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Technology Trends in the Hospitality Industry

Introduction Technology is a major driver of all business in the world today. The mechanization of services leads to short lead times and eventual savings in operational expenses. The savings in turn lead to an improvement in business profits. Technology is also a major driver of the current global nature of business. In particular, developments in the transport and communications sector play an important role in globalizing business. The connectivity of the world means that potential customers learn of new services and products as they arise and expect them wherever their location. Consequently, new technologies spread quickly and the ...

Emirates Airline's e-commercial initiatives include the renovation of company’s website fully outdated with a new internet booking engine. It allows people from 75 regions in 10 languages book the tickets in real time successfully integrating with the Emirates Airlines central integrating systems (Nataraja & Al-Aali, 2011). Moreover, the client-friendly options such as self-check-in sections, calendar pricing options, home print boarding pass boosted the popularity of airlines among the customers. 90 percent of all tickets provided by the Emirates Airlines have been bought online nowadays. Such demand became possible thanks to the simplification of the booking process when the passengers ...

This report is aimed to provide the description of the course I teach, touch upon the ohilosophy, teaching materials, give characteristics to one of the subjects as well as describe used teaching approaches.

At the college (the name of college is needed) I teach Employability Skills, Introduction to Computers, and Business Travel. These subjects form part of the newly opened Business Department.

Philosophical values and approach

The philosophical values that are maintained by the program are based on the adult education concepts of such scholars as Ellias and Merriam. The program that I teach supports behaviorism in adult education and emphasizes such concepts ...

Executive summary 3

Company Description 3 Strategic Focus and Plan The Service and its Value Proposition 4 Marketing Goals 4 Marketing Situation Strengths and Weaknesses 5 Opportunities and Threats 6 Market Strategy Overall Marketing Strategy 7 Market Needs 7 Target Markets 8 Marketing Mix (4 Ps) Product 8 Price 8 Promotion 9 Place 9 Conclusion and Recommendations 10 References 11 Appendix 1 13 Executive summary The following report discusses market strategies and marketing mix, developed by Ryanair, Ltd. The company at hand operates a broad network of low-fare airline routes that connect 186 airports in Europe, as well as Africa (Morocco). The ...

Marriott Hotels: Strategic Analysis

Words Count: Executive Summary Marriott International Inc. is a leader in the global lodging industry. Marriot has more than 4,400 properties spread across 87 countries. The company has also done well over the last 90 years and has transformed itself from a root beer stand in Washington D.C to a hotel behemoth. According to the 2015 survey conducted by American Customer Survey Index (ACSI) on hotel brands, Marriot is the most liked hotel brand in the world along with Hilton with a score of 81 (ACSI, 2015). Hotel industry was hit hard by the sub-prime recession in the ...

Introduction

In the past, airports were viewed to be a little more than suppliers of infrastructures for the carriers. They dwelt with airlines they served and the degree of resident demand. The success of airports was not related to airport strategies and performance. They have positioned themselves as part of an integral component of the transport chain. In the past, airlines were innovative and dynamic partners of transport that controlled and regulated passengers’ experience. Currently, airports are trying to balance their customers’ relation to be similar players. The airports are transforming to a more entrepreneurial design text and have begun ...

Introduction

The city of Cambridge, known for its culture, heritage and the numerous institutions of excellence attracts a large number of tourists from across the world. This globally renowned centre of higher education has been the home of great thinkers and scientists for the past 500-600 years and has made immense contribution in shaping up the world that we see as it is today. This is the place where atom was first split, neutrons and electrons were discovered, the renowned theory of evolution was coined by Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity . The University of Cambridge, which has ...

Today’s airports are getting overcrowded as the airplane travel is becoming extremely popular these days. The business of aviation is ever changing. With the advancement in technology, the aviation business is also going hi-tech and the passengers expect everything to be in tune at the airports. The waiting times, the pedestrian flows, process times, baggage services, flight times are some of the most important tasks of every airport. While developing the infrastructure of an airport, the designers and architectures face major challenges as everything should provide sufficient capacity to the passengers. In addition, all the safety requirements must ...

Since the tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the issue of gun control has resurfaced as a hot issue needing to be addressed by a government able to make changes that could mitigate the chance of a repeat tragedy. Gun control is an issue with a powerful lobby of support and also citizens that fall polarized on either side of the issue. As a result, in the news coverage of the current state of the issue, with the latest update being gun measures failing the senate by a margin of six votes, different media outlets while reporting on the same ...

