Hotels Case Studies Samples For Students

Segmenting in Gladstone Hotel

Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Canada, is a heritage hotel having Victorian style built up with contemporary luxury interiors. Gladstone is unique in many ways, first of all, it patronizes local artists from Toronto and nearby places to present and exhibit their works / talents to the guests. It has 37 rooms, all designed by the local artists, each one with unique interiors having distinct names such as Sky Gazer room, Teen Queen, Sugarbush etc. It also has four venues for varied events and two restaurants. The event spaces are suited for art exhibitions, live performances, meetings, private events, weddings and ...

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The Oakes hotel is a popular hotel of Canada that has recently revamped its structure and paraphernalia with outstanding refurbishment. The Oakes hotel offers a combination of best comforts and traditions to meet the towering standards of other Grand hotels and competitors. The hotel management proudly presents newly refurbished top class Falls-view suites and rooms, equipped with modern lodging and catering facilities, as an added feature. The elegant, modern steel and glass building highlighted with a newly made 21-storey tower and two top class elevators. The high-speed glass enclosed design elevators provide a modern enchanting look to the customers. The lobby area ...

Synopsis of the Company

The proposed company is a hotel booking business with headquarters located in Kuwait. The owners of the business would establish a small office (local agent) to serve as a home-base for crucial personnel: administration, human resources, information technology, finance and accounting. Majority of the operations would be undertaken online through designing an official website and data-base that would generate booking transactions. As such, the company is projected to earn through commissions from affiliate hotels for every booking or reservation completed.
The mission of the company is to serve travelling clients with hotel accommodations through making reservations online. Since most of contemporary ...

Introduction

Harry Houdini, faces a number of problems at Holmes Hotel where he is freshly employed. These include incomplete reports and summaries, non-existent RSA signage and programs, incorrect cashier balances, declining bar takings and the rising number of complaints from the customers. On top of that, the staff are often late and do not come in uniform.1. From these facts a number of problems may occur. Take each one of these facts and detail what kind of issues may arise.Disorganized reports and summaries and incomplete documentation – Incomplete records would lead to lack of transparency, and the risks of something being left out ...

Executive summary of the case

The case study starts with a brief history of Mc Donald’s; how it came into being. McDonald’s “competency center” in each country uses their acquired to knowledge to innovate and develop strategies for growth of the company. The case focuses on the company’s Switzerland strategy. In 2001, McDonald’s diversified into hotel industry in Switzerland by setting up two hotels in Zurich and Lully. The hotels were operated under the brand name of "Golden Arch Hotel”. They were positioned as 4 stared hotels that were highly modern and technologically advanced in terms of interiors of the hotel ( ...

Introduction

The present case study is based on the current recruitment practices at George Hotel that are essentially based on employee referrals thus encouraging a family oriented culture in the organization. The case study discusses the critical analysis of the current recruitment methods and provides viable solutions to the problems identified in the current recruitment system. A recruitment plan for the expansion of the hotel unit at a new location has also been provided.
- How should the 4 issues identified at the end of the case be addressed? Please be specific and explain your recommendations.

The four issues identified at the end of the case include:

- Documentation Verification and Compliance: ...

Problem Statement

The Eleganzia Group is experiencing a significant decline in room occupancy, stiff competition from renowned group of hotels, decrease in revenues and regular changes in ownership rights. The global economic crisis is evident and Eleganzia Group must make a decision on how to circumvent this crisis. Should Eleganzia Group reduce their rates?

Objectives

The Eleganzia must continue being competitive in the hotel industry while offering quality service to its customers. Specific objectives include upholding customer value, extensive marketing strategy and continuous innovations.

Alternatives

- Include extras in the Half Board package
- Move to Semi-Inclusive package instead of Half-Board room rate and ...

Quality At Ritz

In what ways can Ritz Carlton monitor its success in achieving quality?
Ritz Carlton is a leading brand of luxury hotels and resorts with more than 80 properties in major cities and more than 24 resorts worldwide. In the hotel industry, it is not easy to quantify the quality because guests do not purchase a specific product when they stay at Ritz instead they purchase an experience. Hence, customer satisfaction is the main priority. One way to assess the success rate of the quality is through customer satisfaction that can be analysed through non-financial and financial attributes. The customer satisfaction ...

