Chapter 1 Introduction Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism ©2006 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ 07458 Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism‚ 4th edition Kotler‚ Bowen‚ and Makens “Marketing is so basic that it cannot be considered a separate function. It is the whole of business seen from the point of view of its final result‚ that is‚ from the customers point of view…Business success is not determined by the producer‚ but by the customer.” -Peter Drucker ©2006 Pearson Education
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1.0 Introduction The term hospitality is derived from the French word hospice. A famous hospice was the Hospice du Beaune in Beaune‚ France. This was a long-term hospital support through the generosity of the wealthy. When people are traveling it is nice for businesses providing service and provides them with hospitality. (Crystal I. et. al.‚ 2010) Hospitality industry consists of wide category of fields within service industry and travel industry. Service industry includes lodging‚ restaurant‚
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CHAPTER OVERVIEW Hospitality is one of the world’s most exciting and rewarding industries. If you choose it for your career‚ you will select from a wide variety of employers‚ locations‚ and daily job activities that can lead to your success and personal satisfaction. In this chapter‚ you will review some important ways in which the hospitality industry is unique. You will also learn the definition of accounting and how accounting helps managers like you use financial information to make good
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Exploring the hospitality industry CHAPTER 1 Characteristics of the hospitality industry - Hospitality businesses are open 365 days a year‚ 24 hours a day - Constant strive for outstanding guest satisfaction - leads to guest loyalty - leads to more profit - Services are mostly intangible - the product is for the guest’s use - not possession - only - Inseparability: - characteristic of services that makes them inseparable (1) from their means of production‚ and (2) from the customer’s experience of
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SERVICE QUALITY IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THROUGH MANAGING THE ‘MOMENT OF TRUTH’: A THEORETICAL APPROACH Deborah Christine Widjaja Lecturer‚ Hotel Management Program‚ Faculty of Economics‚ Petra Christian University Email: dwidjaja@peter.petra.ac.id Abstract: Hospitality industry is one of the service businesses that pays so much attention to service quality as it is the main intangible product that it produces. This short article examines how to manage service quality in hospitality industry through
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perception of Asian customers in selecting Hilton London Metropole Hotel Aims Analyse the perception of Asian customers in selecting Hilton London Metropole Hotel‚ and the attributes which attracts Asian customers to the hotel with the perception and expectations of customers and staff. Objectives To analyse the attributes which attract Asian customers to Hilton Hotel. To evaluate the perception of Asian customers towards the attributes of Hilton Hotel. To analyse the expectations of
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Odyssey Essay Hospitality The greeks put a large emphasis on the importance of traditions. One important example of a tradition is to show hospitality and respect strangers as well as to hosts. If this tradition was broken‚ punishments were to be dealt out. Usually‚ the punishments were not specific. What happened after the God’s traditions were disobeyed‚ a series of bad events usually occurred. After the God’s traditions were followed‚ a series of positive events usually occurred
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Definition of goods The contact of sale Agreement to sell Formation of the contract Terms of the contract Transfers of the property Transfer of the title Performance of the contract Remedies for breach 1.1 Definition of Goods Sale of Good Act 1957 defines the word goods as meaning ‘every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money‚ and includes stock and shares‚ growing crops‚ grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed
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Make a reflection about the video “front desk first impression unprofessional segment” A front desk agent handles office duties for a company or office. Front desk agents greet visitors‚ answer phones‚ schedule appointments and‚ in some instances‚ provide security. Since the front desk agent is often the first person a visitor sees‚ she must be professional‚ courteous and able to provide the necessary assistance. But in this video you can clearly see that the man is very unprofessional in
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History of Entrepreneurship Worlwide The term entrepreneurship can be traced back to as early as the Middle Ages‚when the entrepreneur was simply someone who carried out tasks‚ such as buildings andconstruction projects by applying all the resources at his disposal. However‚ it was during the16 th century when business was used as a common term‚ and the entrepreneur came intofocus as a person who is responsible for undertaking a business venture. In the 18 th century‚early economists
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