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Czech: pohostinnost , pohostinstvíi businessDutch: gastvrijheidFaroese: gestablídni, gestablíðskapurFinnish: vieraanvaraisuusGerman: Gastfreundlichkeit, GastfreundschaftKurdish:Latin: hospitalitasNorwegian: gjestfrihetPortuguese: hospitalidadeRussian: гостепримство, радУшиеSerbian: gostoprimstvoSpanish: hospitalidadExtensive DefinitionHospitality refers to the relationship processbetween a guest and a host, and it also refers to the act orpractice of being hospitable, that is, the reception andentertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, with liberalityand goodwill. Hospitality frequently refers to the hospitalityindustry jobs for hotels,restaurants, casinos, catering, resorts, clubs and any otherservice position that deals with tourists.Hospitality is also known as the act ofgenerously providing care and kindness to whomever is inneed.HospitalityFor an in depth understanding of the term ofhospitality, the starting point is the etymology of the worditself. The word hospitality derives from the Latin hospes, whichis formed from hostis, which originally meant a 'stranger' and cameto take on the meaning of the enemy or 'hostile stranger'(hostilis) + pets (polis, poles, potentia) to have power.Furthermore, the word hostire means equilize/compensate.If you combined the above etymological analysiswith the story of Telemachus andNestoryou can develop in your mind the Greek conceptof sacred hospitality.First of all, Telemachus is a complete strangerfor Nestor, however he was hosted and treated more than warmly. Inthe Homeric ages, hospitality was under the protection of Zeus. TheGod of the Gods. For that reason Zeus was also attributed with thetitle 'Xenios Zeus' ('xenos' means stranger). The semantic behindthis was to highlight the fact that hospitality for Ancient Greekswas of the utmost importance. A stranger passing outside a Greekhouse, could be invited inside the house by the family. The hostwashed the strangers feet, offered him/her food and wine and onlyafter he/she was feeling at comfortably could be asked to tellhis/her name.After having welcomed Telemachus, Nestor asks hisunknown guest to introduce himself to find out that he was the sonof Odysseus. By that time, the man in front of him was a completestranger, a hostis as described in the etymological analysis ofhospitality at the beginning. Nonetheless, Telemachus was equilizedwith his host. Another meaning that is included in the etymology ofhospitality. Note also that one of the Nestor's sons slept on a bedclose by Telemachus to take care that he should not suffer anyharm. This means that hospitality for Ancient Greeks include alsothe idea of protection. Lastly, Nestor put a chariot and horses atTelemachus' disposal so that he could travel the land route fromPylos to Sparta in two days, having as charioteer Nestor's sonPisistratus. The last element of hospitality as can be realized isguidance.Based on the story above and its current meaning,hospitality is about compensating/equalizing a stranger to thehost, making him feel protected and taken care of, and at the endof his hosting, guiding him to his next destination.Contemporary usageContemporary usage seems different fromhistorical uses that lend it personal connotations. Today'shospitality conjures images of throwing good parties, gracioushosts entertaining, etiquette, MarthaStewart or even talk shows,or, the hospitality services industry as it relates to the entertainment and tourism business. On the other hand,hospitality used to be, and still is, a serious duty,responsibility, or ethic. Hospitalityethics is a discipline that studies this usage ofhospitality.In the western context, with its dynamic tensionbetween Athens and Jerusalem, two phases can be distinguished witha very progressive transition: a hospitality based on anindividually felt sense of duty, and one based on "official"institutions for organized but anonymous social services: specialplaces for particular types of "strangers" such as the poor,orphan(s), ill, alien, criminal, etc. Perhaps this progressiveinstitutionalization can be aligned to the transition betweenMiddleAges and Renaissance(IvanIllich, The Rivers North of the Future).Biblical and Middle EasternIn Middle Eastern Culture, itwas considered a cultural norm to take care of the strangers andforeigners living among you. These norms are reflected in manyBiblical commands and examples.http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Exodus%2022:21;23:9;%20Leviticus%2019:10,33,34;24:22;%20Deuteronomy%2010:18Perhaps the most extreme example is provided inGenesis. Lot provides hospitality to a group of angels (who hethinks are only men); when a mob tries to rape them, Lot goes sofar as to offer his own daughters as a substitute, saying "Don't doanything to these men, for they have come under the protection ofmy roof." (Genesis 19:8, NIV).The obligations of both guests are stern. Thebond is formed by eating salt under the roof, and is so strict thatan Arab story tells of a thief who tasted something to see if itwas sugar, and on realizing it was salt, put back all that he hadtaken and left.Cultural value or normHospitality as a cultural norm orvalue is an established sociological phenomenon that people studyand write papers about (see references, and Hospitalityethics).See alsoBackpacking(travel)CouchSurfingHospitality_ClubHostelHospitalityservices, modern day hospitality networks.Hospitalityethics, Hospitality as a cultural norm, or behavioral standard.MotelFurther readingOf Hospitality - JacquesDerrida, translated by Rachel Bowlby (Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press, 2000).Referencesmuse.jhu.edujournals.cambridge.orgHospitalityethicsInternationalHospitality FairHospitality-Industry.com,raised by 2 former hotel school students in 1999, provideshospitality professionals and students access to a wide range ofmanually selected resources.hospitality in German: Gastfreundschafthospitality in Spanish: Hospitalidadhospitality in Hebrew: הכנסת אורחיםhospitality in Dutch: Gastvrijheidhospitality in Finnish: Vieraanvaraisuushospitality in Chinese: 款待Synonyms, Antonyms and RelatedWordsadmissibility, affability, amiability, amicability, ardency, assembly-line housing,bigheartedness,billeting, bonhomie, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, civility, clubbability, clubbishness, clubbism, commodiousness, communicativeness,companionability,compatibility,congeniality,convenience,cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, coziness, cushioniness, domiciliation, doss, easiness, easy purse strings,familiarity,fondness for society, free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness,freeness, friendliness, generosity, generousness, geniality, givingness, graciousness, great heart,greatheartedness,gregariousness,heartiness, homelikeness, homeliness, homeyness, housing, housing bill, housingdevelopment, housing problem, intimacy, invitingness, largeheartedness,largeness, largess, liberality, liberalness, livingquarters, lodging,lodgment, lower-incomehousing, luxuriousness, magnanimity, munificence, open hand, openheart, openhandedness, openheartedness,openness, peace, peacefulness, quartering, receptiveness, receptivity, recipience, reposefulness, restfulness, roominess, slum clearance,snugness, sociability, sociableness, social grace,sociality, softness, subdivision, tract, transient lodging, unselfishness, urbanrenewal, urbanity,warmheartedness,warmness, warmth, welcome

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