Gastronomy in hotel businesses activities and new trends:İstanbul Hilton Hotels

Food and beverage requirements, which are a necessity for people to survive, have changed in a developing and changing world depending on technology. The concept of eating and drinking has turned from being a necessity to a pleasure. The concept of gastronomy, including healthy, good, pleasant, delicious, new and trendy foods and beverages, has been introduced to the food culture. With the gastronomy which is an integral part of the tourism sector, many new trends have emerged. Gastronomy shows many of the branches of science and art together with food culture and shows the world with new trends. Tourism industry and hotel businesses adapt to these developing trends and work towards meeting the satisfaction and expectations of the guests. The aim of this study is to determine the changes in the changing and developing hotel and tourism industry, to examine the results of these changes and to analyze the developments in the hotel enterprises for the food and beverage sector which is gaining importance in this context. Four Hilton Hotels in Istanbul have been identified for the application part of this study, which was conducted to determine the gastronomic trends applied in Hilton Hotel businesses. Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus in Harbiye, Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus in Beşiktaş, Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center in Bomonti / Şişli, and DoubleTree by Hilton Moda in Moda / Kadıköy are selected as the hotels to be implemented and the guests in these hotels gastronomic trends are investigated. Key Words: Gastronomy, Gastronomic Trends, Hilton Hotel Sample