Most states regulate their health departments by city or county.
Search for health department regulations for food service facilities
that are closely related to the location where you reside. Focus on
possible challenges to the restaurant industry, such as health
department regulations and requirements, social concerns, competitive
issues, and / or demographic and geographic issues.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Determine
   the challenges involved in managing a restaurant operation that are
   specific to your state or local municipality, as well as how you would
   address those challenges.
2. Determine the impact of
   computerization on food service and lodging operations in your state,
   particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel
   management, and the recording of sales transactions. Consider the
   quality of technology infrastructure in your state and the degree of
   technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services
   within your state.
3. Analyze the interdependence of food
   service, lodging, and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and
   make two recommendations for how the synergy between the three could be
   improved, using examples from your state to illustrate your case.
4. Consider
   how these segments can improve their relationships between one another
   and how they can combine their services in order to be more marketable
   in your home state.
5. Determine the likely consequences of the
   introduction of gaming entertainment into your state, or if your state
   already allows gaming, the impact of significant economic expansion of
   the segment upon other segments of the hospitality industry.
6. Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

1. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include
      a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
      name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
      page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a
      reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The
      reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the basic procedures involved in managing a restaurant operation.
• Determine
  the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations,
  particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel
  management, and the recording of sales transactions.
• Analyze the interdependence of the food service, lodging, and meetings segments of the hospitality industry.
• Discuss the nature of and the various activities related to gaming entertainment.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in hospitality and tourism management.
• Write clearly and concisely about hospitality and tourism management using proper writing mechanics.