Local and International Trends in Hospitality and Gastronomy

THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS IN ST. PETERSBURG FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS

Sergey Burukhin¹ and Daria Rogozina²

Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia Faculty of Service, Tourism and Hospitality Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business

Introduction

St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it is also called the "city of bridges" because in the city and in its suburbs, there are 580 bridges, including 20 drawbridges. Thousands of tourists visit this city, staying from all over the world to visit many cultural and historical places, museums, all kinds of cultural exhibitions to look at the monuments and sculptures, to feel the atmosphere, and to learn the history of this city. St. Petersburg is one of the most hospitable cities in Russia.
It seems that Leningrad region was specially created for a favourable and memorable holiday. It is bordered on the West by Estonia (Narva River) and on the Northwest by Finland. St. Petersburg has long held the same position with foreign cities, as it has a wide variety of entertainment and a variety of options for spending free time.
Hospitality. Today, this term is understood much wider than just a warm and caring attitude towards guests. How did it happen that the care and warm welcome of guests turned into one of the largest industries in the world economy? What are the prospects for this industry in the nearest future? What or who moves





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the hotel and restaurant business forward and makes it develop, become better, more luxurious and affordable? Let's discuss these issues.
The purpose of this work is to form the concept of development of hotel and restaurant business in St. Petersburg for the next 10 years and to analyse it. The subject of the work is the trends in the development of the hospitality industry in St. Petersburg, the object is the market of hotel and restaurant services in St. Petersburg.