Contents Introduction and Background 2 Industry 2 Fairmont 2 Marriott 2 Why These Two Companies? 3 Environmental Analysis 4 General Factors 4 Specific Factors 4 Customers 5 Environmental Uncertainty 5 Shareholders/Stakeholders and their Interests 5 Hotel Industry Changes in 3 to 5 years 5 Organizational Culture 6 How Is Company Culture Established? 6 How is Culture Developed? 6 How is Culture Maintained? 7 Social Responsibility and Ethics 8 Reputation 8 Ecological Footprint
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm Online distribution strategies and competition: are the global hotel companies getting it right? Gabriel Gazzoli ´ Institut Hotelier Cesar Ritz‚ Le Bouveret‚ Switzerland Online distribution strategies 375 Received 25 May 2007 Revised 3 July 2007 Accepted 18 October 2007 Woo Gon Kim International Center for Hospitality Research‚ Florida State University‚ Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ USA
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AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 SUBJECT:-E-COMMERCE MANAGEMENT COURSE : Total Marks : 80 Attempt all the cases Case 01 GM’s E-Business Strategy INTRODUCTION US-based General Motors (GM)‚ the largest automobile company in the world‚ was in trouble in the late 1990s. The company’s market share in the US automobile market had been steadily declining from a high of 50% in the late 1960s to a low of 28% by 1999.Analysts pointed out that GM had been in the grip of a vicious
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Marriott Hotel (Heathrow) From 1927 Marriot Hotel is a leading brand in hospitality industry. Marriot Hotel has grown into a well established international group with more than 3000 hotels all around the world. Marriot Hotel holds several popular brands in hotel industry such as Renaissance Hotels‚ Ritz-Carlton‚ Courtyard and Residence Inn. The hotel provides additional benefits and points to frequent and business travelers making loyal customers. Marriot Hotel near Heathrow international airport
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Organisations Contents Page * Introduction * Starwood * Hyatt * Rezidor * Hilton * Marriott * Accor * Conclusions * Bibliography Introduction For my International Hospitality and Tourism Studies module I had to do an assignment on six different world leading hospitality companies. For this assignment I chose six different companies which are: Starwood‚ Hyatt‚ Rezidor‚ Hilton‚ Marriott and Accor. This assignment will let me learn about biggest brands in the world and how they work
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Economic Analysis of the United States Hotel Industry Background Information Our team chose the hotel industry in the United States for our economic analysis. The hotel business has existed since the earliest times‚ and has influenced the development of the economy since the founding of this country. According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association‚ in the year 1900‚ there were fewer than 10‚000 hotels in the US which provided 750‚000 to 850‚000 rooms. The 2004 figures show that
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Aqualisa Quartz: Case Study 1. What is the Quartz value proposition to plumbers? What is Aqualisa Quartz value proposition to consumers? The value proposition of Aqualisa Quartz to plumbers is that it is easy to install; it is more profitable because they are able to do more installations. Because the installation process is less complicated‚ it takes less time to install (only half a day compared to 2 days previously). This gives plumbers the opportunity to install more units and capture
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best services.Today hospitality sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. It is expected to grow at the rate of 8% between 2007 and 2016. Many international hotels including Sheraton‚ Hyatt‚ Radisson‚ Meridien‚ Four Seasons Regent‚ and Marriott International are already established in the Indian markets and are still expandingNowadays the travel and tourism industry is also included in hospitality sector. The boom in travel and tourism has led to the further development of hospitality industry
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Advantage and Disadvantage of Sales Force Automation. SFA is one of the applications of information technology to support the process in sale functions (Buttle. 2006). Managers and salespeople were require to use SFA technology in marketing actions such as use computer and telecommunication technology in their sale or promotion actions (Morgan et al. 2001). Some organizations believe the SFA means adding fax machines‚ automate the sales process by prepare the salesperson with a laptop‚ cell phones
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A Financial Ratio Quarterly Trend Analysis of Petsmart‚ Inc. Stock symbol: PETM Listed on the Nasdaq Prepared for: In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the course: By: 1.0 Introduction This report provides a financial quarterly trend analysis for Petsmart‚ Inc. The U.S.-based company‚ together with its subsidiaries‚ operates as a specialty retailer of products‚ services‚ and solutions for pets in North America. The company offers consumables‚ which include pet food
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