Quality services in a hotel industry are an important in determining the success of a company. The usage of quality management by the management of Hotel Escargo will give it a competitive advantage over its competitors. It will also ensure satisfaction of the client’s needs. Service quality is a way that manages business actions in order to ascertain that customers are contented (Gitlow, 2005). It is an approach that ensures effectiveness, competitiveness and flexibility of the company.

Hotel Escargo’s system is inefficient, and it needs improvements in order to achieve customer satisfaction. The systems affected are the check-in and check-out ...

Executive summary

The airport industry has experienced a tremendous growth in the recent past, especially due to the increase in demand for the air travel. The impact of the growth has affected most airports management’s decision-making process whereby they have to identify and resolve various issues affecting their organization. This is a similar case experienced at Dubai international airport that faces major issues including that of congestion, national and international competition as well as dealing with customer service. The increase in traffic in the airport has made DXB the fifth busiest airport in the world and this also comes with a challenge that ...

Visual communication4

Automated check-in machine..4

Product display .5

Signs .6 Sitting places 7 Store planning .8 Entrance and exit 8 Services desk 8 Shipping and receiving merchandise ..9

Storage of merchandise 9

Storage space 10 Store design ...10 Employee break room ...10

Dressing room 10

Space allocation 11 Layout and circulation ..11 Merchandise ..11

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Conclusion .12 Reference ..13 Introduction Walgreen Company is one of the largest retail and drugstore in the United States. The company operates more than 8,217 stores in the 50 states. It was found in 1901 in Chicago where the headquarters is located. The company ...

Smartphones provide an efficient and convenient platform to access, find, and share information across the globe; nonetheless, the presence of this information has caused eyebrows due to an upsurge of cyber-attacks. At the moment, cyber threats include Trojans, viruses, botnets, and toolkits. Currently, 95% of smartphones lacks pre-installed security software. The absence of security provides an opportunity to cyber attackers to hack popular devices including Androids, iPhone and Blackberry. The traditional security software installed in personal computers (PCs), like firewalls, antivirus and encryption lacks in mobile devices. Furthermore, the level of vulnerability has increased because most people are using ...

Visual communication4

Automated check-in machine..4

Product display .5

Signs .6 Sitting places 7 Store planning .8 Entrance and exit 8 Services desk 8 Shipping and receiving merchandise ..9

Storage of merchandise 9

Storage space 10 Store design ...10 Employee break room ...10

Dressing room 10

Space allocation 11 Layout and circulation ..11 Merchandise ..11

Presentation 11

Conclusion .12 Reference ..13 Introduction Walgreen Company is one of the largest retail and drugstore in the United States. The company operates more than 8,217 stores in the 50 states. It was found in 1901 in Chicago where the headquarters is located. The company ...

INTRODUCTION:

As the technology is changing and developing more and more, the way of doing businesses is altering. Particularly with regards to the internet age, companies now can be benefited from low cost and high speed technology without time and place restrictions. E-business is known to be as the process of sending and receiving information or data through the internet facility whilst receiving orders, placing orders and communicating with the company’s staff (Andreu et al., 2010). Internet is now served as an essential business tool in order to perform efficiently and competitively worldwide. This report has discussed the current ...

Critically evaluate the macro and micro-competitive environments facing airline companies using module and framework?

For the micro-competitive environment, I will be analysing Ryanair against The Five Forces Framework. Under this framework, the competitive rivalry is linked to threats from potential entrants, bargaining power of buyers, threat from substitutes, and bargaining power of suppliers. The threat from potential entrants is relative less due to the nature of the aviation industry. The major reason being the capital required to start a new airlines. Any new entrant will have a well thought of strategy to take on Ryanair. From the case study it seems they have most of the things correct. Any new entrant, besides the capital requirement, ...

Introduction

Air travel is one of the most convenient methods of transport. It is fast, and timely. However, it is expensive, and only a selected a few people can manage to pay for it. Considerably, it is one of the most delicate means of transport. The government, among other agencies, is considered a major shareholder in the management of the international air travel outlets. Airports handle international and domestic flights. Most people utilize air travel by moving out of the country during vacations. Most of them move as international tourists. Ideally, most of the fascinating terrorists aim at airports in their terror activities. ...

Improving the Efficiency of Airport Surface Operations

Improving the Efficiency of Airport Surface Operations Air travel has seen an increase in the number of people using it as the preferred means of movement across countries or continents. Over the years, there have been many changes in technical and tactical issues affecting the airports. The ability of an airport to adapt to the changing demands in the airline industry either renders it as a modern and suitable airport or an airport that is not a favorite of many people. Many factors can be used to consider the severity of an airport in terms of adapting to these changes. ...

