Tourist trains The Palace on Wheels is a luxury tourist train. It was launched by the Indian Railways to promote tourism in Rajasthan‚ and has been highly popular since its launch. The train service was refurbished and relaunched in August 2009 with a new decor‚ itinerary and cuisine. [1] The concept of the Palace on Wheels was derived from the royal background of the coaches‚ which were originally meant to be the personal railway coaches of the erstwhile rulers of the princely states of Rajputana
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Morales Springfield College Admissions Essay Within the first 5 minutes on the Springfield campus‚ on my way to the admissions tour‚ I came across a student who happened to be wearing New York Knicks apparel. We engaged in conversation about a previous nights game the Knicks played‚ as I happen to be a Knicks fan myself. A few minutes after arriving on campus‚ I felt like I had something in common with at least one person at Springfield College. Will Springfield be a good fit
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Case Study 2 Springfield Express Instructions: Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car | 90 | Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) | 70% | Average full passenger fare | $160 | Average variable cost per passenger | $70 | Fixed operating cost per month | $3‚150‚000 | a. What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Break-even
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Springfield Nor’easters Group 9 Larry Buckingham‚ Marketing director for Nor’easters‚ a new Class A minor league baseball team in Springfield‚ Massachusetts had been to come up with the pricing strategy for tickets. Challenge for him is to achieve break even on the first year‚ also by handling the marketing strategies for the team‚ and all above the following. 1. Springfield is more economical‚ they are concerned about their spending. 2. Ticket revenue should be from mix of season tickets‚ group
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Kevin Tame Business Research 2/23/2010 Springfield Nor’easters Case #1 Evaluate the research survey undertaken by the League Sports Association and by Larry Buckingham‚ Nor’easters marketing director. Consider each step in the process that led to the findings of the survey Buckingham started his research by using the League Sports Association survey done in 2005 and confirmed that families with school age children were more likely to attend sporting events. He also found that 73% of the audience
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ANSWER KEY 1. The budget at Springfield is an imposed “top-down” budget that fails to consider both the need for realistic data and the human interaction essential to an effective budgeting/control process. The President has not given any basis for his goals‚ so one cannot know whether they are realistic for the company. True participation of company employees in preparation of the budget is minimal and limited to mechanical gathering and manipulation of data. This suggests there will be little
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OCEAN CARRIERS CASE 1) Should Ls Linn purchase the $39M capsize? Make two different assumptions. First‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm subject to a 35% statutory (and effective) marginal tax rate. Second‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is domiciled in Hong Kong for tax purposes‚ where ship owners are not required to pay any tax on profits made overseas and are also exempted from paying any tax on profit made on cargo uplifted from Hong Kong‚ i.e.‚ assume a zero tax rate. The
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“Ocean Carriers” case Assume that Ocean Carriers uses a 9% discount rate. 1) Do you expect daily spot hire rates to increase or decrease next year? (5 points) 2) What factors drive daily hire rates? (5 points) 3) How would you characterize the long-term prospects of the capesize dry bulk industry? (10 points) 4) Should Ms Linn purchase the $39M capsize? Make 2 different assumptions. First‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is a US firm subject to 35% taxation. Second‚ assume that
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Johnkingsley Obasi AMBA650-The Springfield Nor’easters Case Analysis. Introduction. The city of Springfield‚ Massachusetts were blessed with the basing of a baseball minor league franchise in their city. But the class A team is faced with great revenue generation challenges that will make or mar the organization. The new team might likely take advantage of the fact that closest sports franchised teams are all located 90 miles away from Springfield. This might create a ticket and concession
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Substantive Issue Ocean Carriers is a shipping company evaluating a proposed lease of a ship for a three-year period to a customer‚ beginning in 2003. The proposed leasing contract offers very attractive terms‚ but no ship in Ocean Carrier’s current fleet meets the customer’s requirements. The firm must decide if future expected cash flows warrant the considerable investment in a new ship. Objective of Case Assignment To provide your team an opportunity to make a capital budgeting decision
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