1. ICT APPLICATION TOOLS - INTRODUCTION ICT has beyond doubts made huge contribution to the development of hospitality and tourism services. Due to the advancement in technology‚ the fierce competition and also due to the complexity of the hospitality and tourism markets‚ organizations from all over the world now depend almost on the use of ICT to plan‚ manage and market their services. There was a time when organizations would depend on using effective BPOs also known as call-centres to reach
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The world and business activities are gradually becoming more globalized as many firms extend their operations into overseas markets. With the advent of globalization‚ there are more influences than ever on the hospitality industry. Put simply‚ this means that people share their cultures with others. International hotel chains have been growing and because of this‚ the number of people engaged in foreign business markets has increased. An overseas assignment is an increasingly common career experience
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Appendix A: 55 Trends Shaping the Future of the Hospitality Industry‚ and the World Hospitality and Travel 2015 by M. Cetron‚ F.J. DeMicco & O. Davies POPULATION TRENDS 1. The world’s population will grow to 9 billion by 2050. Early versions of this report predicted that the world’s population would double by 2050‚ and population growth has proceeded almost exactly on schedule. However‚ even this estimate may be too low. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Introduction In recent years‚ the hospitality industry in China has experienced tremendous changes with the ups and downs of the real estate industry‚ which also includes the expansion campaign in full swing in a field set off by the series of the world’s leading high-end hotel group. For most of the world’s top hotel group‚ the rapid growth of the Chinese market profits undoubtedly like a straw to help them flee out of financial crisis. With this background‚ hotels in China will face the enormous
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the recent jump in energy prices‚ and empirical data provided by several different environmental and scientific agencies. The Hotel industry is no different‚ in fact‚ it would benefit greatly from the recent push for all businesses and business sectors to “Go Green.” Yet‚ the industry has long resisted the changes‚ and is only recently catching up to other industries that have converted their operations to have greener strategies. Hotels require meticulous upkeep and cleanliness in order to keep
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CBN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL REVIEW‚ VOL. 37 N o 2 1-16 FISCAL DEFICITS AND INFLATION DYNAMICS IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS Emmanuel Ating Onwioduokit Government expenditure in Nigeria has consistently exceeded revenue for most o the years beginning from 1980. This paper investigates the causal relationship f between infation andfiscal deficit in Nigeria from 1970 to 19194. It was empirically confirmed that althoughfiscal dejkit causes inflation‚ there was nofeedback
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Current skill gaps in the Hospitality Industry The main objectives of the assignment is directed towards determining impact of skill gaps on the UK hospitality industry and on the services provided by the entire industry. To be able to address this objective‚ the researcher would recognize the present recruitment strategies of the hotel‚ as literature shows that hospitality industry is having a lot of problems in their internal and external recruitment strategies. Also‚ the assignment shall discuss
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UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY 1. Demonstrate the diversity of the hospitality industry explaining how it has achieved its current complexity‚ scale and scope. The hospitality industry has a lot of different sectors. It is commonly split into the 14 different sectors. Hospitality Services Tourist‚ Tourism Hotels Self Catering
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Kelly Hrupa 5th semester IHM E 20112013 submitted to the Department of International Hospitality Management in accordance with the requirements for the PBA degree No. of characters (excl. title page‚ table of contents and list of references): 11883 No. of characters (incl. title page‚ table of contents and list of references): 14472 Signature: January 2012 Table of Contents SUSTAINABLE HOSPITALITY.........................................................................................
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Aim: To identify the issues that the hospitality industry may be faced with post Olympics 2012 and to recommend strategies to overcome the reduction in the business to hospitality organisations. Objectives: 1. To study the opportunities in the hospitality industry during Olympic 2012 2. To evaluate the impact of post Olympics 2012 on hospitality industry. 3. To recommend the strategies to the hospitality industry to survive post Olympic downfall in business The London Olympics
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