Contemporary Issues in Hospitality & Tourism Administration Arlene M. Garrick Oklahoma State University‚ Stillwater September 29‚ 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hospitality Industry Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has progressively become known as a germane issue in the corporate world for the past decade. Making the world a better place‚ socially and environmentally‚ is a global accepted phenomenon. According to Porter
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2003; Enders and Sandler‚ 2002). In hospitality industry‚ concern regarding terrorism has been noticed since the mid-1980s‚ as cases of terrorism in tourism related sectors increased dramatically from 206 in 1972 to 3‚010 in 1985 (d’Amore and Anunza‚ 1986). Since then‚ security is seen as crucial (Pizam and Mansfeld‚ 1996) and is increasingly intensified especially after the tragic events on September 11‚ 2001 (Cohen‚ 2002). Terrorism in hospitality industry is continuously happening. Post the 9/11
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Organization‚ international tourism is expected to grow at an average of 4.1 percent though 2020‚ ending with a total of 1.6 billion tourists traveling worldwide.” [1] Therefore there are a lot of opportunities for the hospitality industry to improve. In these years‚ the hospitality industry had a huge improvement‚ and many top companies are looking for the new marketing in the emerging economies‚ such as Carlson‚ Hyatt‚ and Hilton. “Our Ambition 2015 strategy entails growing our hotel portfolio by at
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Challenges For Hospitality Industry | | 1. Shortage of skilled employees:One of the greatest challenges plaguing the hospitality industry is the unavailability of quality workforce in different skill levels. The hospitality industry has failed to retain good professionals. 2. Retaining quality workforce:Retention of the workforce through training and development in the hotel industry is a problem and attrition levels are too high. One of the reasons for this is unattractive wage packages.
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Hospitality Industry in China 1. Introductory With the fully social and economic development and improvement in China recently，the hospitality industry is undergoing changes from small scale to large and below standard to standardized. And after the entrance into WTO‚ the domestic hospitality industry became one of the first few enterprises in China engaged in the worldwide competition. Consequently‚ the hotel enterprises in China not only have to face the beneficial conflicts in competition with
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presence of celebrity chefs. They will be demand quality‚ organic ingredients and healthy food. 5. Social networking Social media tools are key to attracting tourists. Researching everything using social media is gaining popularity in the hospitality industry. People often read and compare hotel reviews before planning a trip‚ so a good online persona is important. Hoteliers should participate in review sites and hotel-listing Web sites.
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Assignment 1 Burger‚ J (10406400) VDS 355 B.Consumer Science Hospitality Management 05 March 2013 Assignment 1 by J Burger Assignment handed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for VDS 355 Hospitality Management Department of Consumer Science 05 March 2013 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………..1 2. ADVERTISEMENT……………………………………………………………………...2 3.1. WHERE AND HOW I WILL ADVERTISE…………………………………….3 3. SOUTH AFRICAN LEGISLATION……………………………………………………4
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Task 1 Now being marketing executive and with reference of the above case of McDonald’s‚ discuss the concept of marketing for a service industry (such as Restaurant or Hotel) with relevant examples and also mention its characteristics. (1.1) M1 1.1 Marketing Marketing is the process to find out the needs‚ wants and the customers’ demands so that the customers will be satisfied after using that product. The process of discovering and translating consumer needs and wants into product and service specification
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HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND THE MALAYSIAN COMMUNITY Hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging‚ event planning‚ theme parks‚ transportation‚ cruise line‚ and additional fields within the tourism industry. Besides‚ hospitality industry is the major industries in Malaysia which is one of the most interesting and challenging industries to work in and offers a wide range of job and career opportunities and an endless variety of places to work in
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Hospitality Industry Knowledge 1. List six sources of current industry information: - Media: Such as newspapers‚ television‚ magazines and radio. The media publicises current information‚ trends developing and any government initiatives. - Customers: By doing customer questionnaires this can inform enterprises as to what they need to improve‚ as well as which staff are working well. - Information services: For example the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Tourism NSW (all these services
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