career in hospitality

English translation: a profession related to welcoming strangers in need of food & lodging

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English term or phrase:	career in hospitality
Selected answer:	a profession related to welcoming strangers in need of food & lodging
Entered by:	Ildiko Santana

00:33 Jul 24, 2002

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: career in hospitality

I first began working for the hotel as a front desk clerk. I liked my job and decide to pursue a career in hospitality.

Irene

a profession related to welcoming strangers in need of food & lodging

Explanation:
Self-explanatory...

*career*

- A lifelong process, unique to each person; involves a sequence of work and leisure activities and includes career development and participation in occupations.
- A career is a profession, occupation or work which a person pursues as a goal for life, usually for personal advancement and financial remuneration.
- The sum of one's experiences in a variety of roles throughout life. Every person has a career, which includes all of the individual's work, learning, community and family roles.

*hospitality*

- A common social and cultural topic (a subtexture of social and cultural texture), hospitality is the welcoming of strangers as guests into one's home to dine or lodge.
- The ability to provide an open house and a warm welcome to those in need of food and lodging. A natural tendency toward empathy and generosity that sees visitors and interruptions as opportunities rather than nuisances.
- The ability to meet the basic social needs of and to extend care to persons (strangers) beyond one's immediate circle of friends.

Selected response from:

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 03:17

Grading comment

Thanks, but I forgot to put that I wanted the translation to Spanish. But your explanation help me a lot.

Irene
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5 +7

Ildiko Santana

4 +6

to work in the hotel/tourist industry

jerrie

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15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

a profession related to welcoming strangers in need of food & lodging

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English
PRO pts in pair: 162

Grading comment

Thanks, but I forgot to put that I wanted the translation to Spanish. But your explanation help me a lot.

Irene

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

to work in the hotel/tourist industry

Explanation:
The hospitality industry worldwide is dynamic, competitive, fast-growing and international in character. It is wide-ranging covering everything from deluxe hotels, restaurants, designer bars, catering contractors, specialist catering for sporting and other events to budget hotels, public houses and nightclubs.
The course includes study of business and management, food and beverage management and facilities management, catering technology and culinary arts and provides you with knowledge and skills that are necessary for a successful career in any sector of the hospitality industry.

www2.shu.ac.uk/prospectus/ op_uglookup1.cfm?id_num=LFM126

The above is taken from a degree course that can be taken in Leisure and Hospitality Management (Hotel Management).

The hospitality industry could also be used to describe the tourist industry.
Try typing hospitality industry/business into Google for more info.

Hospitality does mean the welcoming and caring for guests.
Pursue a career...to decide that you really enjoy a certain area of work and do everything you can to work in this area (obtaining the relevant qualifications etc)

hth

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 773

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