Facets of the Hospitality Philosophy: Filotexnia

Abstract

Purpose. Considers the possibility of establishing the Hospitality Philosophy as an independent field of philosophical knowledge. Theoretical basis. Theoretical basis for this issue is the numerous philosophical researches on the topic of hospitality (anthropological, phenomenological, ethical, social-philosophical etc.) and the analysis of its essence and paradigmatic antinomy in the historicalphilosophical way. Scientific novelty. The article attempts to revitalise the notion of philotechnics (φιλοτεχνία) as 'the art of taking care of the guest's welfare' as a possible basic concept of contemporary philosophy of hospitality, which is able to reflect its nature most concisely, including its utilitarian and extra-utilitarian functions – not only a high service level, but also a “humane” attitude towards the guest. Findings. It has been summarized that modern hospitality as a specific human activity needs its own philosophy, which would comprehensively analyze the concept, study the facets and forms of its manifestations, define the worldview paradigm, form a methodology and be able to lead to an understanding of the goals of hospitality, to orient modern hospitality models to achieve certain and clear quality indicators while respecting historically verified value constants.

Innovative tourism and hospitality marketing strategies through the social ethics and social policy prisms

“…41 Nº 77 (2023): 569-583 recall the contradictory modern hospitality nature, first of all, the sharp contradiction between its pragmatic principles and humanistic deep nature. On the one hand, as a branch of the economy, hospitality cannot ignore the competitiveness associated with the properties of the service as a product; on the other hand, the quality of services directly depends on the emotional and psychological state of the consumer, which forces again and again, regardless of the time, place and form of hospitality, to turn to its deep humanistic nature (Bortnykov et al, 2021b).…”

“…Therefore, despite clearly expressed economic orientations, modern hospitality: "... obviously always derives from the personal hospitality idea and exists in a constant relationship with it as an ideal humanism model" (Montandon, 2004: 64). As for the ethical hospitality foundations, we have already tried to reflect on them philosophically (Bortnykov et al, 2021b), proposing, particularly, to revitalize the concept of "philotechnique" (φιλοτεχνία), introduced by Hippocrates to denote "love of one's art" and applied by Alexandria Clement to hospitality as "the art of caring for the welfare of travelers. "…”

Transformations of the organizational and legal mechanism of the Ukrainian state policy in tourism and hospitality

“…-improving the standard of living and quality of life of the Ukrainian, which requires ensuring economic growth of the state as a whole, its social and environmental security, improving the quality of services in the tourism sector (Oleksenko et al, 2021) -Creating new jobs and expanding opportunities for self-employment in the tourism sector by providing them with state support for the development of small and medium-sized businesses;…”

“…So, despite the fact that tourism and hospitality are a holistic phenomenon -cultural, social, economic, political, etc. -and a significant factor in the formation of the global socio-cultural space (Bortnykov et al, 2021), they can be considered among the priority areas of political and economic efforts on the part of state and supranational institutions in the context of the crisis recovery tasks.…”

Model of the state policy for the development of enterprises in the hospitality industry

“…A significant legacy in the study of the development of an effective model of the state policy for the development of enterprises in the hospitality industry was made primarily by the results of a study of domestic and foreign scientists: R. Oleksenko, S. Bilogur, N. Rybalchenko, I. Verkhovod, E. Bortnikov, R. Oleksenko, A. Konokh, A. Melnichenko, V. Shvedun, G. Kulagina and others [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. However, along with certain contributions and developments of specialists and economists in the field of the development of enterprises in the hospitality industry and their functioning, it should be noted that for the modern model of the state policy for the development of enterprises in the hospitality industry, it remains a practically unexplored object.…”