An examination of a hotel and its various departments
Dissertation - 46 pages - Business strategy
Under the British law “a hotel is a place where the bona fide traveler gets shelter and food provided they are in a position to pay for it and are in a fit condition to be received.” Origin: The discovery of wheel brought development to trade and tourism; horse carriages, and...
Understanding the problems faced by various departments in a hotel
Dissertation - 21 pages - Business strategy
Tourism is one of the world's most important activities, involving millions of people, vast sum of money and generating employment in developing and industrialized countries. Tourism has become the 'World's first largest industry in recent years. It has the highest growth rate in...
A look at the marketing mix for the proposed plan of building a hotel
Dissertation - 5 pages - Services marketing
There are a lot of things that needs to be looked into when one proposes to start a hotel. There is the financial aspect where one needs to calculate and decide how much the venture will cost and what the best prices are in order to quote for the services rendered. There is also the...
A brief look at the financial aspects of starting a hotel
Dissertation - 17 pages - Finance
The word financial viability means to find out, whether it is financially viable to start a three star hotel as this project report is based on three star hotels. In simple words, financial viability is to find out whether starting a three star hotel is financially successful...
A brief look at the market feasibility of an intended hotel
Dissertation - 5 pages - Business strategy
As per the definition of MANZINKER and KRAFT of Beam University, tourism is the sum of the phenomenon and relationship rising from the travel and stay of a non-resident so far as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected to any earning activity. Tourism today is one of the...
The emotional and psychological reader's response in "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Blue Hotel" - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
"The Yellow Wall-paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane are two short stories which, beyond the colour references in the title, try to develop certain psychological responses within the reader. I will attempt to show how through two different points of...
Exploring the budgetary operations of a hotel
Dissertation - 21 pages - Finance
World War II marked a milestone in the explosive use of service industry. There has been an impressive increase in personal spending in the last few decades. Individuals are spending a major chunk of their income on travel, restaurants, better quality health, education services, and leisure...
Hotels: A description various departments in a hotel
Dissertation - 21 pages - Management
The term "tourism" originates from the word "tour" and denotes the willingness of a person for visiting a place away from one's own home because of reasons such as to spending leisure time, being on official duty, on medical grounds, etc. This willingness and interest of people in visiting...
Investigating the market feasibility of a hotel
Dissertation - 15 pages - Business strategy
Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least eighty kilometers (fifty miles) from home for the purpose of recreation, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body). A more...
Conceptual framework of CRM in hotels
Dissertation - 19 pages - Management
Until recent years, relationship management has been largely ignored by most industries outside the service sector. Classical marketing theory and practice has focused on customer acquisition rather than customer retention. However, due to the intrinsic nature of the service industry, customer...
Operational aspects of a hotel and an analysis of the problems encountered
Dissertation - 27 pages - Business strategy
To understand tourism we can divide it into two parts or sections, namely the dynamic sector & the static sector; the dynamic sector is concerned with economic activities of the formation of community, motivation of demand and provision of transport. It involves the activities of tour operators,...
Examining the operational departments in a hotel
Dissertation - 13 pages - Management
Tourism is a desirable human activity, deserving the praise and encouragement of people and government. The tourism industry stops not at just attracting people to a desired destination for vacation, but furthers its services by providing transport, accommodation, food, and entertainment to...
Places and hotels in Jammu and Kashmir
Dissertation - 13 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The paradise state of Jammu and Kashmir has two capitals; Srinagar is the summer capital and Jammu is the winter capital. In March, the secretariat starts to function from Srinagar. Similarly, in October, the secretariat moves to the winter capital Jammu. Jammu and Kashmir is the pride of India...
Strategic management with reference to BritCo Hotels
Dissertation - 6 pages - Business strategy
Recent studies in the field of strategic management indicate that there is ? lack of knowledge on strategy implementation and therefore, the managers cannot achieve the set targets in order to implement ? strategic plan although they do have positive intention in order to execute the strategic...
Determining the efficacy of training programs by establishing an appropriate evaluation procedure at hotels
Dissertation - 15 pages - Human resources
Human resource management is really the management of personnel at work. Different authorities have differently defined it. The essence of all definitions is that the personnel/human resource management is the science of planning, organizing and controlling the various operative functions of...
An introduction to the hotel industry: An investigation of the departments
Dissertation - 36 pages - Business strategy
To most people, the hospitality industry consists only of hotels and restaurants. However, the Oxford English Dictionary defines hospitality as the 'reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers with liberality and goodwill'. Therefore, the hospitality industry can...
