Site name: Cornell University Links to Independent Restaurants URL: www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/hslinks.html?scid=255&name=Foodservice+

Industry&scname=Independent+Restaurants&id=5 Background information: Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration provides a variety of Web resources for the hospitality Industry Site name: Cornell University Links to Chain Restaurants URL: www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/hslinks.html?scid=284&name=Foodservice+

Industry&scname=Restaurant+Chain+Companies&id=5 Exercises:

a. Explore three independent restaurant sites and three chain restaurant sites. Describe the differences and similarities among the independent and the chain groups.

b. After reviewing their Web sites, is there a significant difference between the “look and feel” of the chain Web sites and the independent operator’s Web sites?