University MARKETing management Designing and managing services Case Study : Ritz-Carlton Hotels Lecture : Prof. Dr. Basu Swastha Dharmmesta‚ M.B.A Group 4 Anne Stam [Student Exchange] Febrini Wulandari 08/277511/PEK/12841 Irwan Arfandi Bachtiar 08/277521/PEK/12851 Case Summary Ritz-Carlton Hotels‚ California‚ USA Ritz-Carlton is a brand of luxury hotel and resort with 70 properties that are located in major cities and exclusive
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Winter Park Hotel Donna Shader‚ Manager of the Winter Park Hotel‚ is considering how to restructure the front desk to reach an optimum level of staff efficiency and guest service. At present‚ the hotel has five clerks on duty‚ each with a separate waiting line‚ during the peak check-in time of 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Observation of arrivals during this time shows that an average of 90 guests arrive each hour (although there is no upward limit on the number that could arrive at any given time).
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Silpakorn University International College 912 208 Practicum in Housekeeping and Front Office II ECO-FRIENDLY HOTELS RESEARCH Instructor: Aj. Wonrasak Sucher Submitted by: An Ngoc Van DO 90520165 I. Introduction to green hotels/ resorts: Green hotels or Eco hotels are environmentally friendly properties that take the initiative and implement very important practices and programs to reduce energy‚ water‚ and waste. That is participating in recycling programs‚ linen changing programs
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inventory holding costs. Therefore‚ quantitative and qualitative analysis needs to be done to check the feasibility of having a common National Distribution Centre (NDC) or combining the demand of certain regions or products to have an optimized solution to minimize the total cost by trading off the increased distribution cost and warehouse cost with reduced inventory holding cost Calculating the annual inventory and distribution cost of the current distribution system: In the current system
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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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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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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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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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1) What caused the existing system at ETO to fail? This system was based on the assumption that direct costs and overhead are consumed in the same proportion for all product testing. However‚ this is not the case and therefore the system failed. For example‚ due to the implementation of the vendor certification and the just-in-time delivery‚ some products are already tested and do not need any further tests‚ and ETO faces a decreasing number of the tests performed. On the other hand‚ new components
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------------------------------------------------- Property Operations To keep their hotels running smoothly‚ Hilton Supply Management teams up with suppliers offering products and services related to a property’s infrastructure. Specific areas include maintenance‚ repair and operating supplies (MRO)‚ administrative office equipment‚ laundry/dishwashing equipment and chemicals‚ printing and promotional items‚ pest control services‚ office equipment and supplies‚ hotel utilities‚ and other related products and services.
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