The ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a very interesting poem. It is fairly short and devoid of strong emotions. To give a brief synopsis of the poem‚ a third person omniscient narrator is describing a father and his ‘several quick and saucy sons’ running a filling station. She moves from describing them to describing the station itself‚ complete with furniture‚ a ‘dirty dog’ and plants. The poem then changes tone to reflection of why the station is the way it is‚ and is concluded by a
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record for development‚ with 38‚000 new rooms opened‚ mostly under management or franchise contracts and mainly in emerging markets. At the same time‚ we pursued our active property asset management program‚ which is enabling us to focus on our core hotels business and improve our financial flexi- bility. These are deep strategic trends‚ backed by the strength of our brands and our distribution capabilities. Our brands play an essential role in creating preference among our guests and our franchisee
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1.0 Introduction and Scenario Banyan tree hotel group was established in1994 with one single resort in Phuket‚ and in recent years ‚ it has own more than 20 resorts and hotels‚ 60 spas‚ 70 retail galleries and 3 golf courses(Banyan tree hotel group‚ 2012).As the leading of international boutique hotels‚ Banyan tree hotel group are providing the unique service combined with green conscience . In the next five years‚ Banyan tree hotel is panning to extend their business into Middle East ‚ Central
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outsourcing in hotels was not a popular concept but more recently with the downturn in the economy in the nineteen nineties more and more hotels are turning to outsourcing to help increase their revenues and maximize their profit potential. The use of outsourcing enables firms to maximize their resources and to reinforce their competitive advantage. One of the most popular areas for outsourcing in hotels would have to be the Food and Beverage sector. The decision to outsource by many hotels has been
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Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda takes place in the years to1994‚ during the horrific genocide by the Hutus to hundreds of thousands of Tutsis. In Rwanda‚ you were a Tutsi or a Hutu and intense violence and hatred toward the Tutsi was encouraged and supported through the radio. Fighting‚ killing and opposition had been going on for several years‚ and when a new president signs a peace treaty to put the insane turbulence to an end‚ he is murdered. Paul Rusesabagina is a hotel manager at the nicest and
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Lodging’s recovery continues‚ driving fewer vacancies and higher rates‚ particularly among hotels in higher-priced segments. Our outlook anticipates a 5.5% RevPAR gain in 2013‚ improving to 5.9% in 2014 with stronger economic growth. Group bookings for 2014 have improved‚ supporting gains relative to this year. Construction activity has resumed‚ but is still at low levels. Occupancy levels at hotels in higher-priced segments are ahead of prior peak levels‚ real RevPAR is above its long-term
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Forte Hotel Design Exercise Forte Executive Inn - Combines the ambiance of a European hotel with American functionality Target group: European and American business travellers Top three reasons for business travellers: Price‚ location‚ brandname Midprice hotel‚ 100/night 60% of american business travellers are men preferences: price‚ location convenience 40%woman preferences: cleanliness‚ safety BUT unique attributes encourage repeat visits Survey: 30% of business travellers
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PROJECT REPORT ON “RECRUITMENT process” IN ONGC Submitted To : Submitted By: Mrs. Sameeksha Uniyal BHAWNA SAHNI Faculty HR BBA Vth Semester In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (HNB Garhwal University) Graphic era institute of technology‚ DEHRADUN MEANING OF THE PROJECT The world project has a great importance in the development of the new things‚ idea or technique. The Importance becomes specific
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AM Broadcast Station Design (Tarlac City - 864kHz) Objectives: 1. To propose an AM Broadcasting Station with the following specifications: has an operating power of 10 kW performing a Class II-A operation with service area requisites of 4.47 mV/m and 100µV/m for primary and secondary respectively. 2. To recognize different factors to be considered in selecting a feasible location for an AM Broadcasting Station. Company Profile Location Official Seal of Tarlac City Location map of Tarlac
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fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables were offered at a discounted price by Coles to students in Melbourne for a limited period of time. And if the response is successful in Melbourne it can be an option to expand to other cities as well. Sales promotion pitch: Offering a 15% discount to students from the 1s of July to the 31st of July on all of Coles’ fresh and frozen fruits and vegetable line. SWOT analysis : Strengths: The current economic condition will help the response to a sale if it
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