| We take travel and the hospitality industry almost as a | | | | Toads too, supported the swift deployment of military |
| given - whether it be travel by air, rail or road as well | | | | power as well as facilitating the exchange of good |
| as the service industry of providing fro | | | | over what might be considered previously vast |
| accommodations. Where and how did this all arise in | | | | distances. Indeed over time, what were foot trails |
| terms of history and historical records? | | | | along the Mediterranean or even in the Manitoba prairie |
| Indeed many historians and anthologists consider travel | | | | became major overland trade routes. As these routes |
| for trade and commerce to be a common well | | | | were maintained and improved, they became the basis |
| established history in the histories of civilization's in | | | | for extensive road systems. |
| mankind. Civilizations of great power, long duration and | | | | Based upon the history and quality of these road |
| extensive dominions were by and large known for | | | | systems, it can be assumed that historically travel |
| their sophisticated levels of commerce. Along with | | | | became a most important part of commerce, |
| travel for commerce grew travel for pleasure or | | | | government as well as cultural exchanges during the |
| enjoyment itself. The ancient societies of Greece m | | | | rule of the Roman Empire. Now the stage was set for |
| Egypt and Rome openly encouraged pleasure travel | | | | what became the service industries of the hospitality |
| by providing necessary ways and means. With such | | | | trade to be developed. In the later years of the Ronan |
| support, travel contributed to the success of each of | | | | Empire, the road system began to include inns, stables |
| these great empires. | | | | for animals. Travel became even more predictable and |
| The ever increasing specialization of labor within | | | | easy to accomplish with the introduction of simple |
| ancient civilizations fostered the growth of travel. As | | | | maps and mapping technologies. |
| ancient communities grew in size, the tasks and roles | | | | What resulted was that onwards travel as well as |
| of the population became ever more specialized and | | | | travel and transportation technologies improved to |
| skilled. This made it possible for communities to | | | | support commerce and trade over long and longer |
| develop an array of products that increased in quality | | | | distances. This included travel for all types - whether it |
| in each generation. Craft persons honed their skills and | | | | was for trade and commerce, communications, military |
| passed them along to family members or others willing | | | | travel and even simple basic travel for pleasure and |
| to learn. Such division of skills meant that people | | | | enjoyment/ it can be said that war itself increased the |
| needed to exchange goods to survive. For example a | | | | growth of travel. The victors would establish |
| craftsmen or craftsperson busy producing pottery | | | | communication routes back to the home business |
| products would not have time to plant and harvest | | | | office. Travel would thus blossom with those in power |
| crops for food. This scarcity of time required by craft | | | | and their new citizens as people and trade would |
| persons to obtain the necessities through barter and | | | | increase and even blossom with these realms. |
| trade with a person who specialized in planting and | | | | Thus the basis of our travel, hospitality service |
| harvesting crops. | | | | industries - be they travel means themselves - be they |
| This exchange of products and currency required | | | | air, road, ship or railway, the promotion and the |
| travel. Caravans and trade expeditions moved people, | | | | development of the food and lodging service industries |
| products and even ideas between entirely different | | | | all can said to be the result of trade and commence |
| cultures. The oceans provided the great major routes | | | | between people and groups of people all seeking |
| of travel for the cultures centered in the Mediterranean | | | | different and better quality good and ultimately man's |
| - particularly the Greeks, Egyptian and Roman empires. | | | | trade and commerce. |