Eco-labelling and Accreditation are effective means of ensuring that tourism organisations adhere to the principles of sustainability? Tourism industry is ‘a consumer of resources’ which ‘represents an insidious form of consumptive activity’ (McKercher 1993 cited in Fyall and Garrod 1997‚ p.51). Governments of different countries are now seeking for different ways to prevent further exhaustion of natural resources that was caused by tourism activities and developments. The Green Globe programme
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Furniture in Greenbelt A Sign of the Tough Times A view of the front of a typical housing project in the planned community of Greenbelt. The Greenbelt community was built beginning in 1937 as low income housing for people who were making between $1‚200 and $2‚000 dollars a year. The houses were built at minimum cost and this means that the rooms are small. Thus special furniture was designed in order to fit into these small houses and to provide sturdy‚ economical‚ and good looking furnishings
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Guillermo ’s Furniture Store Proforma Analysis FIN 571 July 23‚ 2012 Abstract To sustain further improvements to a company’s bottom line and profitability‚ Guillermo’s Furniture is completing a pro-forma cash flow analysis that includes net present value (NPV)‚ internal rate return (IRR)‚ and weighted average cost control (WACC) analysis’. The plan is to incorporate a merger of a high tech furniture business‚ a broker distributer business‚ or the status quo manufacturing. The issues
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Silpakorn University International College 912 208 Practicum in Housekeeping and Front Office II ECO-FRIENDLY HOTELS RESEARCH Instructor: Aj. Wonrasak Sucher Submitted by: An Ngoc Van DO 90520165 I. Introduction to green hotels/ resorts: Green hotels or Eco hotels are environmentally friendly properties that take the initiative and implement very important practices and programs to reduce energy‚ water‚ and waste. That is participating in recycling programs‚ linen changing programs
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Furniture marketing‚ by and large hasn’t really developed in any major way for as long as I can remember. However‚ there is one exception and that is Ikea. The world of furniture marketing is a pretty conservative. Ad’s will usually appear in print or on TV where the furniture can be shown‚ usually with price and more than likely people enjoying said furniture in immaculately decorated surroundings. Now don’t get me wrong Ikea produce their own catalogue which fulfils all these furniture marketing
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Context I was commissioned to create a piece of street furniture for the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. My fountain design‚ called ‘My Cup Spilleth Over’‚ represents East meeting West‚ which reflects the Brisbane’s social demographic and cultural fusion. The fountain features a ‘U’ shaped arc which cascades water down a series of large assembled Chinese teacups. These cups are hand painted in red and green‚ as these colours traditionally symbolise good luck in Asian culture. Planning 1.1
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Rodolfo Furniture Store Budget Analysis Edric Hernandez-Cruz Gisela Franqui-Atiles Valerie Santiago-Rodriguez Yachira Rodriguez-Cuevas University of Phoenix PR Campus ACC / 561PR Rafael Marrero Diaz November 9th‚ 2012 Rodolfo Furniture Store Budget analysis is important for any corporation. From small businesses to large enterprises; all organizations evaluate the numbers in order to get a picture of where the company stands economically. This will serve as a basis in order to make
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Guillermo Furniture Store Budget Analysis Paper Hilton Glynn‚ Steven Briggs‚ Courtney Mercer‚ and Scott Langer ACC/561 6 June 2010 William Wyngaard Guillermo Furniture Store Budget Analysis Paper According to Horngren‚ Sundem‚ Stratton‚ Burgstahler‚ and Schatzberg (2008)‚ a study suggested that more than 150 organizations in North America listed budgeting as the most frequently used cost-management tool. This indicates that the importance of Guillermo’s budget cannot be over-stated
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Global Furniture Market The global furniture market can be broadly categorised into four categories - domestic furniture‚ office/corporate furniture‚ hotel furniture and furniture parts. Globally‚ domestic furniture accounts for 65 per cent of the production value‚ whilst corporate/office furniture represents 15 per cent‚ hotel furniture 15 per cent and furniture parts 5 per cent. 1. Indian Furniture Industry As of 2006‚ the Indian furniture market is estimated to be worth US$ 7‚922 million. Of
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INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ICT ICT (information and communications technology - or technologies) is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application‚ encompassing: radio‚ television‚ cellular phones‚ computer and network hardware and software‚ satellite systems and so on‚ as well as the various services and applications associated with them‚ such as videoconferencing and distance learning. ICTs are often spoken of in a particular context‚ such as ICTs in education
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