CASE 2: Building Capabilities at the Westward Hilton SYNOPSIS This case describes the efforts of Hiller Hotels to turnaround the operating performance of the Westward Hilton‚ a hotel they purchased out of bankruptcy when the previous owner was forced to sell the property. The general manager charged with the turnaround‚ Peter Green‚ began by developing a clear strategy and then innovatively devising human resource activities to implement his vision. Peter Green is now the executive vice president
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Running head: BUILDING CAPABILITIES AT THE WESTWARD HILTON Building Capabilities at the Westward Hilton Hiller Hotels is a very prominate hotel business in Phoenix‚ Arizona. This company has a wide range of middle class and upscale hotels and also has a few restaurants. Peter Green‚ executive vice president for operation‚ has been employed with the company for more than 10 years. Hospitality has been a part of Green’s life since his teenage year. Green worked over the years and gained experience
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HILTON WORLDWIDE Prepared for Professor Issam A. Ghazzawi Prepared by BUS 551: Seminar in Organization Theory & Behavior October 11‚ 2010 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction……………………………………………………………………………3 Organizational Background………….……..……………..……...……………………3 Organizational Structure and Design………………………...………..………………6 Hilton’s Culture and Ethics……………..…………………………………….……….9 Organizational Environment…………..………………..……………..……………..10 Hilton Hotel manages its workforce diversity…………………………..….………
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Identification The problem identified is that Hilton HHonors need to decide how to approach a different positioning stand and focus on differentiating its loyalty program from the recently announced Starwood Preferred Guest and other competitors rather than to match their program with Preferred Guest. It is recognized that other competitors such as Hyatt and Marriot who are part of the big players in the hotel industry have not respond to Starwood’s announcement. Thus‚ Hilton will need to decide how to differentiate
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Case Summary: Hilton Problem: From the case‚ we know Hilton is currently using the marketing penetration by focusing on business travelers. And now the expensive loyalty-program features that are added by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. for attracting more business travelers is threatening Hilton by increasing Hilton’s cost or decreasing Hilton’s market shares. Solution: In my opinion‚ in response to the Starwood’s strategy‚ the solution for Hilton’s dilemma should be market development
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CASE STUDY: Decision time at Hilton Hilton’s current distribution policy is causing its original competitive advantage of being the industry leader to deacrease. As a matter of facts‚ the traditional channels Hilton is using (such as hotel wholesaler‚ tour operators‚ global distributors systems and third-parties websites) plus the increasing popularity of Expedia-like sites has led the company to loose market shares (caused by the introduction of smaller independent hotel chains). Therefore‚ considering
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Hilton Case Study After staving off two major takeover attempts in the 1990 ’s‚ Hilton Hotels Corporations (HHC) decided to adjust its overall strategy and become more aggressive in its business operations. Although already a force in the hotel industry with a strategic focus in three areas: hotel ownership‚ managing and franchising‚ and timeshare; Hilton Hotels decided to shift more resources into gaming‚ resort operations and the mid-priced segment of the hotel industry (hotel-online.com 2006)
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A SKILLSOFT CASE STUDY HILTON HOTELS Whichever major city you find yourself in‚ the chances are you’ll come across a Hilton Hotel. The company has 380 hotels worldwide and is represented in 66 countries. Its 80‚000 strong workforce looks after an average of 8 million guests every year. ACHIEVED RESULTS • 88% want access to more e-learning • 90% would recommend it to others • 80%+ levels of satisfaction • 2‚500 active users worldwide - representing the total number of licences currently purchased
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Managing a Better Program - Introduction Hilton Hotels sees its frequent guest programs “HHonors” as an incredibly important marketing tool. It serves to direct promotional and customer service efforts for a population of its most important clients‚ the frequent business traveler. Hilton is running the “HHonors” loyalty program to create and retain loyal customers in the same way as its major competitors. Organizations in the lodging industry all compete for the same subset of customers by introducing
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Brian Lowe Case: Hilton 1. If the company had dropped product 103 as of January 1‚ 2004‚ what effect would the action have had on the $158‚000 for the first six months of 2004? The variable costs associated with product 103 will go away when the product line is eliminated. However‚ the fixed costs will remain and be spread over the other two programs. In order for the company to consider eliminating the product‚ the variable costs removed must be greater than the product sales. -------------------------------------------------
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