Resorts
Management and Operation
Chapter One
RESORTS: AN INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Roman Empire
Europe
North America
Lessons
TYPES OF RESORTS
Proximity to Primary Market
Setting and Primary Amenities
Residential and Lodging
Properties
Mixed-Use Developments
INDUSTRY TRENDS
SUMMARY
ENDNOTES
* INTRODUCTION
To understand where the resort industry is today, it is important to consider how
resorts have evolved through the ages. A historical perspective leads to a picture
of the modern types of resorts.
HISTORY OF RESORTS The sole purpose of a resort, in the
classic sense, is to afford its users a place for escape or
restoration from the world of work and daily care.
-CHUCK Y. GEE
Resort Development and Management
Roman Empire
Prior to the eighteenth century, pleasure travel was not available for the masses.
Lack of time and money combined with poor transportation and a genera ... read full excerpt from Resorts: Management and Operation ebook
