Tourism and Hospitality Industries It is perhaps indicative of how interconnected the hospitality industry and the tourism industry are that they are often connected in literature as one broad industrial category, "the hospitality and tourist indust Continue Reading...
Tourism and Hospitality Industries: Management Integration of Travel and Hospitality Companies Vertical integration has been a major trend in corporate business in profit-based and consumer-based industries over the past several decades, particular Continue Reading...
Role of Conferences in the Strategic Development of the Hotel Industry Case Study of Five Star Hotels in Jordan Jordan has a rich cultural and archaeological patrimony. Many natural wonders and a particularly welcoming people make tourism a natural Continue Reading...
Arab Spring Reshapes the Tourism and Hospitality Industry in the Middle East Research Structure Arab Spring Importance of Tourism in the Effected Regions Negative Impacts of Arab Spring on the Tourism Sector of the Middle Eastern Region Selectio Continue Reading...
Effects of CRM on the Hospitality Industry At a very strategic level, CRM has made the hospitality industry much more attuned to the preferences, wants and needs of guests. It has also created a more responsive industry by capturing the needs of c Continue Reading...
A strategic market plan is a written, long-term marketing plan covering three or more years into the future. A marketing plan is a written, short-term (tactical) marketing plan, for a period of two or fewer years into the future (Morrison, 2003). Cu Continue Reading...
Tourism Research Philosophies and Principles "Competing" Philosophies Impact of Values and Interests on Research The relatively young area of Tourism Research borrows heavily from social science in its use of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Continue Reading...
Tourism Should Adopt Alternative Energy Strategies Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. In 2010, international tourist arrivals increased by approximately seven percent, to 935 million arrivals ("World Tourism Organization," n.d.) Continue Reading...
Pubs on account of operating costs, food prices, and the increase in minimum wages have therefore changed to the tenanted model. Some regulations have also curbed customer choice like ban on smoking in public places, and other interventions on custo Continue Reading...
Hospitality Identification of the Articles This essay intends to critique and analyze two important articles related to human resources management and this concept's relationship to the hospitality industry. The first article, "Strategic Human Reso Continue Reading...
Hospitality and Tourism Industry ChallengeOne of the most significant issues is to comply with various Georgia state laws and regulations about health and safety within the hospitality industry. Most of the restaurant managements feel that legislator Continue Reading...
Tourism Economics Over the last several years, the issue of climate change has been continually brought to the forefront. This is because a variety of scientific evidence is highlighting the damage that CO2 emissions are causing to the environment. Continue Reading...
Hospitality Management Defining and Observing Hospitality Management Defining Hospitality Management The hospitality industry incorporates a broad range of different types of business, all of which have a common characteristics; providing some typ Continue Reading...
Tourism Know In spite of Rio's iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer and its noteworthy names like Copacabana and Ipanema, relatively few international visitors make it to Brazil. According to Smale (2010), Brazil does not even come close to being i Continue Reading...
There are some cases where there can be a guest service agent who might be handling japans guests but may not understand what the guest exactly needs and hence will need to ask for help and may lead to a long period of waiting. This leads to decreas Continue Reading...
Tourism and Hotel Management Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hotel Management Nature has blessed every country with different set of resources which makes it unique and invites the attraction of people living in other parts of the world. If the Continue Reading...
Also, the hotel is placed so to offer quick access to the national and international airports. The hotel takes the utmost advantage of their strategic location and does not need to add more value to this part of their business. Proof of the success Continue Reading...
Tourism & Cyprus Tourism and Cyprus Tourism-Towards Sustainability: Case of Cyprus Tourism-Towards Sustainability: Case of Cyprus Republic of Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Development Tourism-Towards Sustainability: Case of Cyprus The current Continue Reading...
The moment of truth was when the front desk people realized that the problem we reported was not just a minor complaint or just an example of customers being too picky or demanding. It was fairly clear that the hotel personnel immediately empathize Continue Reading...
This answers the question of "what do we have to offer?' For example, Macau has a unique culinary culture that blends Chinese and Portuguese influences. These competencies can be identified by their presence as a minority of responses to the initial Continue Reading...
" (Tourism Directory, 2009) This type of system would ensure that fair-trade claims are true when these types of claims are made. All areas of the world are not reporting positive trends in travel and tourism and one such location is the Caribbean du Continue Reading...
