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Most states regulate their health departments by city or county. Search for health department regulations for food service facilities that are closely related to the location in either Washington, DC or the state of Maryland. Focus on possible challenges to the restaurant industry, such as health department regulations and requirements, social concerns, competitive issues, and / or demographic and geographic issues.

-Determine the challenges involved in managing a restaurant operation that are specific to Washington, DC or Maryland, as well as how you would address those challenges.

-Determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in Washington, DC or Maryland, particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel management, and the recording of sales transactions. Consider the quality of technology infrastructure in your state and the degree of technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services within Washington, DC or Maryland.

-Analyze the interdependence of food service, lodging, and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and make two recommendations for how the synergy between the three could be improved, using examples from Washington, DC or Maryland to illustrate your case.

-Consider how these segments can improve their relationships between one another and how they can combine their services in order to be more marketable in Washington, DC or Maryland.

-Determine the likely consequences of the introduction of gaming entertainment into Washington, DC or Maryland, or if Washington, DC or Maryland already allows gaming, the impact of significant economic expansion of the segment upon other segments of the hospitality industry.

-Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.