CLASS NOTES - ACCOMAN [February 21, 2024]

History of Lodging
Hotel
– derived from french hotel which refers to a french version of the town house
– Used for the first time by the fifth duke of devonshire to name a lodging property in london
sometime in AD 1760
– Hostel - a place to stay for travelers
– Defined by british law where bonafide travelers can receive food or shelter
– Usually owned by corporation
– Large investment
– Costs on building, manpower
– Must provide food and beverage and lodging
– people are traveling barefooted, primitive

Ancient times
– Greeks developed thermal baths
– People can be cured only through baths
– Therapeutic bath
– Mansion
– Place for sleep
– Accommodation described in the history
– Built by the romans for travelers on government business
– Missionaries, priest and pilgrims
– Most common travellers
– Stay in mansions (large inns)
– People do not believe in God
– Pagans
– Letter of eviction
– Romans only accept travelers that carry a letter of eviction
– A letter coming from the government that permits a person to travel
– HOMER
– Most influential author of the history
– In the odyssey
– Homer creates two groups, those who are kind and hospitable and those who are
not
– Give and take philosophy
– Receiving guests = blessing from God
– Declining guests = people will be cursed
– Tabernas / taverns
– Attached to inns called cauponas
– Yams
 – An inn suitable for kings
– Hospitality can be traced back to mesopotamia, egypt and greece
– These people loved to travel and eat
– Beer and restaurant came from europeans
– Ancient Hawaii
– Men and women cannot eat together
– Luau - name of food served during the first feast
– Roman Empire
– Known for their network of inns

● no need for air-conditioners due to lack of pollution

● Menu (french term) - bill of fare in english
● European rich continent in the world
● 1282 in Florence, Italy
○ Accommodations started into a business
○ Price to stay in accommodations
○ Licensed businesses

– caravan crossing the vast desserts usually stay at caravansaries

– Caravansaries are simple structures consisting of four walls that serve as protection
against enemies
– At the end of 1600s, the first stagecoaches following a regular timetable started operating in
England

18th and 19th century

– 1774, first hotel opened in London
– 1794, the city hotel opened in new york city
– Term restaurant first used in Paris
– Royal hotel was built in london in the 1800s
– Ryokan
– Japanese form of accommodation
– Dak in India
– Bungalow

Middle Ages
– monasteries and religious institutions plated a significant role in providing hospitality
– Teach those who are pagans (people who do not believe in God or have no God)
– Monasteries and abbets were the first estblishments to offer refuge to travelers

Renaissaance and early modern era

– First luxury hotel in Paris, London and Venice
 – Fine dining, entertainment and luxurious accommodation

Industrial revolution
– Machines are remarkable
– Development of modern transportation systems, facilitating mass travel
– Led to the rise of grand hotels in major cities and tourist destinations, catering to a
growing middle class of travelers