Business

15-1 The advantages for Melia to own its hotels versus managing them for another organization.
There are various advantages that Melia can gain by owning its hotels rather than just operating them for another organization. One of the most important is that by owning its hotels, Melia will have a 100 percent ownership of the properties. Thus, the full ownership will give Melia owner the right in order to control exclusive dimensions. These dimensions are: firstly, the hotel’s daily operation such as creation of personnel schedule, hiring process and even the securement of the hotel’s supplies. Secondly, ...

Hotel Rwanda is a film that reveals an overview of the events in Rwanda during its ten-year war between the Hutu and Tutsi (Two tribes in Rwanda). The plot of the film revolves around Hotel des Mille Collines’ manager, Paul Rusesabagina, (a Hutu), his wife Tatiana (a Tutsi), and their children. From the movie, their marriage seems to experience problems because of a tussle between the two communities. Paul tries to bribe militiamen with alcohol and money just to keep his family safe. When the war begins to escalate, a military official takes orphaned children to the hotel and forces Paul to take care ...

a. What is the root cause(s) of the problems/issues occurring and what other factors contribute to them?
The root cause of the problem is the expenses incurred by Moonlight Hotel is rising energy expenses. Accordingly, it incurs too many expenses for its hotel lighting. However, it could not just remove all its lighting equipment or materials because that would hurt the hotel’s profit. There is possible solution, however, that communicated through the other hotel’s general manager named Bruce Cregg of Shining Star Hotel. The said hotel has replace its front-of-the-house incandescent light with florescent lights ...

The FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament that takes place after every four years. This event will take place this year (2014) in Brazil. The FIFA World cup is world`s most famous sporting event. The event gets popularity due to broadcast by various television stations. Millions of people travel from their country to the host country to participate in the event. It is expected that the event would boost the economy of Brazil. This paper tries to examine the effects of the World Cup on the Brazilian Hotel businesses.
Several businesses will increase their operations ...

Introduction

This paper seeks to investigate the change management processes that have taken place at Starwood, a leading hotel and leisure company in the globe. The investigation seeks to understand the specific types of organizational changes that have taken place at the hotel chain and how it has subsequently reacted to these changes. In particular, the paper seeks to evaluate the extent to which the company has adopted the six sigma concepts of process management and the subsequent results that the company has experienced as a direct outcome of this adoption. The paper also includes a strategic plan which has been designed as a ...

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts

The Fairmont hotels and resorts are a collection of hotels that associate with unrivaled properties and experiences that are reflected by their unique locations and memorable services. This chain of hotels began in 1907 after the establishment of Fairmont San Francisco (Fairmont, 2014). Since then, they have grown and developed internationally. It is owned by shareholders with the highest, the Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment, holding a 40 % stake. Some of the celebrated Fairmont portfolios are; The Norfolk hotel Fairmont in Nairobi, Fairmont Le Chateau in Quebec City, the Savoy in London, Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, and Fairmont hotel at ...

Analysis and Recommendation

Analysis and Recommendation

The English Bay Hotel has been in the business for quite some time, and from this case it is among the oldest hotels to be put up in Vancouver. In the past, the hotel did tremendously well for a period of about two decades when it was independent before being affiliated with Wing West Hospitality. It is important to note that before being affiliated, the hotel was doing well. However, it is noted that it did well only for a decade after the affiliation and things started going wrong. The current general manager of the hotel Pat Patrick ...

The primary cause of confusion in the story is the room which Williams and Thompson were assigned. They were to be assigned a two-bedroom suite as he had reserved but instead they were give a room with a sleeping couch in the place of a second bed. This lead to Thompson’s discontent who ended up changing rooms.
The confusion was further escalated by the fact that the room which Williams occupied was recognized as unoccupied and that he had to wait for a computer to come back on line he could be given the number of Thompsons new room. Earlier, when he ...

Summary

- Initially a Thai manager managed the Regency Hotel.
- During its fifteen years of operation in Thailand, the Regency was considered one of the most prominent hotels in the country.
- Employees in the hotel were approximately 700.
- Employees enjoyed welfare benefits, above average salaries and job security.
- Every year the employees were awarded a bonus that was equivalent to four months salary. This was not dependent on the performance of the hotel.
- Sale of the hotel to the American chain made the Thai manager retire early.
- An American was ...

