services are focused on making the customer comfortable‚ creating memorable interaction in the minds of the customers and making them feel better‚ satisfied than they were before the transaction and stimulate customer retention. The motive of any business is to create and serve their customers‚ but the biggest challenge is how to satisfy them for the life time of a business.Businesses should always look for ways to serve their customers more than they expect. In doing so‚ it helps them to know you
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Kimpton Hotels’ EarthCare program brings the business’s philosophy of environmental responsibility straight to its properties‚ starting with its pioneering Eco Floor at the Hotel Triton in San Francisco in 1994. Today EarthCare’s efforts include: * Using environmentally friendly cleaning supplies in all rooms. * Printing corporate collateral on recycled paper using soy-based ink. * Usring recycled paper for all printing property-wide. * Serving organic‚ shade grown‚ and/or fair trade
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October 1‚ 2010 Denise Resendiz Professor Gunter Kimpton Hotels Earthcare Program What are the benefits of Kimpton’s environmental sustainability initiatives? What are its costs? The benefit of the program is to put back into the earth what is being taken out. Many companies who support Eco friendly establishments will book specifically with the Kimpton hotel in support of their EarthCare program. The costs are greater for not putting back into the environment what is taken out
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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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Model answers to short cases Acme Whistles 1. What is the overlap between operations‚ marketing and product/service development at Acme Whistles? The simple answer to this question is‚ ‘There is a very significant overlap between these functions’. The underlying question is ‘Why’? Partly‚ the reason is size. As Simon Topman says in the example‚ small companies cannot afford specialist functions so at a managerial level everyone does everything to some extent. This becomes especially true when
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Business 599 – Final Project Business Plan “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
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What problems and challenges are faced by Moore at the time of the case? Moore Medical Corporation is strategically focusing on practitioner business by offering a relatively broad product range (thereby providing ?one-stop shopping?. Moore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. Up to the time of the case‚ it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs‚ phones‚ and faxes to communicate product
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policy in the hotel sector: “green” strategy or stratagem? Margaret Brown Lecturer in Accounting‚ School of Food & Accommodation Management‚ Duncan of Jordanstone College‚ University of Dundee‚ Scotland‚ UK Illustrates alternative “green” strategies to indicate possible reactions of the hotel sector to the environmental issue and the extent of the “greening” process on the control system. Discusses the results of a questionnaire survey into the environmental standing of an hotel and the control
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GR HOTELS INC Preliminary Report To: Andrew Mayd‚ CEO From: Chris Mell‚ CMA Subject: Analysis to increase occupancy rate Date: January 15th ‚ 2008 Introduction. The report was prepared for GR Hotels Board of Directors review. It examines current opportunities to increase profitability. Several options were examined and the most plausible solution proposed – Upgrade to upscale both hotels. This measure will increase long term profits and improve position in the
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categories of Marriott hotels which are separated by location and type. Each category is aimed at a different target market‚ with wealthier individuals the target of category seven hotels while individuals looking to enjoy their vacation without breaking the bank are the target of lower category hotels. While all Marriott hotels strive to bring an excellent stay to their guests‚ the old phrase‚ “you get what you pay for‚” can certainly be applied to the various Marriott hotels. Within the seven
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