THE BENEFITS OF HOTEL GOING GREEN Ong Siang Chong Temasek Polytechnic Abstract This study seeks to find out the some of the benefits of hotels going green. Global warming is an uprising worldwide issue that can cause immeasurable destruction to mankind and the Earth. Environmentalists are encouraging corporations and companies to go green and this does not exclude the hotel industry. There is a rising trend of hotels going environmental friendly through the use of several green technologies
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Shangri-La Hotels Contents Background Executive Summary Problem Statement Current Strategy External Environment VRINE Model Internal Analysis TOWS Analysis Value Chain Analysis Key Success Factors Alternatives Recommendations Implementation Plan Prologue Appendices Background Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group and regarded as one of the world’s finest hotel ownership and management
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Pricing productsIntroduction Products and services have a price just as they have a value. Many non-profit and all profit-making organizations must also set prices. Pricing is controversial and goes by many names: Price is all around us. You pay rent for your apartment‚ tuition for your education. The airline‚ railway‚ taxi and bus companies charge you a/are; the local utilities call their price a rate; and the local bank charges you interest for the money you borrow ; the guest lecturer charges
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Chapter 1 The Problem and it’s Background I - Introduction A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation‚ in time past‚ consisting only of a room with a bed‚ a cup board‚ a small table and washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities‚ including en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning or climate control. The cost and quality of hotels are usually indicative of the range and type of service available. Due
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These things that I learned at last lesson: 1)Product and service difference: Basically ; Products are tangible and services are intangible.For example; Apple Iphone‚ Coffe Mocha at Starbucks are products‚but healthy services sector‚home repair service‚wireless communication‚trip to somewhere ;they dont result ownership of anything. 2)Customer vs. consumer :Customer and consumer are not same things.For example;mother buy napkin for her baby and then baby consume it in this situation baby is
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JANUARY 2011 HVS HOTEL DEVELOPMENT COST SURVEY 2010 Elaine Sahlins Senior Vice President‚ HVS San Francisco Consulting & Valuation HVS Consulting & Valuation | 100 Bush Street‚ Ste 750‚ San Francisco‚ CA 94104‚ USA HVS Hotel Development Cost Survey 2010 Elaine Sahlins – January 2011 HVS has tracked hotel construction costs throughout the United States since 1976. The survey considers data for six lodging types: Economy/Budget Hotels‚ Midscale Hotels w/o F&B (without Food and Beverage)
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Assignment 1: Discuss the product decisions. Before discussing the product decisions‚ it is important to define a product and its classifications. Product A product can be defined as anything that can be offered to satisfy human needs. Further it can also be described as anything that is potentially vslued by a target market for the benefits or satisfaction it provides including objects‚ services‚ organizations‚ places‚ people and ideas.(woodruff 1996) A product is anything that can be
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customer visits and market orientation assessments. At the product level This is done by analyzing how a product/service should be adapted to the market. The value proposition of the product is decide and stated through positioning as to what benefits it provides to the customer. The product hierarchy also helps to position the product with respect to competition. At the executional level Done through integration of the 4 P’s – product‚ price‚ promotion and place. This requires consumer research
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Resource Allocation in Hotels –Alternative Distribution Options The number of reservations flowing to hotels through the electronic and switchboard distribution channels – the Internet and reservation call centers – is growing steadily. Once a minor contributor of bookings‚ they are now primary business sources and grow more important with every passing month. This productivity growth has heightened emphasis throughout the hotel industry on using the electronic and switchboard distribution channels
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The main sources of revenue in a hotel are through sales in rooms‚ restaurants and bars. Identify and evaluate other possible sources of revenue. ‘One of the fundamental business concepts is that a company is in business to make money’ (Hales‚ 15:2005). Revenue is the monetary amount that customers pay to receive a product or service and is the first aspect considered when conducting financial analysis as it starts the cash flow process of a company (Hales and Van Hoof‚ 2010). Moyer et al (1995)
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