The Fourth of July

Introduction
Using irony depends on the so-called share understanding between the reader and the writer, if there were no common understanding established at the beginning of the text it is possible that the readers would be left clueless of what has been red and meaning does it want to convey. In Lorde’s writing, she presented her views about the American history in a different manner. For instance, she mentioned about being disappointed about not passing by the Liberty Bell, which constitutes a contradicting meaning. First, the author could mean being disappointed because she anticipated seeing the Liberty Bell while ...

Greening programs have multiple benefits for the organizations that practice them. Besides the potential for businesses such as CERES, Susan might also present several other values of a green program to the GM. These include the following: First, greening programs offer lucrative cost saving opportunities as a result of reduced wastage and increased responsibility with regard to energy consumption. Second, a greening program can earn Excelsior Hotel widespread recognition and enhanced reputation through support for environmental conservation. This may be facilitated through the achievement of the Green Seal Certification (Greenseal.org, N.d). Finally, the hotel can also gain a competitive advantage through greening practices ...

Delta Hotel in Victoria, BS

Delta hotel Victoria is a resort and spa situated in the inner harbor of Victoria. The hotel was built in 1992, celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2012. Being a newly renovated hotel, there are some features that seem attractive to individuals and citizens of Victoria. Its newly opened restaurants shopping malls and attractions are one of the key reasons that the residents love visiting the hotel. The services offered by the hotel are unsurpassed, and improve its attraction factor. Delta is a modern hotel that offers unsurpassed guest service, a modern waterfront setting, full resort amenities and exceptional wining (Delta Hotels and Resorts). ...

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing and evaluating the strategic management of Four Seasons Hotel and Resort’s current situation and future position and development. This research report identifies the sources of competitive advantage for Four Seasons and strategic challenges faced by the company on its expansion plans. The paper adopts some management models to help better understand the current situation. PESTLID and Porter’s five forces help to understand the current challenges facing the company from the perspective of the hospitality industry.

Introduction

As the world’s leading operator of luxury hotels and resorts, the goal of Four Seasons is ...

The US Hotel and lodging industry, according to forecasts from Standard and Poor’s has been characterized by overcapacity with about 48 million rooms, approximately one room for every 64 US citizens. The macro environment has been understood to be characterized by a cyclical trend with ups and downs in the recent years. The financial crisis of 2007/2008 seems to have hit the industry very hard as all indications point at a downward trend in the forth coming years.
High levels of unemployment, fore closures and declined business and travel characterized this period, leading to the lowest occupancy levels since ...

Lily pad Hotels and Resorts Company has over the years expanded the size of its market from the United States to other parts of the world. Currently, this company has more than 12 boutique hotels and resorts in the United States, Middle East, and South America.

Industry Strength and Weakness

Though the Lily-pad hotels and Resorts have expanded in recent years, their success has not come without challenges. One of challenges that this chain of hotels has experienced is the fact that the company has been a victim of both social friction and infant-related problems when the Company opens new businesses in new areas. ...

Physical evidence, process and people

Usually customers evaluate goods before they buy. They look at the appearance of the goods before they decide on whether to buy the goods or not. On the other hand, services are not physical and therefore evaluating them is usually difficult. However, the markers usually ensure that there is physical evidence available for the buyers to evaluate the goods. Physical evidence in marketing can therefore the described as the environment in which the services are provided. It shows where the interaction between the customers and the providers of the services. Physical evidence is usually meant to describe how the ...

Formulating an appropriate research design

An appropriate research design that can be used to determine the feasibility and commercial opportunity of the non-business-travelers segment in Australia for Marriott is descriptive research design. Descriptive research in marketing seeks to provide answers to research questions such as why, where, what, and who. For instance, the specific research questions related to the research problem seek to determine factors such as market size for non business travelers segment, opportunities to service the non business travelers, obstacles that Marriot has to overcome in order to penetrate the market, the level of competition within the Australian non business travelers segment, ...