" (2000) The work of George Hermanson entitled: "Paradise and Hospitality" states that hospitality "...was crucial in the world of the Bible. In a desert environment - hot days, cold nights, where food and water are scarce, hospitality literally mea Continue Reading...
For this reason Torres suggests that using LEED information is a good way to mitigate mistakes that can come at a cost. It is also clear that mistakes such as this are much more limited in possibility as systems and products expand daily to meet the Continue Reading...
The author notes that this is one way to improve training for some 18,000 people at 1,800 locations with only 11 trainers, using nteractive web-based training, including instructor-led segments, to teach reservation operations, house-keeping duties, Continue Reading...
Tourism Demand Research & Analysis International Tourism Demand Estimation Demand Theory Switzerland Tourism Attraction Sales Cambodia Tourism Attraction Sales Tourism & Employment Suggestions Tourism Demand Tourism may be defined a Continue Reading...
Hamilton Island produces a wide array of entertainment that comes in many shapes and forms. The latest addition to the activity list is a nine-pin bowling alley that aims to provide endless family fun. And to top it off, other attractions the island Continue Reading...
Personal Selling in Hospitality Personal selling in the tourism and hospitality industry is an essential part of destination and hotel sales, driving base demand, creating awareness, and is becoming more competitive than ever before as organizations Continue Reading...
Tourism Handbook Coverage of Foreign Investment in Tourism The Sage Handbook of Tourism Studies offers a fantastic overview of the issue of tourism and tourism studies but as has been pointed out is developed from the perspective that the world wa Continue Reading...
Tourist Behavior Toward Nature-Based Tourism Activities For most of the developing countries tourism industry is playing a very important role in boosting their economies. In 2004, it was found out that Asia Pacific was one of the fastest growing t Continue Reading...
Terrorism Affects the International Tourism Industry There is an undeniable relationship between terrorism and tourism. This is because of the industry power tourist sites are attractive avenues for terrorists to cause unprecedented magnitudes of e Continue Reading...
Pro-Poor Tourism: Association With Development Activities, Sustainability, And Benefiting Local and Poor Population Tourism is an effective tool of achieving development, especially in developing nations, and poor and remote communities. This is pos Continue Reading...
Fire in Hospitality and Tourism Industry Fire Fire in the tourism industry Fire according to the Greek tradition is well thought-out to be one of the key elements in the universe besides earth, air and water. Both the elements can be felt and smel Continue Reading...
Sustainable tourism does not destroy the environment, economy, or cultural aspects of the tourist destination (David Vaughan, 2000). Sustainable tourism is aimed at ensuring that those concerned are not affected in any way and that a positive develop Continue Reading...
International Management The cultural tourism is a part of cultural industry and it promotes cultural products of travelers as cultural practice (Craik, 1995; 87; Prentice, 2001). This tourism format is well thought-out as an organization which cove Continue Reading...
While companies of all types and sizes stand to benefit from strategic alliances, the relevant literature indicates that companies competing in the hospitality industry are particularly well situated to gain a competitive advantage in this way. In Continue Reading...
Accreditation/Certification Schemes in Hospitality Industry Accreditation and certification schemes exist to recognize best practices in any industry. In the hospitality industry some compulsory standards are established through variety of means inc Continue Reading...
Consumer Trends in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: Effects on Hospitality and Tourism The purpose of this work is to identify present consumer trends and to examine the facts and upon gaining understanding, explain the effects that consumer h Continue Reading...
Branding in Tourism The travel, tourism and hospitality industry is a constant challenge for the field of marketing. Because the competition is so strong throughout, it is hard for a company to build a base and maintain its market share. With so man Continue Reading...
Excess relying on Tourism for GDP in Fiji, Seychelles, Costa Rica, Hawaii and Caribbean Islands. Over Reliance of Tourism for GDP Holiday business is a global economic and regional development force. Tourism comes with various costs and benefits. F Continue Reading...
ICT Use is Applied to the Tourism and Hospitality Industries This work in writing conducts a critical evaluation of how use of ICT is applied to the tourism and hospitality industries. This work in writing will evaluate the Disney hospitality and t Continue Reading...
