The Hospitality sector category is broadly defined to include industries and establishments offering customers with lodging and/or food services. Also included are establishments offering supplies and equipment, and services that support these industries.
Excluded from this sector are civic and social organizations, amusement and recreation parks, theaters, and other recreation or entertainment facilities and venues providing food and beverage services.
Also excluded from this sector are establishments that offer event planning and production services, which may include accommodation and food service activities. Examples of companies in this sector include conference, exhibit, and meeting planners. Sites offering event planning services are listed under Business/Business_Services/Event_Planning_and_Production/
Sites for individual lodging establishments (e.g. hotels, motels, B&Bs;, etc.) and individual restaurants, bars and nightclubs are listed in the Regional branch. However, the Hospitality category does list sites for regional, national and international chains, corporations and holding companies.
Please Read this Before Submitting Your Site
This category is for submission of companies and resources that support the operation of bed and breakfasts. Individual bed and breakfasts should not be submitted here, but to the Region where the business is located.
Sites dealing with Bed and Breakfast properties for sale in multiple states or countries should be submitted to Lodging for Sale and sites for specific B&Bs; for sale should be submitted to the corresponding locality category in Regional.
For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:
Title: Name of Business or Organization
Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site without the use of hype, personal pronouns, or repetitive terms.
Following these guidelines will prevent long delays in having your site reviewed.
Sites that do not specialize in education and training in hospitality, but connected with that would be better listed under the main theme of the site;
(For example, sites of Associations of Hospitality Education Institutes can be listed under Business: Hospitality: Associations or business schools and universities offering hospitality education and training as a part of their main studies may be listed under Business: Education and Training etc,).
Please take the time to find the most appropriate category for your submission, click on the link leading to that area, and then submit your site. This will allow your submission to be reviewed much sooner.
Please note:
Individual restaurant websites are not listed here and will be deleted without review. Individual restaurant websites belong in the locality of the business. For example, a restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand, should be submitted to Regional/Oceania/New_Zealand/Canterbury/Christchurch/Business_and_Economy/Restaurants_and_Bars.
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This category is for submission of companies that support the operation of Hotels and Motels. Individual hotels and motels should not be submitted here, but to the area of Regional where the business is located.
Hotel and motel chains should not be submitted here, but to the Hotels and Motels Chains category of Recreation.
Following these guidelines will prevent long delays in having your site reviewed.
Individual hotel sites submitted to this category will be deleted.
Please submit only sites that are specific to the hospitality industry.
Local business media sites should be submitted to the city or town in which they are based.
You cannot submit sites to this category. Instead either submit sites to the relevant category under Business/Industries/Hospitality , or find the relevant regional category, and submit the site there.
Please read this before submitting any sites
Submissions must be for English language sites of restaurant chains and franchises.
This category does not contain individual restaurants or chains that operate in only one state or equivalent area. If the restaurant has only one location, please submit instead to the Regional category where the restaurant is located.
Avoid delays! Submit your site to the single, most appropriately category.
This category is for sites related to point of sale systems and software that are specifically designed for the hospitality industry (restaurants, hotels, etc.).
Sites generally not listed in this category include:
� Sites related to general point of sale software should be submitted to Business: Retail Trade: Technology: Software.
� Sites related to point of sale hardware, including cash registers, should be submitted to Business: Retail Trade: Technology: Point of Sale Hardware.
� Sites serving a specific region, state, or metropolitian area should be submitted to the city or town where they are based.
Sites predominately relating to promotional items, textiles or equipment do not belong here.