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Most states regulate their health departments by city or county. Search for health department regulations for food service facilities that are closely related to the location where you reside. Focus on possible challenges to the restaurant industry, such as health department regulations and requirements, social concerns, competitive issues, and / or demographic and geographic issues.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
- Determine the challenges involved in managing a restaurant operation that are specific to your state or local municipality, as well as how you would address those challenges.
- Determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in your state, particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel management, and the recording of sales transactions. Consider the quality of technology infrastructure in your state and the degree of technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services within your state.
- Analyze the interdependence of food service, lodging, and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and make two recommendations for how the synergy between the three could be improved, using examples from your state to illustrate your case.
- Consider how these segments can improve their relationships between one another and how they can combine their services in order to be more marketable in your home state.
- Determine the likely consequences of the introduction of gaming entertainment into your state, or if your state already allows gaming, the impact of significant economic expansion of the segment upon other segments of the hospitality industry.
- Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.
- Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
- Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
- Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
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Running head: HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA
Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Virginia
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HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA
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Challenges Facing Restaurant Managers in Virginia
Hotel and restaurants are an integral part of local and state economies, with people
leaving employment and venturing into the hospitality industry. However, starting a restaurant
especially in Virginia could turn out to be a complex task, as hospitality sector has unique
challenges. According to Hoque (2013), underestimation of startup capital for a restaurant is one
challenge that managers face. Huge financing is needed to cater for all expenses that range from
the leasing of a building, staff wages, inventories and interior fit outs. During recessions,
hoteliers also face financial challenges due to customer shortage.
Anyone wishing to invest in hotelier industry in Virginia should prepare a business plan
that will secure funding from a private bank or governmental organization in addition to plan
acting as a blueprint on how the restaurant is expected to perform in the long run (Hoque, 2013).
Planning is another handle that needs to be overcome. Identifying the theme that is appealing to
the broad range of customers and ideal location is also a major challenge. To be successful, one
should select a theme that resonates with potential customers. There is also need to continually
review menu to give customers a variety to choose from. Advertising may also be very crucial in
attracting and retaining customers (Hoque, 2013).
Getting the best human resource is always a challenge. Recruitment is not an easy task in
the hospitality industry since customers sometimes request for unreasonable demands and
require exercising patience. It is essential to hire and train the staff well to handle customers
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