Benjamin Barber‚ the director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University‚ is today’s leading advocate of "participatory" democracy. Not content with mere representation‚ he aims to make every citizen a legislator‚ to bring about‚ as he puts it‚ "unmediated self-government." To this ambitious end‚ he speaks with remarkable single-mindedness on the academic conference circuit‚ celebrating the civic potential of the people and sounding‚ very often‚ less
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UK Hotel Sector 2014: A focus on new markets and trends Read the Report rbs.co.uk/corporate Following years of slow recovery the hospitality sector witnessed a strong appetite for growth in 2013‚ a trend that is set to pick up pace in 2014. Thanks to the improving economic backdrop‚ this year we anticipate seeing the highest levels of average daily rates (ADR)‚ occupancy and revenues per available room (RevPAR) since 20081. However‚ despite improvements‚ the challenges of an increasingly competitive
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www.thetimes100.co.uk How McCain responds to changes in the external environment Introduction Businesses have a number of objectives. Typical examples include: • winning the biggest share of the total market • increasing sales • satisfying customers • making profit for shareholders. A business’ ability to meet these objectives depends on two main groups of factors: i. the internal strengths of the organisation – for example being able to make the right products in an efficient way ii. being
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Nazi Propaganda Throughout Nazi Germany‚ during the 1930’s and continuing into World War II‚ propaganda for the ideal Aryan race and against the Jewish population was widely spread throughout every community in the country. Posters showing the Jewish population as vermin‚ books and newspaper saying Jews should be disrespected and killed‚ and radio broadcasts and speeches also depicted the Jews as a problem to the community. Anything not in agreement with the Nazis point-of-view‚ such as books
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INDUSTRY PROFILE Global Hotels & Motels Reference Code: 0199-0520 Publication Date: October 2010 www.datamonitor.com Datamonitor USA 245 Fifth Avenue 4th Floor New York‚ NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Europe 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA United Kingdom t: +44 20 7551 9000 f: +44 20 7675 7500 e: eurinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Middle East and North Africa Datamonitor PO Box 24893 Dubai‚ UAE t: +49 69 9754 4517 f: +49 69 9754
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Executive Summary This case study was about the Madison Hotel project in Memphis. After determining the case‚ there were lots of problems occurred during the processes which are over budgeting and delay opening because of the unplanned acquisition of facilities. The problems are occurred because the owner of project changed the concept of the restaurant‚ the land price was raised‚ the name of the building was belonging to the previous owner‚ refusing the loan from the back‚ and inaccurate and insufficient
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Teamwork in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry-A case study of Labadi Beach Hotel-By HELENA ODOI INTRODUCTION Organisations are described as social entities with a common goal of providing goods or services to their clients on a profit or not-for-profit bases. As social entities‚ organisations are made up of groups of people who must work together and coordinate their efforts to achieve a common goal. This calls for the creation of groups or teams within organisations with their individual or
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MCA) SEMESTER: V Subject Name: Mobile Computing (MC) Subject Code: 650003 Objectives: • To be able to understand the process of developing software for the mobile • To be able to create mobile applications on the Android Platform • To be able to create mobile applications involving data storage in SQLite database. Prerequisites: Knowledge of the Core Java Programming‚ database concepts. Contents: 1. Introduction to Android
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Name: Leung Ngai Yiu Student ID: 14087108D Seminar: SEM001 Words: 1043 Topic: Challenges of Hong Kong’s full service airlines facing today Introduction: As the Asia aviation hub‚ the development of Hong Kong’s airlines is rapid and successful. As for the full service airlines‚ it is the traditional airlines offering onboard meal service‚ checked bag allowance and etc. There are some renowned full service airlines‚ such as Cathay
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Ericsson’s approach to this complex area‚ discussing the transition from today’s array of silo-like‚ integration- heavy‚ multi-vendor environments to the unified‚ cross-functional and easy-to-use solutions of the future. The telecommunications industry is characterized by its rapid rate of change‚ which creates new business opportunities. The Business Support System (BSS) is becoming the focal point for success‚ helping enterprises attract and retain customers and create attractive services in
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