explain, your answer using terms you have learned this semester.
- Visit Hcareers.com, bring in a job description for a job you would like to attain in the next six months. Also, bring in a job description for a job you would like to attain in the next 12 years. Identify the skills you will need to develop over time to secure this position.
- Review the prompt and upload your second “Our Stories” post to the OpenLab
Week 15, Tuesday, December 18
Prepare for Accounting Taboo by reviewing the definitions of the terms provided.
