BTEC Hospitality Unit 1 – Exploring the hospitality industry.
Scenario: You are working for a national hotel chain, you have been asked to
produce an article about the hospitality industry for the company’s internal
newsletter.
1. Provide a definition of the terms hospitality and catering (P3)
Hospitality is:
Catering is:
2. In the next section you must compare and contrast hospitality businesses in each
of these sectors of the industry (P1)
Hotel, restaurant, pub, bar or nightclub, contract food service provider, hospitality service,
membership club, events business.
Sector
Business name
Hotel
The Hyatt
Restaurant
Cafe Rouge
Pub
The Square Peg
Location
Local or
national
Size
Distinctive
features
Bar/nightclub Bamboo
Contract
food
Aspens
Hospitality
service
M Co
recruitment
Membership
club
Quintessentally
Events
business
Square 1
Events
3. Summarise your findings by explain how businesses in the hospitality industry
might operate (P6)
Under each sector compare the how different businesses operate
Restaurant – state how a McDonalds restaurant is different to Simpsons.
Hotel – Explain the difference between The Hyatt and a Travel lodge
Pub & Nightclub – Explain the difference between The Square Peg & Bamboo
4. Explain how the commercial sector is different from the catering service sector
(P7)
See page 8
5. Identify the structure, scope and size of the industry. (P4)
You need to list the sectors of the industry, and describe the types of businesses in each
sector, and an indication of the numbers.
Sector
Commercial Sector
Types of business
Numbers
Catering Services Sector
Contract catering in the work
place
M1 - Analyse the structure, scope and size of the industry. You need to carry out more
research so you can give more detail about the different factors that influence the structure,
size and scope of businesses in the commercial sector and the catering services sector.
6. Describe the influences that the following factors have on the hospitality
industry. (P2)
Use pages 10, 11 and 12.
Social Factors
Economic Factors
Political Factors
Technological Factors
Environmental Factors
Legal Factors
Do some factors have a bigger impact than others? Give reasons for your answer.
Describe how these factors have influenced the development of the hospitality industry.
You need to think about how these factors will shape the future. (P5)
Social
Economic
Political
Technological
Environmental
Legal
7. Explain the importance of the industry to the UK economy. (P8)
Use page 12 to do this.
How much money does the hospitality industry make?
How many people does it employ?
How many males work in the industry?
How many females work in the industry?
What are the typical ages of the workforce?
How many people does each sector employ?
Which sectors offer part time employment?
Why do you think this is?
D1 – You need to bring together all of your research about the contribution of the
hospitality industry to the UK economy. You must then form a conclusion.
Give evidence to support your statements.