Essays on Souvenir

For the purposes of this term paper it was decided to analyze factors affecting marketing strategy of the European brand "Fairy Dragons" that manufactures souvenirs and toys. The fabulous legend about dragon's family that has magical powers and help people was formulated for the promotion of the brand. The brand name clearly relates to the main heroes of that legend - thereby the brand's mission is much broader than the mission of usual souvenir manufacturers. "Fairy Dragons" has taken on additional psychological meaning for the consumer. The brand is presented in retail places near European must sees visited by ...

Bringing flower to the birthday girl is a must. But most people forget to buy presents on time because they are busy with work or the daily routine. On the way to the birthday dinner or party, it is easy to stop by and buy a bouquet of flowers.

However, since most birthday celebrations happen during the late hours of the day when barely nothing is open, it is not so easy to locate a shop where one can find a suitable present for the birthday boy or girl. Therefore, the best combination for such an occasion would be to combine a flower shop ...

PART ONE

Marshall James Kerry is a known artist. He was born in the year 1955 in Alabama and was educated at art institute of Otis in Los Angeles where he received a bachelor’s degree and an honorary degree for his exemplary works in arts. In his artistic works, Marshall is basically interested in installation and public projects that are rich in the African American culture, which he attributes to his background.

Marshall has done many arts. Amongst them is the souvenir in which he incorporated a series of sculptures and paintings. In this art, he pays tribute to black power, a civil rights ...

Introduction

Charles Bridge of Prague in Czech Republic and the Golden Gate Bridge in United States are two of the most renowned bridges of the world. Both of these bridges exhibit few similarities and few differences in its physical form, location, types of users, frequency and purpose of use, and materials. This paper will elucidates and compare these similarities and differences. Not only these bridges have a sheer economic significance but they have great cultural impact, as well. Both were made for the same notion of connecting communities (Brook & Cornish, 1992). Charles Bridge was made a century ago, while Golden Gate Bridge, ...

Summary of the chapters

The components of hospitality industry include recreation services, campground, tourism and products all of these are categorized into hospitality and tourism network. In chapter 2 in history, hospitality for the first time has worked with employees who are close and young at age. Understanding the generation and giving these employees what they need, leaders can be able to increase productivity and employee retention. Chapter three on the other hand, focuses on specifics of lodging these include then types of lodging facilities for example lodging facilities which offer all in one services which has extended beyond bed and breakfast. Issues ...

Introduction

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) located in Sydney, Australia. The museum is dedicated to the exhibition, collection and interpretation of contemporary art pieces from Australia and other continents. The museum was the brainchild of John Power, an Australian expatriate. John’s intention was to educate and inform the Australian public on contemporary visual forms of art (MCA 2013, 1). The Museum of Contemporary Art was officially opened in November 1991 (MCA 2013, 1). The exhibitions are housed in the former Maritime Service Board building at Circular Quay at the periphery of the Sydney Harbor. The state government ...

Introduction

There has been a renewed interest with the indigenous tourism recently. In Australia, it is one of the most thriving tourism sector and attraction at present. This is because Australia is home to one of the world’s historic living cultures and so, it is well placed to develop this global tourism sector (ONT, 1998, p. 2). Indigenous tourism is a general term formerly used to pertain to “all tourism services or products, managed by either the Indigenous or the non-indigenous entities but focuses on an indigenous motif such as cultural tours, festivals, arts and crafts making, interpretation of indigenous heritage, ...

English Department

Washington State University Pullman, WA 99165-1250

Dear, Ms. Burke:

Enclosed is our report for the repurposing project entitled California Disneyland Travel Planning Guide. This report provides an overview of the project, the methods we used for completing the project, as well as our findings and conclusions from working on the project. This report is written for Ms. Tomie Gowdy-Burke whose authorization of our proposal allowed us to commence the project on July 20, 2012. As indicated in our proposal, this report provides information about the steps we took in the creation of a brochure that provided information on the ...

Introduction:

The California Travel Planning Guide aims to provide prospective visitors of Disneyland with information about the theme park, particularly about the activities that they can do, the places that they can go to, and the souvenir items that they can purchase within the theme park.

This progress memo provides information about the project’s status to date, with the due date scheduled on July 27, 2012.

The project started on July 20, 2007 and will end on July 27, 2012. The Project is divided into the following major tasks: Project Planning, Brochure Design, Content Creation, and the Report.

Project ...

The rise of the internet and the globalized city has made it seem as if there are really only two cultural values in the world - the traditional values of the rural lifestyle and the urban values of commerce that dominate the modern cities. Generally speaking, people tend to consider these as a one-way trend as older, more traditional people stay in the rural areas and die off and younger, more modern people move to the cities and push progress and change. By comparing two short stories such as "Souvenirs" by Leila Aboulela and "An Internet Baby" by Xiaolu Guo, ...

The Presentation of the ‘Primitive’ in Early Twentieth Century Art

In the early Twentieth Century, the idea of the ‘primitive’ was one which was prevalent across the world of civilisation. This was, in part, due to the massively widespread British Empire which, as it loosened its grip on its colonies, began to leave a mass of different types of people all left to re-find their place in the world. In short, the term ‘primitive’ was one used to describe individuals who did not fit in with the western ethnocentric view of the world: white, Christian and adheres to the social expectations of upper class Britain. As all fashions and morbid ...