Critical Review: “Like” and “Check-in”: How Hotels Utilize Facebook as an Effective Marketing Tool

Critical Review: “Like” and “Check-in”: How Hotels Utilize Facebook as an Effective Marketing Tool 1 Introduction This paper is a critique of the research traditions utilized in the ‘”Like” and “Check”: How hotels utilize Facebook as an effective marketing tool’, written by Kelly V Phelan, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Matthew Haney, and published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2013. The critique will explore the philosophical background of the article and the logical approach followed by the authors in the process of conducting the research. It will also evaluate the research ...

Introduction

Team foundation server is a Microsoft product that was developed to assist the users in team foundation building, task item tracking, reporting of website and project management. It is a collaboration platform that was designed for Microsoft’s application life cycle. It offers support for multiple integrated platforms and environment, agile development practices and cloud services. It also gives the features and tools needed to facilitate effective control and management of software creation module during the whole information technology lifecycle. The application is used by the Microsoft team foundation to manage application using multiple client server tools with the support of ...

Introduction

DEA is the Data Envelopment Analysis. It is a non-parametric approach used in investigates for the assessment of production frontiers. It is used to assess the relative efficiency of various units, called DMUs in the language of DEA. DEA uses multiple inputs and outputs to estimate the efficiency and for benchmarking the best performing units. The structure of the market economy is a concept with many aspects. In particular, the structure of the market economy can be characterized in terms of the competitive relationship, the degree of their development. There are several approaches to the study of the structure. In ...

Introduction

DEA is the Data Envelopment Analysis. It is a non-parametric approach used in investigates for the assessment of production frontiers. It is used to assess the relative efficiency of various units, called DMUs in the language of DEA. DEA uses multiple inputs and outputs to estimate the efficiency and for benchmarking the best performing units. The structure of the market economy is a concept with many aspects. In particular, the structure of the market economy can be characterized in terms of the competitive relationship, the degree of their development. There are several approaches to the study of the structure. In ...

Differences between the Low Fare/Low Cost Airlines models and the Full Service Airline models

There are many strategic approaches in their operations, which distinguish LFA/LCA business models from the traditional full service airline models. There are several main elements, illustrated below.

The service factor

LFA/LCA ́s lower prices for the customers are to some degree achieved by offering the customers significantly lower service levels. They do this for both in-flight and pre-flight services. In pre-flight services, the airline does not offer the choice of business lounges. They also do not pre-assign seats on flights as passengers are allowed to take the seats of their choice as they get on the aircraft. On the full service airlines, ...

Abstract

Gun control is one of the most important political issues of our time. It has been shown time and time again from unbiased studies that the correlation between gun ownership per capita causes homicide rates by guns to increase. The issue is muddled though because of the powerful gun lobby and a media that lacks in its journalistic coverage on the issue. These factors combine to bring The United States to it’s current political stalemate on the issue. Since the tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the issue of gun control has resurfaced ...

In Chapter 15, it is said that “Technology changes so quickly that even the most diligent user will likely encounter a situation that could constitute a threat to their network” (p. 260). Given the increasingly mobile nature of technology (especially HIT), I believe this to be more the case than ever. It has already been mentioned that stolen devices will often lead to security breaches in EHRs and other organizational information; given that we often check in on mobile devices like smartphones and iPads, which we take with us into our civilian lives as well, there are that many more chances ...

For many in the United States, the words “Gun Control” is a four-letter word that immediately causes their preconceived notions to surface and prevents them from logically looking at the issue. The polarization of gun-control in this country has evolved to a point where neither party, even the one with the most control in Washington is able to put fourth any legislation regarding this issue. This essay analyzes this phenomenon with a view to the historical context behind gun control and laws that regulate gun ownership in the United States. Everyone who has engaged in conversation or argument on the issue ...

The industry has also embarked in massive airline partnerships in their sale of tickets to enable easier provision of services to over wide distances as they collaborate with various other airlines to cover more travelling distances. This makes it easier for the constantly increasing number of travelers to have their needs catered for. Since the airline’s image had taken a beating due to the culture prevailing in the organization, particularly among pilots, the carrier decided to go in for a revamp of its HR policies, according to experts. As a first step, the airline brought about a change in management. Chen ...

