CUSTOMER SERVICE AT THE MARIGOLD HOTEL1 One bright summer morning in March 2010‚ owner and General Manager George Chacko was in his comfortable second-floor office suite at the Marigold Hotel in the Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi. He had been alerted to a brewing customer service problem‚ and wanted to resolve the issue before it got out of hand. Chacko belonged to a family of real estate developers and entrepreneurs. Over the turn of the century‚ he had noticed that New Delhi lacked sufficient high-quality
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QUALITY OF HOSPITALITY SERVICE A CHALLENGE Delivering quality service will be one of the major challenges facing hospitality managers in the opening years of the next millennium. It will be an essential condition for success in the emerging‚ keenly competitive‚ global hospitality markets. While the future importance of delivering quality hospitality service is easy to discern and to agree on‚ doing so presents some difficult and intriguing management issues. Since the delivery of hospitality
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You have been hired as director of an important five stars hotel. The previous manager told you before leaving that you should not worry about quality as there are few complaints from customers. Do you agree with this comment? If not propose means for service quality evaluation and improvement. A definition of quality‚ especially for what services is concerned‚ is extremely challenging to find. In a world like that of luxury hotels‚ quality can mean a lot of different things depending on how each
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Keywords: cloud computing‚ Quality of Service‚ hotel industry Abstract. This research focuses on the major issues that weigh upon a hotel company’s decision to implement cloud computing. In this study there was a random selection done for 15 hotels (5 hotels five stars chains‚ 5 franchised hotels 3 and 4 stars and 5 local hotels). The aim of this paper revolves to (I) Study and analyze the major issues have an impact on hotel company’s decision to move to cloud computing. (II) Test the current
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University System Hotel industries are faced with a unique challenge in providing a constant level of service throughout many diverse countries. The time companies spend in creating a solid business plan will help them anticipate the tough spots‚ modify their approach and climb to the peak of success in the international marketplace (Brown & Gutterman‚ 2009). One particular hotel chain is The Ritz Carlton‚ owned by Marriott. The Ritz Carlton operates more than 80 hotels in 26 countries‚ driven
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------------------------------------------------- SERVICE QUALITY GAP IN RESTAURANTS IN VARANASI Under the Guidance of Dr. Ashutosh Mohan By:- Prachi Prabha Chauhan(31) Jitendra Singh(19) MBA-IB (2010-2012) INTRODUCTION The restaurant industry is a demanding sector that stresses the provision of high-level customer service and continuous quality improvement. As lifestyles change and dining out becomes more and more commonplace‚ customers desire new flavors‚ comfortable ambience and pleasant
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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION MEASUREMENT IN HOTEL INDUSTRY: CONTENT ANALYSIS STUDY Ivanka Avelini Holjevac University of Rijeka Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija Opatija‚ Croatia e-mail: Ivanka.Avelini.Holjevac@fthm.hr Suzana Marković University of Rijeka Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija Opatija‚ Croatia e-mail: Suzana.Markovic@fthm.hr and Sanja Raspor University of Rijeka Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija Opatija‚ Croatia e-mail: sraspor@veleri
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ISYS 90045 – Assignment 1 Service quality in Consulting: What is engagement success? By Ron McLachlin (2000) Table of Contents Introduction 3 Research Question 3 Method 3 Findings 3 Conclusion 4 Recommendations 4 Limitations 4 References 5 Introduction The success of a consulting engagement is a vague idea as it may vary depending on
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Using the cardinal rules of medical ethics as a base‚ design a policy that you would implement as an administrator of a health care organization(s) for both public health and health services. Discuss any differences in your policy and rationale. As an administrator‚ I would seek to enact policy that focused on equal treatment‚ equal distribution‚ and respect. Regardless of financial ability all patients would have the same access to care and level of treatment. The current physician shortage underscores
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…………………………………………………………………………....………. 30. References ……………………………………………………………………..……………… 31. Appendix ………………….…………………………………………………………………… 32. I. Background to UPS United Parcel Service (UPS) is a package-distribution company which was established in Seattle‚ Washington‚ USA. UPS is a global leader in supply chain‚ logistics‚ and information services. The company operates in more than 200 countries and territories around the world‚ delivers over 15 million packages every day (Richard L. Daft‚ 2009). UPS started
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