Tutorial 1: Markets and Organizations Q1. Case Study [pic] Managing external influences First Group (First) is the UK’s largest transport operator‚ employing more than 137‚000 people in the UK and the USA. In the UK‚ it runs rail services carrying around 275 million passengers a year. It is the UK’s largest bus operator and also runs a rail freight business. In the US‚ it operates school transport for nearly four million students a day. The company is seeking to extend it operation in UK
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Employee retention & Hospitality Industry Group: Bindiya Salat (19176) Executive Summary * Employee retention is a process in which the employees are encouraged to remain with the organization for the maximum period of time. * Employee retention is beneficial for the organization as well as the employee. * As soon as employees feel dissatisfied with the current employer or the job‚ they switch over to the next job especially in hotel industry. * It is the responsibility
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pages‚ to participate to debates‚ to give feedbacks or reviews too. In this way‚ how is it useful for hotels and hospitality companies? What are the advantages? What are the drawbacks? In the first part‚ this essay will analyse the different advantages for hotel marketing‚ of employing social media. Then‚ it will study the drawbacks that social media pages can create against hospitality establishments. What kind of advantages could a social media page create? Since 2010‚ companies have understood
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PEST analysis A PEST analysis is used to identify the external forces affecting an organisation .This is a simple analysis of an organisation’s Political‚ Economical‚ Social and Technological environment. A PEST analysis incorporating legal and environmental factors is called a PESTLE analysis. Political The first element of a PEST analysis is a study of political factors. Political factors influence organisations in many ways. Political factors can create advantages and opportunities for
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Outcomes • Learning Outcomes: On completion of the lecture students will: Able to understand the influence of global tourist flows on the international hospitality industry 2. The size and the scope of the international hospitality industry 3. The nature of the global hotel sector 1. 2 1 Class Structure Global trends in hospitality and tourism Global distribution of tourists Global distribution of hotels International Hotel Sector Capital generation Management arrangements
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of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Introduction to Hospitality – HTM100 In the following paper‚ I will determine the challenges involved in managing restaurant operations that are specific to my state‚ as well as how I would address those challenges. Secondly‚ I will determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in my state. Next‚ I will analyze the interdependence of food service‚ lodging‚ and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and make
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PESTE Analysis PEST analysis (Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological analysis) describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Insurance is one of the service factor that are expected to continue to drive growth in the economy. Thus the insurance sector play important role in supporting economic ‚social and technology development. Economical factor Interest rate at bank very much affect to insurance industry‚ because
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Running head: The Hospitality Industry and Illegal Immigration The Hospitality Industry and Illegal Immigration Alex Andrea Hurt Kendall College Abstract Working in the Hospitality Industry currently‚ this topic is well known to me. I see it every day in the various restaurants we own and also within our headquarters where we organize‚ plan‚ create and cook the food we are delivering at events. Although‚ my company does not hire any persons without a Green Card or who is an illegal immigrant
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Introduction In recent years‚ the hospitality industry in China has experienced tremendous changes with the ups and downs of the real estate industry‚ which also includes the expansion campaign in full swing in a field set off by the series of the world’s leading high-end hotel group. For most of the world’s top hotel group‚ the rapid growth of the Chinese market profits undoubtedly like a straw to help them flee out of financial crisis. With this background‚ hotels in China will face the enormous
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Customer Loyalty in hospitality industry Today‚ the ultimate goal of almost every kind of business is to increase its income and sales. In other word‚ the business wants to not only attract new customers to the products and service but also to maintain and encourage the current customers to have repeat purchases. Brand awareness is a term used in this condition. It refers to how the firm can let customers know about the products and service and to have a clear picture of the firm when they
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