INTRODUCTION TO THE Hospitality Industry SEVENTH EDITION Clayton W. Barrows Professor Department of Hospitality Management University of New Hampshire Tom Powers Professor Emeritus School of Hospitality and Tourism Management University of Guelph John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2009 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.‚ Hoboken‚ New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of
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merger of Life Style resorts and Home Away Hotels which is a very large chain of hotels in North America. There were problems with the reservation system at all the hotels. Each hotel had its own software and hardware. Each hotel had its own reservation system which was difficult for the company to produce any reports to the management. It was also difficult for the marketing and branding of the company. They have decided to get ERP system for the total hotels and resorts. Finally they have to decide
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indicate how well the company is performing to the external factors. (Hunger. D‚ 2000) The NH hotels has to deal with external factors as well‚ therefore‚ below an EFAS analysis is made: External factors | Weight | Rating | Weighted score | Comments | Opportunities | | | | | * Expansion of their activities | 0.25 | 4.5 | 1.1 | Nowadays‚ South Africa is getting more important for NH Hotels and plays a meaningful role. Mainly because of the black empowerment process to ensure sustainable
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Hotel Rwanda is a movie based on true history in 2004 historical drama‚ about the hotelier named Paul Rusesabagina played by a man named Don Cheadle. This took place during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The film was called an African Schindler’s List. Directed by Terry George‚ the film was co-produced by US‚ British‚ Italian‚ and South African companies to help wit the ideas and the budgets. The filming done on location in Johannesburg‚ South Africa and Kigali‚ Rwanda to help the plot of the story
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hospitality.”1 This is the stated philosophy of the luxury hotel company that Conrad Hilton‚ the founder of Hilton Hotels‚ used to extend his desire for his company to offer customers a kind‚ hospitable‚ and luxury setting. Conrad started the hotel chain by purchasing a single 40- room hotel from Cisco‚ Texas in 1919. Since then the corporation has grown into more than 2‚800 hotels and 490‚000 rooms in more than 80 countries as of 2006. Hilton Hotels Corporation headcourters are located in Beverly Hills
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Sustainability in Hotels the hospitality sector are relatively straightforward to record and interpret (e.g. occupancy percentages‚ capitalization rates‚ RevPAR‚ etc.)‚ sustainability has remained intrinsically difficult to quantify. Sustainability issues touch on nearly all aspects of hotel ownership and management‚ necessitating the alignment of environmental‚ social‚ and financial factors to promote responsible business operations over time. Despite the lack of clear‚ universally accepted metrics
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leading global hospitality company‚ with more than 3‚000 hotels and 500‚000 rooms in 74 countries and territories‚ with more than 135‚000 team members worldwide. The company owns‚ manages or franchises some of the best known and highly regarded hotel brands including Hilton Hotels & Resorts‚ Conrad Hotels & Resorts‚ Doubletree by Hilton‚ Hampton by Hilton‚ Hilton Garden Inn and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The Hilton portfolio of hotel brands adheres to founder Conrad Hilton’s philosophy
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The Leela Palaces‚ Hotels and Resorts is an Indian luxury hospitality group founded in 1986 by Captain C. P. Krishnan Nair‚ who named it after his wife. Currently The Leela‚ as it is commonly referred to‚ is a group of seven luxury palaces and hotels‚ located in Mumbai‚ Goa‚ Bangalore‚ Kovalam‚ Gurgaon‚ Udaipur and New Delhi. The group has plans to open new hotels in Chennai (2012 - September) and later in Coimbatore and Agra‚ Lake Ashtamudi (Kollam‚ Kerala) and Jaipur. Born in an agricultural
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Paul-Alexandru B1 The name of the hotel is Heartbreak Hotel & Resort‚ and you can find the hotel in Brasov‚ a city situated on the central part of Romania. The hotel has 4 stars‚ and is regarded as one of the greatest hotels in the city‚ the type is one resort‚because it is a seasonal hotel. The Hotel has 3 floors‚ with 150 rooms‚ and 5 elevators. This hotel is famous for its services that the hotel offers in the Housekeeping department. The following housekeeping areas in the hotel are: the front desk area
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------------------------------------------------- The Spirit to Serve Once‚ when a customer checked in at an Anaheim Marriott hotel‚ she was in a very disturbed state of mind. It was on her way to the hotel that she learnt of her sister’s death. The worst part was that she had to wait the whole night at the hotel to board a flight the next morning. As she checked into the hotel‚ Charles‚ who was looking after room service‚ asked her why she was upset. On hearing her reply‚ he assured her of any help
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