L6: LAWS REGULATING PROFESSIONAL • RESORT – any place with pleasant environment

CONGRESS ORGANIZERS and atmosphere conducive to comfort, healthful

relaxation, and rest, offering food, sleeping
Nature and Description of Business accommodation and recreational facilities to the
• The term “convention” means any gathering for public for a fee or remuneration.
the purpose of exchanging or disseminating RESORTS MAY BE CATEGORIZED INTO
views, technical expertise, experiences, o Beach resorts
knowledge, skills, information, policies, or any o Inland resorts
other related activity. It does not include o Island resorts
corporate meetings or any events where o Lakeside or riverside resorts
participation is limited to company personnel o Mountain resorts
only. o Theme parks
RESORTS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO
The term includes the following:
o Class “AAA”
• Conference – usually involves general sessions
o Class “AA”
and face-to-face groups with high participation to
plan, get facts, solve organization and member o Class “A”
problems. o Special interest resorts
• Congress – more commonly used European OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF
designation for convention mainly international in RESORTS
scope. o Resorts are required to adopt sanitation
• Seminar – usually involves face-to-face group measures in accordance with the
sharing experiences in a particular field under standards prescribed under Presidential
the guidance of an expert discussion leader, with Decree No. 856, also known as the
an attendance of around 30 persons or less. Code on Sanitation of the Philippines.
• Lecture – a formal presentation by an expert, • APARTEL – any building or edifice containing
which is sometimes followed by question-and- several independent and furnished or semi-
answer portion. furnished apartments, regularly leased to tourists
• Symposium – a panel discussion by experts in a and travelers for dwelling on a more or less long-
given field before a large audience, although term basis and offering basic services to its
audience participation is less than a forum. tenants, similar to hotels.
• Forum – a panel discussion taking opposite • TOURIST INN – a lodging establishment
slides of an issue by experts in a given field with catering to transients which does not meet the
liberal opportunity for audience participation. minimum requirements of an economy hotel.
• Workshop – usually involves a general session • MOTORIST HOTEL OR MOTEL – any structure
and face-to-face groups of participation training with several separate units, primarily located
each other to gain new knowledge, skills or along the highway with individual or common
insights into problems, with attendance of parking space where motorists may obtain
around 30-35 participants. lodging and, in some instances, meals.
• Colloquium – a program which the participants • PENSION HOUSE – a private or family-operated
determine the matter to be discussed, where the tourist boarding house, guest house or lodging
leaders would then construct the program house regularly catering to tourists and travelers.
around the most frequent problems and usually It contains several independent lettable rooms,
attended by 35 persons or less with equal providing common facilities such as
emphasis on instruction and discussion. bathrooms/showers, living and dining rooms and
kitchen, and may also provide a combination of
L7: LAWS REGULATING TOURISM AND board lodging. It employs non-professional
HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENTS domestic helpers.

Nature and Description of Business

• HOTEL – a building, edifice or premises or a
completely independent part thereof, which is
used for the regular reception, accommodation
or lodging of travelers and tourists and the
provision of services incidental thereto for a fee.
HOTELS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO SEVERAL
CATEGORIES
o Deluxe class
o First class
o Standard class
o Economy class
also
o Star Rating
CLASSIFICATION OF HOTELS
o Location
o Bedroom facilities and furnishings
o Housekeeping standards
o Food and beverage service and facilities
o Recreational facilities
o Service staff
o General facilities