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Dublin Institute of Technology AR ROW@DIT Conference papers School of Hospitality Management and Tourism 2011-01-01 Trends in the Food and Beverage Sector of the Hospitality Industry Detta Melia Dublin Institute of Technology, detta.melia@ it.ie Follow this and a itional works at : http://arrow. it.ie/tfschmtcon Recommended Citation Melia, D.:Tren s in the Food and Beverage Sector of the Hospitality Industry. EuroCHRIE Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2011. This Conference Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism at ARROW@DIT. It has been accepted for inclusion in Conference papers by an authorize administrator of ARROW@DIT. For more information, please contact yvonne.desmond@ it.ie, arrow.admin@ it.ie. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License Paper Title: TRENDS IN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SECTOR OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Detta M. Melia School of Hospitality Management and Tourism Dublin Institute of Technology Cathal Brugha Street Dublin 1 Detta.melia@dit.ie Key Words: Trends, Food and Beverage Sector, Hospitality Industry, Drivers for Success 1 Abstract The hospitality sector in Ireland represents an important part of the tourism industry and comprises hotels, restaurants, pubs and clubs, guesthouses and self-catering operations. The largest component within the Irish hospitality sector is hotels. In addition to hotels, food and beverage operations comprise a significant proportion of the industry. These bus