UK Hotel Sector 2014: A focus on new markets and trends Read the Report rbs.co.uk/corporate Following years of slow recovery the hospitality sector witnessed a strong appetite for growth in 2013‚ a trend that is set to pick up pace in 2014. Thanks to the improving economic backdrop‚ this year we anticipate seeing the highest levels of average daily rates (ADR)‚ occupancy and revenues per available room (RevPAR) since 20081. However‚ despite improvements‚ the challenges of an increasingly competitive
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to record oil and gas prices. The indicator amounts to $53.43 per share compared to $21.27 during the same period in 2007. Weaknesses: Launch of controversial business with the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline; Increase in petrol prices in the UK; Explosion of BP refinery in Texas that caused 100 injuries and 15 deaths in 2005; Criminal charges due to the spread of 270.000 gallons of crude oil in the Alaskan tundra in 2006; Toxic spill of 2‚000 gallons of methanol in the oil field
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Case Study 1 Ethics and Local Governance Intro To Info Technology 01MAY13 In the London Borough of Bren customer data records were kept in twelve different areas all of which were incomplete. This caused a lot of incorrect assumptions on the part of the workers. It had become a hassle and very time consuming. So they decided to use an American company program to consolidate each of these records into one convenient online record management system. They were really pleased with the outcome they
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VIGILANCE AND E-GOVERNANCE Vigilance means watchfullness or to bring awareness. Vigilance came into existence mainly for the purpose of fighting corruption. Corruption involves misuse of power ‚ money ‚government property etc. Though corruption can’t be brought down to zero level‚ we can try to bring it as low as possible. This can be ensured by watchfulness‚ caution and vigilance. Or in other words it can be achieved by E-Governance. E-Governance is the use of various modern information
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yahoo.comWP/04/64 Overview of the Indian Corporate Sector: 1989–2002 Petia Topalova © 2004 International Monetary Fund WP/04/64 IMF Working Paper Asia and Pacific Department Overview of the Indian Corporate Sector: 1989–2002 Prepared by Petia Topalova1 Authorized for distribution by Kalpana Kochhar April 2004 Abstract This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
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“Poor governance leads to‚ and encourages and breeds‚ corruption in a number of ways‚ for instance through bribery and extortion‚ nepotism and fraud and embezzlement‚ It reduces the efficiency on which an economy depends‚ and by increasing the cost of investment‚ lowers the potential return. It also reduces the government’s resources and hence its capacity for investment. Common to other South Asian countries‚ corruption in Pakistan is unique because it occurs up stream‚ it has wings which
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DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN THE S ECURITY SECTOR Nicole Ball Center for International Policy‚ Washington‚ DC Center for International Development and Conflict Management‚ University of Maryland Prepared for: UNDP Workshop on “Learning from Experience for Afghanistan” 5 February 2002 INTRODUCTION That the subject of governance in the security sector is being addressed in the context of rebuilding Afghanistan is‚ I believe‚ a reflection of two important shifts in development thinking over the
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Social Responsibility and Good Governance EXERCISE 1 Name: __________________________________ Score: __________ Course‚ Yr.‚ &Section_______________________ Date: ___________ Test I. Modified True or False. Instruction: If the sentence is correct. Write true on the space provided before each number. If it is wrong substitute the Underlined word or phrase to make the statement right. ____________1.Politics is the art of manipulation or coercion
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Six principles of IT governance Responsibility: Groups and individuals within an organization understand and accept their responsibilities in respect of both supply of‚ and demand for‚ IT. Those with responsibility for actions also have the authority to perform those actions. Strategy: The organization’s business strategy takes into account the current and future capabilities of IT; the strategic plans for IT satisfy the current and ongoing needs of the organization’s business strategy.
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htm EJM 40‚7/8 Seven dimensions of corporate identity A categorisation from the practitioners’ perspectives T.C. Melewar Brunel Business School‚ Brunel University‚ London‚ UK‚ and 846 Received August 2003 Revised September 2004 and April 2005 Accepted May 2005 Elif Karaosmanoglu Istanbul Technical University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – This paper investigates what organisations perceive as the essential components of corporate identity concept and their contents. It proposes
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