Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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{draw:frame} University of Derby/Buxton Hospitality Management MA Hotel Renovation A Tool For Repositioning In the Hotel Industry Submission Date: 7th May 2009 Business Analysis and Decision Making Student: Nana Yaa Addo Module Leader: Norman Dindsdale Introduction The hospitality industry has grown phenomenally since 2001 and has been driven by both leisure and business demand (kloppers 2005). The needs of the consumer have now become dynamic rather than static. Consumers
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------------------------------------------------- Abstract: The case examines Marriott International’s (Marriott) various innovative HR practices‚ which earned it the reputation of being ’the best place to work’ in the hospitality industry. It describes Marriott’s ’Spirit to Serve’ culture and the company’s HR philosophy which guided its various HR initiatives. The case gives an overview of the best practices employed by the company in the recruitment‚ selection‚ training and development of employees
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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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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Science and Education The Advantages of Green Management for Hotel Competitiveness in Taiwan: In the Viewpoint of Senior Hotel Managers Ying-Chang Chen1 & Yu-Ta Chen2 1 Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management‚ Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health‚ Keelung City‚ Taiwan (R.O.C.) 2 Department of International Business‚ Kainan University‚ Taoyuan‚ Taiwan (R.O.C.) Correspondence: Ying-Chang Chen‚ Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management‚ Ching Kuo Institute of Management
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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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QUALITY IN HOTEL SERVICE: THE CASE OF THREE STAR HOTELS IN DA NANG VIETNAM *** ABSTRACT Nowadays‚ “service quality” is mentioned a lot when hoteliers and marketers discuss about how to improve a hotel’s competition capabilities. Many researchers figure out that customer use five dimensions to judge service quality of a hotel – tangibles‚ reliability‚ responsiveness‚ assurance‚ empathy. The gap between expected and perceived service is a measure of service quality. The fact that hotels and resorts
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obr3588x_ch07_212-246 10/5/04 11:17 AM Page 215 EQA Chapter 7 / Electronic Business Systems ● 215 R EAL WORLD CASE 1 H Hilton Hotels Corporation: D ata-Driven Hospitality ilton Hotels Corporation has learned that customers are more satisfied when they have a problem and the hotel staff takes care of it than if the stay goes flawlessly. Giving hotel staff the information to make critical recoveries is the reason Hilton‚ during one of the industry’s worst downturns in decades‚
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HOTEL PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR GRAND VILLA HOTEL A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Computer Studies‚ AMA Computer College Pasig Campus In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Gab‚Espiritu.F Alarcon‚ Isaro A. School year/Trimester: 2013 – 2014 / Second Trimester Introduction Nowadays‚ the hotel industry here in the Philippines has flourished very well and the main reason behind this is because
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