Impacts From Tourism Change or loss of indigenous identity and values Tourism can cause change or loss of local identity and values‚ brought about by several closely related influences: Commodification Tourism can turn local cultures into commodities when religious rituals‚ traditional ethnic rites and festivals are reduced and sanitized to conform to tourist expectations‚ resulting in what has been called "reconstructed ethnicity." Once a destination is sold as a tourism product‚ and
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Will banning marijuana in Amsterdam affect the tourism industry? Amsterdam is known to be the liberal city of the world and the capital of the Netherlands. The 1970’s saw the Dutch government change drug policy and categorise marijuana as a ‘soft drug‚’ as a result coffee shops were born. Coffee shops allowed locals and tourists to smoke small amounts of cannabis with a wide range of variety and strengths. Coffee shops have since become part of Dutch culture and Amsterdam’s identity. Fast forward
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Source: Hospitality - Your Keys to Success. Lanny Hass‚ Rob Hawk. NC Cooperative Extension. Hospitality: The Guest Pays the Bills The landowner who offers his property for use by those who pay a fee is in the “hospitality” business. It is important that the customer receive the attention and service that will keep him or her coming back as well as telling others about the business. Customer service problems can be generally prevented or solved by attention to 4 areas: 1. 2. 3. 4. Providing
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Assessing Workplace Violence Risk Factors in the Hospitality Industry In “What’s Growing in the Corporate Culture”‚ Mattman (2001) discussed the steps a company needs to take in order to set up an effective workplace violence prevention program. This process involves classifying various risk factors‚ reviewing the existing policies in place‚ and establishing a way to collect pertinent‚ unbiased data. In this paper‚ I will summarize Mattman’s key points and gear the discussion more directly towards
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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 18TH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY According to Ackroyd (Ackroyd‚ 2005)‚ London hospitality took its origins in “public place of cookery” by the Thames in the 12th century. Then followed cook shops in the 16th century and eating houses‚ taverns or coffee shops‚ incredibly famous in the 18th. Without denying‚ London hospitality has undergone lots of changes to become what it is nowadays. Or ... has it? Are there real differences between modern and 18th century
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Abstract Currently‚ all commercialized traffic information systems within the automotive telematics industry are centralized systems‚ either integrated within an In-Vehicle navigation system or as a stand alone system. With the proliferation of wireless communication technologies‚ Inter-vehicle communication could potentially be applied to solve ever-worsening transportation problems around the world. As a component of the Intelligent Transportation System and one of the concrete applications
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MALAYSIA THE IMPACT OF TRAVEL &TOURISM ON JOBSANDTHE ECONOMY CHAIRMAN: Sir Ian Prosser Chairman Six Continents PLC VICE CHAIRMEN: Donald Carty Chairman‚ President & CEO American Airlines Jean-Marc Espalioux Chairman of Management Board & CEO Accor S.A. André Jordan Chairman Lusotur S.A. Jonathan S. Linen Vice Chairman American Express Company Vincent A.Wolfington Chairman Carey International‚ Inc. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Peter Armstrong President & CEO Rocky Mountaineer
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Case Study: Vertical Integration and the Effect on the Travel and Tourism Industry When two similar companies such as two hotels‚ are offering very similar products and are in a strong competing situation‚ integration is a popular move. It can be a voluntary decision by both companies or it can be the take-over of one company by another. Benefits include greater sales‚ which result in larger revenue and expansion opportunities. Complimentary reasons tend to be the realisation that one hotel offers
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uncertainty of the environment‚ the behavior of competitors and the preferences of the customers‚ because of the complexity of different ways of perceiving the environment and interact with the company and by the organizational conflicts which may arise between those who take decisions and those affected by them. Creating a good strategy in the company implies the effort by explain ‚
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Hospitality Law Hospitality law has evolved as a specialty within the legal profession in the last several decades. It is also offered as a course on the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in some law schools. A typical hospitality law course covers the history of hospitality law‚ the impact of federal and state civil rights laws on the hospitality industry‚ and an extensive discussion of contract law‚ including discussions of remedies for overbooking and a guest’s breach of the contract
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