HILTON HOTELS CASE Business Context/Key Business Drivers Hilton Hotels is one the biggest lodging company worldwide and has been recently acquired by Blackstone Group. In 2007 Hilton’s portfolio characteristics are: • close to 3‚000 hotels between all its brands; • Properties can be: a) directly owned; b) managed; c) franchised. The latter is the most common solution; • covers almost the possible spectrum of lodging. The IT function is considered part of the core business and the
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Case Study Analysis Hilton Manufacturing Company 9-192-063 Table of Content 1.1 Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………3 1.2 Problem Statement……………………………………………………………………3 1.3 Data Analysis………………………………………………………………………….4 1.4 Questions……………………………………………………………………………….5 1.4.1 If the company had dropped product 103 as of January 1‚ 2004‚ what effect would that action have had on the $158‚000 profit for the first six months of 2004? ( See exhibit 2)………………………………………………5 1.4.2 In January 2005 should
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at breakeven ($ 1‚435‚000‚000 / $ 6‚216‚826‚000) x 100% = 23.08% Hilton is running above breakeven point at 70% occupancy. That shows that they already surpassed the zero-profit/loss point and making profits. HHW program helps Hilton to increase occupancy and at the same time generate revenues from the program and contribute profit to Hilton. Based on the calculations above‚ we can see that total revenue generated by Hilton is $6‚216‚826‚000 at break-even 70% occupancy with 154‚000 rooms in year
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Newspaper delivery* - Maid service Place and time - 496 hotels in 61 countries - reservation online: - reservation by phone: Call 1-800-HILTONS - Reservation at the desk Promotion and education Hilton HHonors Program: membership is open to anyone who applied‚ at no charge. Members earned points toward their Hilton HHonors account when they stayed at a Hilton hotel. When they accumulated enough points they could redeem them for stays at HHonors hotels‚ or use them to buy other products and services
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CASE 46 The Hilton—ITT Wars Professor William Z Ripley of Harvard‚ the leading authority on corporations in the 1920s‚ warned President Calvin Coolidge that "prestidigitation‚ double-shuffling‚ honeyfugling‚ hornswoggling‚ and skulduggery" were threatening the entire economic system. Plus Ca change‚ plus c ’est la même chose.’ —Rand V Araskog‚ CEO of ITT Surprised by the announcement of ITT Corporation’s (ITT) restructuring proposal‚ on July 17‚ 1997‚ Matthew J. Hart‚ the chief financial officer
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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 was a treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War. This treaty was signed on February 10‚ 1763 by England‚ France‚ and Spain. The French and Indian War was a more wide European conflict in which England and Prussia went against France‚ Austria‚ Russia and Spain. The major cause of the war was the struggle for territorial expansion among the land west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ know then as the Ohio Territory.This war was also known as the Seven Years War
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Hilton Hotels: Brand Differentiation through Customer Relationship Management Background Hilton Hotels is one of the biggest players in the US lodging industry. It contributes to about 9% of the total rooms in US lodging market. It has presence in over 78 countries with more than 2500 hotels. Lodging industry is highly capital intensive industry‚ so to reduce capital expenditure Hilton Hotels opted for self-owned Hotels as well as franchising model with the real estate owners. One of the key features
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somewhere between a place where you wish upon a star and dreams come true - Disney heroes and heroines live in fairytales that are‚ happily‚ never ending...” (disneylandparis.co.uk 2011) Source: http://disneylandparisdeals.net/cheap-disneyland-paris-deals/ INTRODUCTION Walt Disney opened his first Disney Park in California in 1955 with a pride of the US President Ronald Reagan being one of his guests (disneydreamer.com 2011). The success was followed by opening Walt Disney World in Florida
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Hilton Hotels is one of the market leaders in the hotel and gaming industry in the United States. Hilton is a well-known and distinguished name in fine hotels across the United States and worldwide. In 1999‚ Hilton expanded aggressively by acquiring the Promus Hotel Corporation‚ Hampton Inn and Suites‚ Doubletree Hotels‚ Embassy Suites Hotels‚ and Homewood Suites. Hilton Hotels Corporation has grown to become the world ’s most recognized and most successful hotel company (Hilton Innovation‚ 2007)
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These things that I learned at last lesson: 1)Product and service difference: Basically ; Products are tangible and services are intangible.For example; Apple Iphone‚ Coffe Mocha at Starbucks are products‚but healthy services sector‚home repair service‚wireless communication‚trip to somewhere ;they dont result ownership of anything. 2)Customer vs. consumer :Customer and consumer are not same things.For example;mother buy napkin for her baby and then baby consume it in this situation baby is
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