Calculating the financial viability of a hotel
Dissertation - 9 pages - Finance
Tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in comparison to other major industries worldwide. The word ‘tour' is a Hebrew word derived from the word "torah", which means learning, studying, and research. The Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines ‘tour' to mean a...
The financial expenses of a hotel
Dissertation - 10 pages - Finance
Cash includes Cash on Hand (House Banks), Demand Deposits, and Temporary Cash Investments. Temporary Cash Investments should be of demand nature or have maturities within 90 days at the time of purchase. Cash that is restricted formally for long-term purposes, such as property and equipment...
An overview of the problems faced in managing a hotel
Dissertation - 22 pages - Business strategy
The growth of modern hotel industry took place in the United States of America, beginning with the opening of the CITY HOTEL in New York in 1974. Some of the hotels of USA were built in this era. This period also saw the beginning of changing operations under the guidance of...
Essential departments in a hotel
Tutorials/exercises - 34 pages - Management
The past, present and the future of the hospitality industry are closely linked. Today's lodging and restaurants are the result of many centuries of social and cultural evolution. Comfortable and sanitary lodging was once considered the exclusive privilege of the wealthy. But with the rise...
The 5 star hotel industry in India
Dissertation - 6 pages - Business strategy
The Indian hotel industry has been in the limelight during the past three years. It went through a bad phase during the period 1997 to 2002. Varied reasons led to the poor performance of the hotel companies during this period, with the major being the nuclear tests carried out by...
Classification of hotels
Dissertation - 6 pages - Business strategy
A hotel is defined by British law as the place where a bona fide traveler can receive food and shelter, provided he is in a position to pay for it and he is in a fit condition to be received. Hence, a hotel must provide food and shelter and has, in turn, the right to refuse if the...
A study of the various departments in a hotel and the cooperation needed to run the hotel smoothly
Tutorials/exercises - 19 pages - Business strategy
A hotel is not just one department nor is it a place where things just happen. It is a collection of various departments working together to make the organization, as a whole, a success. What one must appreciate is the size of the hotels and what it takes to make them run smoothly....
The services marketing management in a four star hotel: focus on Four Seasons - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 12 pages - Services marketing
Services' marketing, or third generation marketing, is one of the most significant preoccupations in the current business world. Indeed, services are more and more important in the developed countries' economy. It represents between 70 and 80% of GDP and of the workforce. This assessment is...
Analyzing the financial aspects of planning a hotel
Dissertation - 12 pages - Finance
The hotel industry plays a very significant role in the development of tourism in a country. Almost 50% of the foreign exchange from tourism comes from the hotel industry. It has been rightly said, "No hotels, No Tourism". This statement basically exemplifies the fact that if...
Bahrain: Tourism and hotels
Dissertation - 19 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The hotel industry is one of the oldest commercial endeavors in the world. The first inns were built way back in the 6th century B.C. and were a result of the urge to travel that happened after the invention of the “wheel". Husband-and-wife teams opened the earliest inns by...
An overview of the departments in hotel/hospitality industry
Dissertation - 15 pages - Management
In today's shrinking world fast moving airlines, Passenger-ship, trains, buses and automobiles carry travelers all over the world on extra pleasure or business trips. This traveler requires food, lodging and service of good standards at a reasonable price. Hotel management today is...
Basic concepts involved in planning the set up of a hotel
Dissertation - 17 pages - Business strategy
Till the downfall of the Roman Empire, i.e., about 500 A.D., the inns and taverns were well developed. The churches, monasteries, cathedrals and temples made suitable arrangements for devout traveling taken by the pilgrims. But, the downfall of the Roman Empire created problems, and for several...
A study on the kinds of departments that form a hotel
Tutorials/exercises - 33 pages - Business strategy
The past, present and perhaps the future of the hospitality industry are closely linked. Today's lodgings are a result of many centuries of social and cultural evolution. Comfortable, sanitary and lodging once was considered the exclusive privilege of the wealthy, but with the rise of industry...
Peru Hotel: A multiple level negotiation or how to fight for $1.5 per night
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
This story happened this summer. We were seven people, working as relief workers in Peru for a period of two months. We had been in Peru for 10 days. After arriving in Lima, we went to Huancayo, the first city where we studied different projects to invest money in. After one week, we travelled to...
