CASE 46 The Hilton—ITT Wars Professor William Z Ripley of Harvard‚ the leading authority on corporations in the 1920s‚ warned President Calvin Coolidge that "prestidigitation‚ double-shuffling‚ honeyfugling‚ hornswoggling‚ and skulduggery" were threatening the entire economic system. Plus Ca change‚ plus c ’est la même chose.’ —Rand V Araskog‚ CEO of ITT Surprised by the announcement of ITT Corporation’s (ITT) restructuring proposal‚ on July 17‚ 1997‚ Matthew J. Hart‚ the chief financial officer
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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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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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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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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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frequent-guest program that was accompanied by a fifty million dollar advertising campaign. The head of Hilton HHonors program‚ Jeff Diskin‚ recognized their competition and realized Hilton would have to raise their costs to keep up with demand. Two entirely unrelated corporations controlled Hilton brand: Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) and Hilton International (HIC). At this point in time‚ Hilton was very well recognized‚ but was limited because of a varying product from property. In return‚ this
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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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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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In an attempt to become a more aggressive business operation‚ Hilton Hotels decided to change its strategic direction by venturing into the gaming industry. With this strategy came not only new opportunities but also large elements of risks and competition. In 1994 the growth in the gaming segment declined with gaming operating income down by 7% from 1993. The Hilton Hotels however had a 3% increase in occupancy from 1993. In view of this‚ it is important to understand market needs and develop marketing
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