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The article features Hotel Moskva in Belgrade which was established in 1906 at main street in Belgrade, Serbia and offers information on the attitude of the hotel servers toward their customers. It states that every time the customers give tips to the servers, the servers would always refuse the tips and discuss the habit of tipping to the customers. Despites of this, the author states the advantages that Moskva hotel contributes to its customers.

Comments on the ambiance of Japanese hotels. Management of the hotels through certain patterns; Uniqueness of the design of Japanese hotels; Appreciation of the Japanese foods by Westerners.

Presents the experiences of the author with various types of hotel cheats. Method of operation of J. C. Doe who was defrauding smaller hotels by means of a $1000 bill; Approach used by the author to prove the charges against the man who was caught in San Francisco, California; Sentence given to Doe; Reason for doubting the identity of Doctor Richard A. Roe.

The article highlights the interest of Hungarian businessman Emil Hubert Ronay to revitalize hotels experiencing some losses in the U.S. Ronay conducts a detailed survey as his first approach in the revitalization. He had gained the trust of some bankers despite his inclination with classical mythology. He played a key role in managing legal disputes within the hotel sector in the country.

The article provides information about the international hotel school which offer courses to hotelkeepers in Switzerland. In 1983, the school was founded by Jacques Tschumy, president of the Swiss hotelkeepers' association. Tschumy observed that the hotel business was outrunning the abilities of scullery boys to develop into front-lobby hosts to he decided to established the school.