Customer Inserts His/Her Name

Customer Inserts Tutor’s Name QUESTION 1 Throughout its history Chinese Airlines Limited (CAL) has been beset with a number of problems that have negatively impacted both its profitability and reputation. The sources of these woes have been diverse in nature ranging from human resource management issues to various political considerations. The airline continues to face a number of threats as well as harboring internal weaknesses that may threaten to derail the company’s future prospects, however the company also possesses significant internal strengths and possible opportunities to avail. These will be described below using various analytical methods.

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Since one of the United State’s most tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the issue of gun control has resurfaced as a hot issue needing to be addressed by a government able to make changes that could mitigate the chance of a repeat tragedy. The casualties were drastic, 20 first-graders, either 6 or 7 years old, lost their lives to semi-automatic rifle fire within five minutes while before the shooter took his own life. (Bismarck Tribune). Gun control is an issue with a powerful lobby of support and also citizens that fall polarized on either side ...

The aviation industry has assumed a competitive character premised on the modern managerial concepts, scientific applications and increased globalization. The nature of competition has compelled airlines in the industries to position themselves strategically, employing models that enhance their competitive abilities. It is the contention of this paper that Porter’s generic competitive advantage strategy can be applied in relation to the development of a brand image that would position the company ahead in the competitive airline industry. This paper shall discuss how the competitive strategy can be employed in line with the concept of branding and the associated benefits that would ...

Applebee’s and Chili’s Grill and Bar are among the most popular casual dining foods establishments in America. They have a causal dinner experience for workers who have no time to cook. Applebee’s and Chili’s Grill and Bar offer similar services and are almost similar in all aspects. However, a few unique differences are what make each exceptional hence attracting thousands of customers throughout the United States. This paper compares and contrasts the two food establishments.

Applebee's

Applebee’s has a massive number of distribution outlets in approximately 2000 locations. Dine Equity incorporation is the parent company that owns the ...

Communication is something that I do almost every waking hour of every day. The first thing I do every morning, after the alarm on my phone wakes me up, is check to see if I have any text messages and respond to them if I do. Within my first couple of waking moments I am usually communicating with someone in the world outside of my own home. As I stagger to the shower, my phone is in tow with me. I used to actually text people while in the shower, until I ruined a phone from the water. Now I ...

Virgin Australia Holdings is an airline based in Virgin Australia. With its profound ideologies on proper customer care and favorable air ticket charge, it has managed to win the trust of many customers. Virgin Australia chief executive, John Borghetti notes that for a business to be successfully run, a mix of priorities as opposed to narrow focus must be employed. In February 28, 2012, Virgin Australia Holdings proposed new structure of its business that was meant to meet the standards of air navigation act. (Virgin Australia announces proposed new structure 2012).

Organizational change in the airline industry, although difficult, is inevitable. ...

We flew into the impressively-named Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport, which actually turned out to be larger than we’d expected, considering that Santa Clara has a population of around 120,000, although I suppose as this is more or less in the center of Silicon Valley it is a much-used destination. The airport actually has two terminals and is served by several major airlines. We’d chosen our starting point at Santana Row to be these pretty gardens on Olin Avenue, because this was just about the center of the complex of the 70 or so stores ...

Introduction

There are different ways to handle medical, surgical and post surgical cases and especially when it comes to nursing, the application of concepts may remain the same however there is a lot of difference in the application of concepts from person to person. We will look at the case study related to endocrine/metabolic system, for Mr.Jenaro and will analyze the situation according to the data available.

The medical situation of the case can be explained by mentioning that Mr.Jenaro, a 61 year old male is admitted to the emergency ward with a complain of severe nausea and vomiting for two days consecutively. ...

Introduction

Clinical Audit is a very important process that helps us to enhance the quality of treatment and patient care with the help of a systematic audit which includes an assessment to find out any shortcomings and ensures that the entire clinical process is improved regularly, is effective and is executed step-by-step.

If we discuss the goals and objectives of a clinical audit, it is obvious that patient safety and quality of care is the priority however few other important areas that we concentrate on, include reduction in variation of clinical outcome, assessment of risk in clinical procedures and making recommendations based on ...

In the past few years, smartphones have become more ubiquitous as a staple technology of our everyday lives, seeing a popularity that no one had expected. (Ankeny 2010) As a result, businesses have been attempting to use this unique technology to get their businesses closer to the consumer, creating new applications and ways of interacting with their prospects. (Barnes 2003) This resulted in the m-business market, a spinoff of e-business whose purpose is to provide electronic applications to customers with smartphones, in order to let them shop or use their services right from their phone. (Lee 2006)

At the same time, other environments ...