CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The Hotel business of what could be described as small scale hotel business started as a result of movement of people from one place or town to another. These movement are categorized in:-
a. Movement which one locality or town for example going to work from one’s house within the same city or from one’s city to another.
b. Movement from one town to another like in the case of Ogui migration where there is an exodus of the people from rural area to the developed Ogui area. In this case, people concerned to go out for greener pasture like looking for better jobs and business.
c. Movement from one country to another for wither business, study or search for better jobs.
d. Movement to places of interest like – the Olumo Rocks in Abeokuta or Yoruba game reserve.
In 7course of these movement, it has not been easy for people to carry along the required quantity of food and drinks that would last them the length of time they would stay outside their homes. The instructive desire to help in feeding of these group of travelers brought about the business of hotels.
Before the 15th century, what used to be called inns existed in Europe. These were place where travelers called spend a night or two or even more and were served food and drinks at a cost. The inns were merely remedy by inn-keepers