The Body Shop is one of such organizations that have oriented itself in the market based on the sustainable initiatives that it undertakes. For instance, The Body Shop products are developed through processes that are against animal testing, support community fair trade, activate self-esteem, defend human rights and protect the planet. These values are the core of everything that The Body Shop stands for, in today’s competitive environment.

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Product: Tea Tree Oil

Sustainable initiative undertaken: ...

Executive Summary
Sheraton Hotel also referred under the name Le Centre Sheraton is a well-established hotel chain located in downtown Montreal. Sheraton hotel, as of 1987, had received a ‘Four Diamond Award’ and subsequently given a ‘Four Staraccolade’ by Mobil Travel Guide and thus its four star status to date. Sheraton hotel boasts of its prestigious 824 rooms that also entail the Sheraton Towers, an acclaimed five-story hotel, independent check-in facilities, special amenities and lounge, 131 rooms that included 16 suites. Of these rooms, there was a balance between king, queen as well as double beds,in addition to 24 suites and6 ...

1. What are Blake's next steps?

The most important step for Blake at the moment is to investigate the reasons of the unsuccessful software launch. In order to do that he should start by interviewing the personnel of the Royal Hotel and by collecting the feedback of all people, who got a chance to use Espresso!. In particular, it is necessary to evaluate whether the software was not able to meet the demands of the hotel staff and to reflect the everyday needs of the hotel, or whether Espresso! was not properly introduced to the personnel through the training program. ...

Business

Corporate branding is the use of a company’s name and already-built reputation and general perception to market oneself. This usually happens when a company has many branches to tap different markets, or when a company franchises its brand and name to interested companies.
From the case study, Lilypad’s Hotels Company has been in business for two decades, and has branched out in the USA, Middle East and recently in San Francisco, South America, and has 12 boutique hotels worldwide. When a company spreads out its wings to branch into many sub-units, there is always the temptation to break out into ...

The Sweet Dreams Motel SWOT Analysis

Dreams Motel is a profit-making entity located in Far North Queensland. The firm provides accommodation and serves breakfast to its customers who include local families and foreign tourists. The firm is struggling to compete fairly with rival firms in the locality. An immediate action is required to improve on both short run and long-run returns. A SWOT analysis has to be put in place. This is a tool of analysis that critically identifies Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats associated with its business within the market share it serves.
The internal structure of Sweet Dreams Motel avails great potential over its ...

Introduction

The case study of McDonald’s Corporation entering the hotel industry has become one of the most famous among the specialists in management, hotel and tourism industries. Particularly, in 2001, the corporation opened the hotel in Rümlang, one of the towns in Switzerland. Having the name “Golden Arch Hotel”, it has been situated near the Airport Zürich-Kloten. What is more important, the opening of the second hotel happened during the same month in Lully. The head of the project was the chairman of Swiss division of the corporation, Urs Hammer. Furthermore, both he and the CEO of ...

What is a cartel? (5 marks)

The companies in a market might collude to set the prices by making explicit or implicit agreements between them on the market price, sharing the market geographically, or controlling the quantity supplied in the market. The agreement between the companies in a specific market might create an oligopoly behaving like a monopoly. The companies might set the price, and all the agreement partners might obey the agreement. If the companies can create a large market power, they might behave like one monopolist. Cartel is the situation of existence of an explicit or implicit agreement between the companies in a ...

Executive Summary

The Georges Hotel is an upscale European-style boutique hotel located along the Oriental Bay in Wellington. Most of the staff is friends and relatives of Jeff and Chad, who are brothers. The hotel has many advantages that a family business has as well as the disadvantages. Some of the supervisors are not aware of the laws against discrimination. They are not aware of what sexual harassment means and what the appropriate and inappropriate behavior towards their subordinates is. This has resulted in situations where a couple of EEO complaints were raised against the hotel. However, as things stand, the ...

The Defendant

The defendant in the case of comedian George Wallace vs. Bellagio Hotel is the latter, which is a world-renowned hotel and casino owned and operated by the MGM Mirage Hotels and Casinos. Bellagio Hotel is located along the famous Las Vegas strip in Paradise, Nevada. Furthermore, the description of the hotel incorporates luxury and its grand ballroom and event center is where shows and performances both public and private gatherings are being held. In the hotel is where the unfortunate event occurred involving the comedian George Wallace, which was according to the accounts of the case the comedian, suffered ...

