Assessing Workplace Violence Risk Factors in the Hospitality Industry In “What’s Growing in the Corporate Culture”‚ Mattman (2001) discussed the steps a company needs to take in order to set up an effective workplace violence prevention program. This process involves classifying various risk factors‚ reviewing the existing policies in place‚ and establishing a way to collect pertinent‚ unbiased data. In this paper‚ I will summarize Mattman’s key points and gear the discussion more directly towards
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Hospitality Management 18 (1999) 427}442 Operational issues and trends in the hospitality industry Peter Jones School of Management Studies for the Service Sector‚ University of Surrey‚ Guildford‚ Surrey‚ UK Abstract This article makes some predictions about the future by considering operational issues in the "rst part of the next century. Hospitality operations management is considered at two levels * the "rm level at which strategic operations management takes place; and the unit level
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Introduction to the Hospitality (Unit 1/2 BTEC Hospitality) [pic] First edition Issued Monthly Price £1 [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] Dear Reader‚ Welcome to this the first edition of my new “Hospitality in Focus” magazine. I hope you enjoy the information and news it has to offer you. In future editions you can look forward to restaurant reviews‚ specialist articles from‚ Guest reporters
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PART 1: Hospitality industry is very wide and prosperous. All the businesses providing accommodations‚ catering‚ transportation‚ for people away from their homes are considered as hospitality organizations. The growth and the challenges of this industry are not solely dependent on the organizations and companies involved in it but also on the business environment. Business environment can be explained as set of external factors and forces‚ i.e. social‚ economic‚ political‚ technological‚ which
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Changing Role of Hospitality IT Hospitality Industry information management systems have evolved since the days of handwritten paper ledgers and hotel phone operators. Modern hospitality managers such as hotel and restaurant managers have powerful tools at their disposal‚ which enable them to gain a complete picture in regards to the organization’s financial and operational situation with the click of a few links. The demand for hospitality services has continued to expand throughout the course
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1.0 TITLE OF THE STUDY Customer Satisfaction in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Analysis on service quality and service failure 2.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY / INTRODUCTION Customer satisfaction plays a crucial role for success and survival in today’s competitive market. Customer satisfaction is considered a prerequisite for customer retention and loyalty‚ and obviously helps in realizing economic goals like profitability‚ market share‚ return on investment‚ etc. (Scheuing‚ 1995; Reichheld‚
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Commercial hospitality is just extension of hospitality in the home. Do you agree? Hospitality is a difficult concept to define; numerous authors suggest it is both a social and commercial activity (Lugosi 2008). Nevertheless it’s important to highlight a dominant theme in accepted definitions of hospitality. Brotherton (1999) defined hospitality as “a contemporaneous human exchange‚ which is voluntarily entered into‚ and designed to enhance the mutual well-being of the parties concerned through
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tourism and hospitality Nowadays‚ people more than ever travel freely around the world. The international tourist arrivals from 674 million in 2000‚ reached the 797 in 2005 and the 940 million in 2010. Respectively‚ the international tourism receipts from 475 billion US dollars in 2000‚ reached the 679 billion in 2005 and the 918 billion. The tourism and hospitality industry is among the most diverse of all industries in terms of employee population and groups of guests. Hospitality and tourism
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International Journal of Hospitality Management xxx (2010) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Hospitality Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman Hospitality crisis management practices: The case of Indian luxury hotels Aviad A. Israeli a‚∗ ‚ Asad Mohsin b‚1 ‚ Bhupesh Kumar c a Department of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ Ben Gurion University of the Negev‚ Beer-Sheva 84105‚ Israel Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management‚ The
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Skills and Competencies Needed for the Hong Kong Hotel Industry: The Perspective of the Hotel Human Resources Manager Benny Chan Marianne Coleman ABSTRACT. The tourism industry is one of the main sources of income to Hong Kong. If qualified employees provide better service‚ Hong Kong can potentially attract even more visitors. The training of new recruits and existing staff is therefore vital‚ but views on the value and the type of training vary amongst the stakeholders. This study of
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