Hospitality industry
The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and beverage services, event planning, theme parks, travel agency, tourism, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, and bars.
By country[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
In 2015 the UK hospitality industry employed around 2.9m people – around 9% of the UK workforce.[11] By employment, it is the UK's fourth-largest industry. The most jobs in the industry are found in London (around 500,000) and South East England (around 400,000); 18% of workers in the UK industry are in London. There are around 1.5m restaurant workers, and around 0.5m work in hotels. The Food Safety Act 1990 introduced the training that staff have to follow. Around 25% of the hospitality workforce comes from the EU, making up around 25% of chefs and around 75% of waiting staff.[12][13] In 2019, 1 in 50 applicants to Pret a Manger was British.
Vietnam[edit]
The hotel industry in Vietnam is an important economic sector, contributing significantly to the country's GDP.[14][15][16] According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, in 2022, Vietnam had a total of 32,313 accommodation establishments[17][18] with 611,352 rooms, including 1,576 hotels with three stars or higher with 334,487 rooms.[19][20][21] Despite this, the Vietnamese hotel industry is still considered to have great potential for development in the future.[22][23] According to the forecast of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Vietnam will be one of the top tourist destinations in the world in the coming years.[24][25][26] This will create opportunities for the development of the Vietnamese hotel industry.[27][28][29] According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Vietnamese hotel industry has had an average growth rate of 15% per year in the period 2010-2022.[30][31]