Introduction

The hotel industry is among the critical sectors in the world. In 2011, the United States of America hospitality was the second largest employer while leading in fifty of its states. The industry has seen continuous developments and improvements held. The amounts of revenue collected have been on a constant increase since 2010.The sources of competition are amenities, services offered and pricing. (Maamoun, 2014)
Smith travel research firm divided the hotels and lodging centres by pricing and services. However, the prices charged were determined by the amenities presented and service levels. Fully serviced rooms, luggage services, room service, decent ...

I. Current Company Situation
a. Banff Area
Located in Alberta, Canada, Banff is the largest town located in the Banff National Park. Banff’s location, at the intersection of Mount Rundle, Mount Norquay and Sulphur Mountain not only makes it not only the highest elevated town in Canada at 4,800 feet above sea level, but also one of the nation’s most popular tourists destinations. To be sure, the region see nearly 4 million tourists visit each year. Banff is easily accessible by car from Calgary and Lake Louise, which is less than 80 and 40 miles away ...

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Market Opportunity Analysis

Market profile
Arkadia’s tourist industry is anchored in its historical attractions with a thriving tourist traffic of 5 million a year or 6% of its population per month. Its hospitality sector also serves its formidable business sector by hosting various conferences throughout the year.
Assuming that each tourist would be spending US$1,000 per trip, that would amount to US$5 billion annual revenue. There are 20 large companies who at the least will hold 2 conferences per year with an average spend of US$10,000 per event. That would amount to US$ ...

The considered fire emergency event was in the Rosemont Hotel located in the city of Chicago. The Rosemont Hotel is part of the Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel. The hotel is located 2.5 miles from the O'Hare International Airport 17 miles from the downtown of Chicago. The nearest fire department station is located in the International Airport with a 7 minutes range. The event was last August 04, 2016 and affected one floor of the hotel (Armentrout, 2016).

The Rosemont Hotel fire steps were the following:

Incipient Step: In this phase, there are no flames, there is a little smoke, the temperature is low; a lot of combustion ...

Sheila Renee White MAYO v. HYATT CORPORATION

898 F.2d 47 (April 10, 1990)

Facts: On February 20, 1987 Jack Mayo, Jr. died. His death was the result of complications pertaining to a fractured skull he suffered three days earlier on February 17 falling down the stairs of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, where he had been staying. Prior to the fall, Mayo had been drinking heavily off the hotel’s premises. Toxicology reports later confirmed that not only at the time of his fall was Mayo’s blood alcohol content over three times the legal limit but also that he had taken a significant ...

Q.1
The elements of the plaintiff’s claim for damages against the hotel as the employer include loss of income/earnings or economic loss and pain and suffering. The complaint against the animal keepers as guests is a breach of the duty of care constituting negligence. Examples of animal diseases that one may contract as a result of being around or handling animals include zoonotic diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, arbovirus, and Campylobacteriosis. To avoid infection by these diseases, the care that one should include the use of personal protective equipment such as boot, aprons, overalls, goggles and gloves, ...

There are many approaches that companies in the hospitality industry can use in improving performance in business. Of all the approaches available, expansion into new markets is one of the most common ways through which business is expanded. With the potential expansion into the Chinese market, it is necessary to access the expansion plan to avert any risks that come with entry into a new market.

The hotel has some alternatives in entering the Chinese market. The first one is licensing, where the company will allow a Chinese company to use the Swiss hotel’s expertise and trademark in ...

The case involves a guest of the hotel in Jamaica, where a guest was severely injured while working out in the fitness center of the hotel.  

Issues:

What jurisdiction and law should apply for the case?
The jurisdiction and law that should apply here is the Jamaican law, in Jamaica. The US law in Miami cannot apply because, as stated in 28 U.S.C subsections 1391(a), a US court only has jurisdiction in such cases over the defendants where at least one defendant is domiciled in the particular judicial district. This principle has been affirmed in the case of Steven ...

