Today’s tip is going to be a little different. Have you ever wondered how the hotel industry started? Check out this episode to find out how.

So, you are an aspiring or seasoned owner or manager in the hospitality property industry, hotel, resort, inn, bed and breakfast etc. How did we get here? Do you know where our industry started?

Hotels or a version of have been around for a couple of thousand years going back to the Greeks and Romans who offered lodgings next to their thermal baths, resort towns and along routes popular with the rich, traders and politicians.
They were also found along caravan routes in the Middle East.

In the Middle Ages came the increase in the popularity of the monasteries and abbeys. They offered a bed and a supper to all the travellers, not just the politicians and the rich. They were inns, with small rooms, often for share, taverns, stables and houses of the owners all in one place, and they started to appear all around Europe. There were no amenities but the bed bugs were free.

By the 17th century, the coaching inns became very popular. They offered travellers food, changed their tyres and tended to the horses.

It was around this time that the wealthy folks began travelling more for fun, but they wanted more for their money.

Continue reading or watch the full video to find out more...


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