Abstract:

Despite the early usage of the concept in the 18th century, outsourcing received full attention in the accommodation industry when a hotel business in France, in 1980s, agreed on the acquisition of the supplementary services through purchase. Today outsourcing has a wide range of enforcement in almost every sector, as well as tourism. This article has studied the forms of outsourcing in hotel businesses in Antalya and its financial effects for them. This article, carried out together with 373 senior managers, reveals their opinions and concerns about outsourcing. Hotel managers prefer outsourcing mostly because it reduces the costs; however they also express that it is never considered as an option on strategically important issues for the business

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