You will write an essay of 2500 words on a contemporary issue affecting the hospitality industry. This paper will utilise a number of sources from books, journals and other scholarly articles.The focus of this course is on professional as well as personal development. You need to select  topic discussed in class or choose a topic of your own and ask my permission to write about it. The purpose of this essay is to enable you to select a contemporary issue in the hospitality industry and explore it in depth. Both your topic’s relevance to the current work culture and the affect this trend will have on your career must be discussed.You must summarise the main points of the topic in general, show insight in the field (i.e. what is it about? how much impact will it have?), and synthesise other’s thoughts (i.e. does researcher X’s opinions differ from researcher Y’s opinion? How is this important?). This will demonstrate to me that you are aware of the issues involved. Show that you can relate ideas these to your own professional development.  In the introduction you must present the trend and explain why it is relevant to the hospitality industry. You should also mention in one or two sentences what the following sections of your paper will discuss. The majority of the work should be related to the work of others from a variety of sources, including books and research papers. Explore in depth and justify how this impacts the industry.Please discuss in one short paragraph  the conclusion how this trend might affect you in your future career. What will be new or different for you as this trend becomes more pronounced? Your grade will strongly depend on how you discuss your future career in relation to the trend you chose to write about. You must have a bibliography at the end of your paper, listing all the references that you mention in the text. Be consistent with your bibliography, with author last name first, then first initial, then title and journal name or book. The list must be in alphabetical order. Do  use numbering or bullet points in your reference list. Use the Harvard Referencing System.