www.palgrave-journals.com/rpm Examining the determinants of room rates for hotels in capital cities: The Oslo experience Christer Thrane Received (in revised form): 7th November‚ 2006 Department of Social Sciences‚ Lillehammer University College‚ 2626 Lillehammer‚ Norway. Tel: þ 47 61 28 82 47; Fax: þ 47 61 28 81 70; E-mail: Christer.Thrane@hil.no Christer Thrane is Professor of Tourism in the Department of Social Sciences at Lillehammer University College‚ Norway. His research interests
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outsourcing in hotels was not a popular concept but more recently with the downturn in the economy in the nineteen nineties more and more hotels are turning to outsourcing to help increase their revenues and maximize their profit potential. The use of outsourcing enables firms to maximize their resources and to reinforce their competitive advantage. One of the most popular areas for outsourcing in hotels would have to be the Food and Beverage sector. The decision to outsource by many hotels has been
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Taj Hotels‚ Resorts & Palaces CSR Case Study Company Brief The Indian Hotels Company Limited and its subsidiaries are collectively known as Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and are recognized as one of Asia’s largest and finest hotel company. Incorporated by the founder of the Tata Group‚ Mr. Jamsetji N. Tata‚ the company opened its first property‚ The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel‚ Bombay in 1903. Today Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces comprises 108 hotels across destinations in India‚ Maldives‚ Malaysia‚
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new strategy to boost the company’s growth. The management team thinks that it is the right time to establish Rosewood as a corporate brand. A known corporate brand name will encourage hotel guests to stay at some of other Rosewood hotels. Rosewood wants to compete with the corporate and individual branded luxury hotels. As indivudual branded company‚ is is hard to compete with the corporate brands that benefit from cross-property usage. Their current strategy limits their market and objectives. They
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Presence in Brazil with Upcoming Sheraton Da Bahia Hotel in Salvador December 19‚ 2012 STAMFORD‚ CONN. – December 19‚ 2012 –Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide‚ Inc. (NYSE:HOT) has partnered with GJP Hotéis & Resorts to expand the presence of its global powerhouse brand Sheraton Hotels & Resorts in Brazil. Sheraton da Bahia Hotelwill be located inSalvador‚ one of the most important tourist destinations in the country. The 284-room historic Hotel da Bahia is currently undergoing an extensive
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The era of the Tang and Song Dynasties is considered the Golden Age of Post-classical China. During these times‚ trade‚ society‚ art‚ and literature all flourished. A revival of Confucian thought was promoted by the governments of both dynasties. There was a decline in the status of women over this time period as well. These political and social aspects of Chinese life have both changed and remained the constant as China progressed through the Tang and the Song dynasties. The rebuilding of and expansion
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“Radhe Palace” Hotel & Suites Southern States University Newport Beach Campus Winter 2012 Kunal S Shah Professor Gary W. Lawson‚ DPA Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement The undersigned _______________ hereby agrees that all financial and other information that he will receive concerning “Radhe” Hotel & Suites is confidential. The information shall remain the property of “Radhe Palace” Hotel & Suites and shall
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Marketing Department of the Terminus Hotel forecasted an average occupation level of 40% during 2009. In November 2008‚ the department received two offers from regular customers‚ the first at a rate of €90 for 10 rooms per day‚ and the second at a rate of €95 for 5 rooms per day. Both offers were rejected. Based on the numbers‚ it appears that the accounting department rejected both offers because the rate fell short of the total cost per room per day for the hotel. Assuming an occupancy rate of 40%
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from the social sciences in the context of managing organizations. The case study that will be used to analyze these conditions and theories deals with The Portman Hotel Company-San Francisco. Three issues will be addressed in the following order: fundamental attribution error‚ Expectancy Theory‚ and Operant Conditional Theory. First‚ a brief description will be provided for each theory‚ then how the theories relate to the case study will be analyzed‚ and finally‚ recommendations will be provided
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GINGER HOTELS: PRICING MIX AND STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS (In assistance with Dr. Avinash Kapoor) BY: ROHIT SHARMA 11P161 S.P. KALYAN 11P162 SANCHIT VERMA 11P163 SAURABH MANDHANYA 11P164 No. of words: 7029 SHAFALI SUBRAMANIAN 11P165 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our study has been conducted on the ‘Pricing strategies employed by Ginger Hotels‚ India and their effectiveness’ in order to identify the different pricing method that are
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