Vol. 17‚ No. 3‚ May 2009‚ 287–301 Eco-tourism and luxury – the case of Al Maha‚ Dubai Chris Ryana ∗ and Morag Stewartb a b Tourism and Hospitality Management‚ University of Waikato‚ Hamilton‚ Waikato‚ New Zealand; The Emirates Academy‚ Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates (Received 4 January 2008; final version received 17 July 2008) This paper examines the issues raised by Al Maha in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)‚ a 27 km2 resort within the 225 km2 Dubai Desert Conservation Zone that offers luxurious
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Advantages of Coral Reef for Human Coral reefs are among the most ancient of earth`s natural wonders. It is because they are the most biologically diverse ecosystem on the planet. Coral reefs are second only to the great rain forest of the world. Coral reefs are aptly and often referred to as “rain forest of the sea”‚ because of the diversity marine creatures that llived in coral reef. Many people mistakenly think of coral reef as inanimate rock formations‚ however coral reefs are actually
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Abstract Located in tropical ocean waters‚ coral reefs provide priceless resources to both human and marine life. The leading natural cause of destruction among the coral reefs is global warming. Other natural causes are earthquakes‚ hurricanes‚ cyclones‚ and typhoons. The destruction to the coral reefs from these natural disasters is minimal compared to the dangers caused by man. Man-made destruction has a much wider impact on the health of the coral reefs. This destruction includes over-fishing
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Anthropology 1 M&W Coral Reef Destruction They can be found in all three of the Earth’s oceans‚ scattered throughout 109 countries. Ancient natural masterpieces formed by a variety of delicate lime secreting coral polyps. The oldest discovered reef was formed over 500 million years ago‚ which makes it one of the oldest ecosystems to exist. Little is known about the lifespan of coral colonies but they have been known to last from a few decades to
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“world’s largest coral reef ecosystem”‚ according to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). It is home to about 2‚900 individual coral reefs‚ but unfortunately‚ as of 1990 and continuing until today‚ this number is rapidly declining. This active downturn is primarily due to the catastrophic coral bleaching event being held in their ecosystem. Coral reefs have an optimal water temperature of (20-27 celsius) where they can successfully reproduce and live comfortably. Coral reef bleaching
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The Floating Resort The Floating Resort By: Brittany Contreras SCC Janelle Hoffman HRM 160 April 6‚ 2011 The Floating Resort A cruise is defined as “to make a trip by sea in a liner for pleasure‚ usually calling at a number of ports.” It is similar to a mobile resort (Dowling‚ 2006‚ p. 1). Why be on land when there is an option to travel on top of the beautiful ocean waters? The cruise industry has grown phenomenally in the last thirty-six years-from
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Disneyland Resort Paris: Mickey goes to Europe Case study 6 Team 6 Contents Contents 1 Introduction 2 Situation analysis 4 Problem identification 7 Theoretical survey 9 Current research on the problem 13 Evaluation of the alternatives 14 Alternative n°1 – localize the service 14 Alternative N°2 – Stay American 16 Alternative N°3 – Combine global and local offerings 17 Suggested solution 18 Conclusion 20 References 22 Introduction Welcome to our magic report of Disneyland Paris Resort. Let us
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Café de Coral provides lots of compensations & benefits to the employees‚ these are include: Shared Options‚ Incentive payments‚ Housing Allowance & Retirement Scheme. First‚ shared options are offer to the managerial levels. By providing the shared options to them‚ they may think or feel that they are not just the staff of the company‚ but also one of the owners of café de coral. Employees are willing to put more effort towards the company. Second‚ if the company has an increase or high profit
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number of resident in Kampar‚ if the number of respondent increase‚ the result will be more accurate. Moreover‚ this whole business plan and research is done by 3 people‚ there is the limit in work force and time. Apart from that‚ there is no lake resort had ever built in Kampar area. Therefore‚ we have no relevant example or sample to refer and compare. Another limitation of the research is the majority of respondent were the same races‚ which is Chinese. So‚ we will have no idea what is the response
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CASE LAWS In West Coast Resorts v. Allianz Insurance Company of Canada‚ an interesting question arose that whether the loss resulting from the sinking of a barge at her mooring in calm water was a mployed in marine unintentional ingress of sea water at a part of the barge and in a way where sea water was not expected to enter in the normal course of things. The water that entered did so because‚ as the consequence of worm infestation
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