Introduction

Creating overall viable plan for the development of the company requires thorough consideration of the peculiarities of business, strategy-friendly organizational structure and the ways to enhance employees’ engagement level, as well as proper management tools. For the purposes of this assignment I will research into above-mentioned issues with respect to elaborating on the overall business strategy for the enterprise under study. To make the discussion more practical I will view the organization as a problem-solving mechanism (Coperrider&Srivastva 149), and identify issues and the way to solve them for each of the questions of the case study

Organization structure

The business under study ...

REPORT ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The report is aimed at uncovering the reasons behind the success of the company as .far as human resource is concerned. Having won the human resource awards three times, the company is clearly ahead of others in the sector. The report uncovers the various aspects that motivate the employees and how the management comes in to render a hand in improving the skills of employees. The collection of data was basically in the company so as the data collected would be first hand and a real indication of what happens at the ground rather than theories and speculations.
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Introduction

Change is inevitable not only in business but also in everyday life. This is because developments and better ways of doing things are always being formulated and hence the need for change from current ways of doing things. In business change is a significant tool to ensure that an organization does not become irrelevant in the market nor does it lose its competitive advantage (Creasey & Hiatt, 2003, p. 42).

Change Requirements at the International Hotel Group

As the Senior Human Resource Manager at the International Hotel Group I have identified several change needs in the organization after consultation with relevant staff from the human resource team. ...

v.

Basin Park Hotel, Inc, Defendant-Appellee.

Facts:
Patricia Smith and her husband checked into the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Spring, Arkansas to attend a wedding.
On the third day of their stay, Smith went down to the hotel lobby using the stairs.
At the last flight of the steps, she slid and fell and sustained injuries as a result;
She sued the hotel for negligence for its failure to keep the staircase in a safe condition.
Smith indicated in her deposition that she did not misstep, but surmised that the accident could have been caused by any of the general condition ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the given case study “Four Seasons goes to Paris”. The analysis of the given case study shows that Four Seasons is the leading names in luxury hotels. It has been established that Four Seasons renovate and brought changes in George V and started to operate it in 1999 as “Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris. During this entire process, the management of the hotel played an indispensable role in completely modifying the French market through diversity and outstanding standards. The report is intended to identify and discuss the problem ...

Introduction

The Four Seasons Hotel management and staff have one golden rule, which is ‘do unto others, as you would have them do unto you’. This means that everyone is treated with dignity, respect and compassion; be it a client or an employee. In order to cultivate such a philosophy and culture in an organization, it is cardinal to have the right people to implement it. To achieve this objective, the Four Seasons Hotels human resource department has a comprehensive program for recruiting, selecting and hiring new employees. Opportunities are provided openly and fairly to all qualified candidates interested in working for the ...

The case presents a scenario of hospitality management in which Stephen worked as front desk supervisor for the Boulderado hotel and was simultaneously delegated to train the new front desk clerks. With an experience of almost two years, Stephen was considered legible enough by the front desk manager to ensure that majority of on job nuances for front desk clerks were carried on well. The prime training objectives comprised of various front desk job functions like taking meal breaks, managing computer data entry, etc. The hotel was expecting a quality check by some anonymous mystery shopper and luckily the ...

Executive summary

The remarkable issues that have overwhelmed the performance of Eagle’s Nest Hotel Inc are the relevant amount of time spent by the executives on low value customer services that have little value to the customer. The decline of share price and income have prohibited Eagle’s Nest Hotel Company from achieving its customer-centric vision of offering fast, opportune and efficient services to customers across all channels. Our proposal will allow Eagle’s Nest Hotel Inc. to transform its retail channels into a high value, reliable customer services while receiving economies of scale via centralization of customer services. The proposal ...

Abstract

This article presents a discussion on the importance of management information systems in Bistro Cuisine, a restaurant operating in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. It will explain the role of information systems in the managerial function of planning, staffing, directing, and monitoring functions of management. It will describe management information system as a system of processes that provide information necessary to manage an organization effectively.

Modern technology has further made the result to management information systems in management imperative because of the changing environmental and circumstances. Finally, the article will make recommendations to public and private institutions on the importance of running ...

Market Research

Every year, most Britons like to go on vacations. The primary aim is to escape the harsh winter weather. The most common destinations preferred by British citizens are usually in the tropical or temperate regions. In these areas, temperatures are mild and provide a lot of comforts. A recent study stated that in 2016, almost a quarter of the population will be willing to spend more on their holidays. This finding is, of course, in relation to the previous year.
Furthermore, the research stated that one in five citizens will travel to a place they have never been before. ...

