COMMODITY POLICY OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SERVICES IN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST BUSINESS

Abstract

The article considers the current problems of commodity policy in the field of hospitality, identifies the risks that may begin if these problems are not addressed in a timely manner. Some problems are solved. In addition, the strategic objectives of development and improvement of commodity policy of hotel and restaurant services are partially presented; the priority directions of use of goods in hotel and restaurant services are characterized, which include: management of assortment of goods and services, their formation and estimation, improved consumer properties of innovative goods, identification of goods and detection of their falsifications, preservation of goods content. Commodity policy as a component of international tourism business, which reveals the main characteristics of goods and hotel and restaurant services, aimed at performing such activities as scientific, educational and practical professional commodity research. In recent years, research has been virtually discontinued on the development of innovative storage technologies, although this is very important to ensure food independence of the country. At new product development, mainly the efforts of researchers are limited to establishing expiration dates in compliance with previously regulated storage conditions. New storage technologies are not used. Possible risks are: obsolescence of traditional storage technologies and, accordingly, the country's backwardness in this direction; growth of commodity losses and irrational use of food resources; rising food prices. To prevent or mitigate these risks it is necessary to conduct research on the development of innovative technologies taking into account modern logistics schemes and chains, at it is expedient to combine the efforts of commodity experts with the efforts of logisticians. Thus, the analysis of these problems scientific commodity science shows the inevitability of risks if these problems are not solved. To prevent risks or mitigate their consequences solve a number of strategic tasks and identify priority directions of scientific development research in the field of commodity science.