www.palgrave-journals.com/rpm Examining the determinants of room rates for hotels in capital cities: The Oslo experience Christer Thrane Received (in revised form): 7th November‚ 2006 Department of Social Sciences‚ Lillehammer University College‚ 2626 Lillehammer‚ Norway. Tel: þ 47 61 28 82 47; Fax: þ 47 61 28 81 70; E-mail: Christer.Thrane@hil.no Christer Thrane is Professor of Tourism in the Department of Social Sciences at Lillehammer University College‚ Norway. His research interests
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policy in the hotel sector: “green” strategy or stratagem? Margaret Brown Lecturer in Accounting‚ School of Food & Accommodation Management‚ Duncan of Jordanstone College‚ University of Dundee‚ Scotland‚ UK Illustrates alternative “green” strategies to indicate possible reactions of the hotel sector to the environmental issue and the extent of the “greening” process on the control system. Discusses the results of a questionnaire survey into the environmental standing of an hotel and the control
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Budgets provide a means for planning the financial future and play a vital role for planning. Budgets simultaneously make managers construct and implement plans‚ contribute useful information for improved decision making‚ provide a standard to administer performance evaluation‚ and enhance organization and communication. An essential component of the budgeting system is control. Control periodically takes actual results and budgeted results and compares the two. It also allows for managers to
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Computerisation Strategy Proposal for the new TVU/LSHT training hotel (2009) 1. Introduction The aim of this report is to look at the possible implementation of computer and information technologies at the Thames Valley University‚ London School of Hotel Training (TVU/LSHT). This has become necessary because the business has experienced a severe downturn in revenue since 2009 which has resulted in them experiencing trading losses and a lack of investment in both the business and the facilities
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of the most noticed hospitality service providers is known by the name of SHERATON with an absolute commitment to customer satisfaction‚ this five star hotel is a great destination as a accommodation service provider‚ owned by Starwood Hotels and Resorts chain‚ every guest notice the innovative designs and marketing procedures that Starwood Hotels and Resorts does‚ but the most important and to complement all others efforts and that customer will not forget is the people‚ people that take care of
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the application. From here can conclude that‚ virtual tour on hotel room needing more time in completion. By well-organized task and duration‚ the application will develop on time. PARADIGM Waterfall paradigm is important to note a large successful of projects development. Without the structure and organization provided a waterfall paradigm method‚ development projects would be at severe risk of missing deadlines‚ escalating budgets and a low quality system. As a methodology‚ the water fall paradigm
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merger of Life Style resorts and Home Away Hotels which is a very large chain of hotels in North America. There were problems with the reservation system at all the hotels. Each hotel had its own software and hardware. Each hotel had its own reservation system which was difficult for the company to produce any reports to the management. It was also difficult for the marketing and branding of the company. They have decided to get ERP system for the total hotels and resorts. Finally they have to decide
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The Economic Impact of the President’s 2013 Budget April 2012 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Contents Overview How the Government’s Fiscal Policies Can Affect the Economy Fiscal Policies and Output in the Short Run Fiscal Policies and Output in the Long Run How the President’s Budgetary Proposals Would Affect the Economy Effects on the Economy Through 2017 Effects on the Economy After 2017 Economic Models and Results Estimated Economic Effects and Their Budgetary Implications Through 2017
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Example of a Proposal Orchard Middle School 387 Pine Hill Road Orchard‚ VT 02331 703-555-1212 October 6‚ 2002 ABC Foundation 13 Hill Street Boston‚ MA 02116 RE: READ TO SUCCEED! PROJECT The Orchard Middle School in Orchard‚ Vermont is seeking a grant to provide help at risk students improve their reading skills. These at risk students are currently reading at two or more grade levels behind their peers. The objective of the Read to Succeed! program is to help at risk students improve
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The two of the budgets that are commonly used in the health care organizations are capital budget and operating budget. Capital budgets consider equipment and building acquisitions that the hospital will be using for over a year. The operating budget is part of the master budget and is the day-to-day revenues and expenditures for the facility. Reviewing these two types of budgets meet the American Organization of Nurse Examiners Competency business skills‚ in “developing and manage an annual operating
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