In modern world the number of issues the company should deal with is dramatically increasing. Some main threats of the previous years are replaced by more significant ones. To remain competitive the organization should pay attention to all the decisions made on different levels. The company is also exposed to new types of risks. It means that the organization should use new approaches to manage both external and internal operations. The main requirement to the behavior of the firm is to be as flexible as possible. New strategies need to be defined in accordance with environmental issues and up-to-date ...

Introduction

Tourism in Greece is one of the most important industries which have been able to boost its national growth. The industry has been rated to contribute more than 15% of the country’s output annually making it the most popular industry. This is based on the many beaches and the Mediterranean coastline which is a geographical advantage to the country. The country which is based in Europe has a rich history as the natives have retained their culture, thus attracting tourists. This has created a base for approximately 17.5 million visitors who originate from all walks of the world (Bramwell, 2004). It ...

The hotel industry has been dramatically driven by various factors during the past few decades. These factors have encompassed intensive global competition, customer satisfaction, creation of consumer loyalty, and production of standardized activities. The responsibility to manage the company appropriately is bestowed upon the human resource manager. The intent of this paper is to recognize the necessity of a strategic and operational change and develop, implement, and review the change in management strategies.
The first step towards strategic management is the identification of the weak areas of the company. Given that the company has numerous opportunities to embrace such ...

Introduction

This report is based on the key findings established after going through the case study of Intercontinental Hotel Brisbane. The hotel consists of 1019 rooms and is situated in a prime location in Brisbane. The workforce at the underlying hotel comprises agency workers (coming from Asian and some other foreign countries) and directly appointed employees. The company has recently introduced an automated system based on a software application called Optii to appraise the performance of their employees in order to make them utilize their full potential. The question is how far Optii has been successful in dealing with the ...

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Executive Summary
The Yosemite Nationl Park is one of the most visited place by tourists in the US and as a result, the issue of crowding is a serious for park senior management. In this case, park development strategy must change policy in the framework of park protection as well as of its visiting by tourists and rational use of the park territory for tourist purposes.

Introduction

As we know, Yosemite National Park is one of the most famous parks worldwide. This park has become more popular since 1913, when the first automobiles were being allowed to enter this park. ...

Introduction

Financial performance analysis is crucial for various stakeholders given the varying needs for performance information on various business aspects. In that respect, effective analysis entails evaluating performance over a period or comparing a company’s performance with industry peers. It also entails evaluating various performance areas using varying tools including financial ratios. In that view, the following is a report on Wyndham Worldwide Co. financial performance identifying the performance trend for the period beginning 2012 to 2014 and comparing its 2014 performance with that of the industry peers.

Analysis

Company Overview
Organization and history
Wyndham Worldwide Co. is a brand offering hospitality ...

Introduction

Human Resource Management (HRM) is an essential aspect of an organization. Guest D. et al. (2013, p. 17) alludes that HRM is a wide body of management that encompasses an array of activities and process regarding employees in the organization. It deals with policies and practices pertaining the recruitment, selection, induction, training, and development of people. Moreover, it also focuses on job design, work performance, remuneration, rewards, recognition, and employee welfare among other activities. This paper presents a case study on performance management system at TAJ Hotel Group.

Comparison of the Performance Management Systems under Kerker and Kumar

Performance management systems according to Guest D. et al. (2013, p. 17 system ...

Ipv6 Deployment Case Studies

Figure 1: Graphical internet usage trend 9
Figure 2: IPv6 tunneling 11
Figure 3: Data routing 13
Figure 4: Internet protocol suite 15

Introduction

In the midst of the number of IPv4 addresses almost entirely depleted, the realization of IPv6 has become a prime concern for many organizations. However, it is not possible to, immediately, change the whole thing over to IPv6 without a few transitions. This Paper takes a look at the ways that can be used to successfully transit to IPv6 from IPv4 among other deployment issues.

Section 1: IPv6 deployment strategy

The global IPv6 deployment recently made a significant milestone on the internet. ...