Essays on Guest

Every person dreams about his/her house. Nowadays people live more in small flats as it is not easy to buy or build a big house, but to live in a big house is nice. The big cities build many story buildings with small flats where people can feel free as in a separate house with a garden and a gate. I have been dreaming about my dream house since my childhood. In my head, it has to be a big house in the suburb of the town with great nature around and a small garden near it. I also ...

Improving the Operating Strategy of Marriott

Improving the Operating Strategy of Marriott The purpose of the report is to develop a recommendation for improving a company’s current strategy in order to remain sustainable in a highly competitive economic environment. The recommendation will be based on an analysis of both the external and internal factors that affects the company. This includes both qualitative and quantitative factors since the report is segregated into (1) environmental scan and risk analysis, (2) ratio analysis, (3) financial statement analysis, (4) weighted average cost of capital, and a (5) strategy development. The company chosen to be analyzed is Marriott International, ...

Why is employee engagement an important consideration for people managers today? Discuss the ways in which employee engagement can impact an organization?

Introduction

Employee Engagement is the rational and emotional commitment that employees have with the company. An engaged employee is the one who shares the vision of the company and finds of belonging to the organization, and also finds sense to the work that he performs for chasing the organizational objectives. That employee is willing to strive voluntarily above of what is asked. The employee engagement actions that are aimed at increase this feeling have an impact on innumerable ...

Effectiveness of the Ways Hospitality Businesses practice Sustainability

The hospitality businesses use different strategies to be sustainable and achieve numerous benefits that identify the effectiveness of those strategies. It can be ascertained by the example of Greek eco-friendly hotels. They focused on the sustainability by initiating the energy saving programs and reduction in solid waste. In turn, the hotels not only saved money but also experienced reduction in satisfaction in level of operating costs and increase in reservations. Furthermore, green programs led to upgrading of environment and society. The benefits gained by the hotels indicate the effectiveness of the strategies (Kapiki, 2012). Bruns-Smith, Choy, Chong and Verma ( ...

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Part One: Product Description

‘Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey.’ The product or service that we intend to develop is called ‘A Touch of Love’- ATOL. We plan to build a luxury retirement home for the elderly. The physical location of the home will be in quiet and peaceful neighborhood and we will either build on a vacant site or take over an existing nursing home or small apartment, so that it can be refurbished to the needs of our business. The Home ...

1. Management Failure A closer examination of this incident shows that there is a management failure in several aspects. One of which is in its failure in its failure to train its staff in properly dealing with hotel guests and others who drops by the hotel. The lack of appropriate customer relations skill was its manifested when the convention exhibitor asked for an assistance about his packages. That is, the visitor requested if the first guest-service agent could call and find out about the package. It is noted that the service-agent remembers the arrival of the package, however, instead ...

Internship Paper

The purpose of this paper is to explain the entire internship experiences that I personally and professionally encountered during the timeline of internship position as “Subway Assistant Manager”. It firstly determines the challenges and difficulties that arose during the internship program. It then describes the duties and responsibilities of the internship with respect to the performed tasks and undertaken activities. It also gives an overview of the company description including its name, location, the category of product/service, and the approximate size of the company. It then explains how the internship prepared me for the workforce through gaining of three ...

The Greek islands have many opportunities for travelers, and it has become one of the most sought-after vacation spots in the world. These islands are historic for their beauty, with many worldwide travelers coming here for centuries for what th”ey believe to be healing properties. Recent visitors may or may not believe in healing waters or sun powers, but they are interested in a chance to be spoiled, get away, and enjoy the island’s vast natural offerings, as well as the luxuries of the sister islands and the ocean. Mykonos, part of the Cyclades island chain, is ...

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Background Business Situational Context Hilton London Bankside is one of the Hilton hotels and resorts that offer hospitality services in the UK. It is accessible from London Bridge and equipped with state of the art facilities to increase its competitive advantage. The resort operates in a highly competitive environment which consists of other Hilton hotels. Nevertheless, product differentiation helps the hotel to compete favorably and maintain high profits. The goal of Hilton London Bankside is combating the high demand for rooms and offering its clients a comfortable stay. It offers complimentary services including fitness facilities and team building opportunities. ...

Introduction

The Happiest Place on Earth - Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Or is it actually Disneyland in Anaheim, California? Both parks have similar attractions and philosophies, but the size and amenities of the two locations create a clear preference of visitors for one park over the other. That preference, however, depends on the personal likes and dislikes of the families who visit the two parks.

Difference: Size

The two parks are different in that they are of vastly different size. Disney World, located near Orlando, Florida on the east coast covers about 43 square miles. (Dayao, 2014) It encompasses four separate ...

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 ...

The case involves a guest of the hotel in Jamaica, where a guest was severely injured while working out in the fitness center of the hotel.  

Issues:

What jurisdiction and law should apply for the case? The jurisdiction and law that should apply here is the Jamaican law, in Jamaica. The US law in Miami cannot apply because, as stated in 28 U.S.C subsections 1391(a), a US court only has jurisdiction in such cases over the defendants where at least one defendant is domiciled in the particular judicial district. This principle has been affirmed in the case of Steven ...

Introduction

The role of the front desk is essential in every hotel. All the operations of the hotel are dependent on the front desk. The guests must have to contact the front desk in order for the accommodation. There are several responsibilities of the front desk, which includes the booking of the room, the front desk registers all the complaints of the hotel, and they reserve the booking on the phone. The financial success of every hotel is fully dependent on the services provided by the hotel and the front desk. It is essential that the front desk provides the ...

Question 1

Geography is unique since it is the most basic and essential science. The creation of the field of geography is through human curiosity concerning the atmosphere and the environment in the world. It becomes unique because it is both a social and natural science. The core unifying factor between human and physical geography is the environmental determinism concept which argues that the natural environment directly influences human beings’ moral, mental and physical habits. Both depend on each other while on the earth’s surface since a majority of human’s activities are through the exploration of physical activities.

Question 2

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Executive Summary

The proper analysis of both micro and macro environmental factors of a business is important since it keeps any particular organization ahead of its competitors and also ensures that operations are stable. The environmental analysis provides the business framework upon which the organization leverages for its strategic plan. It is important that companies keep in touch with various environmental changes that take place so as to improve the sustainability of their operations. The hospitality industry is among the sectors that face frequent changes in the environmental factors thereby triggering the need for global companies such as Hilton Hotels and ...

The latest global financial crisis of 2007-2008 years was merely forecasted or expected. Furthermore, no one could predict that it will actually start from the collapse of the real estate and later financial markets of the United States. By that time, globalization processes have occupied not only trade and service industry, but also labor, financial and banking segments. In the modern world, globalization is inevitable, due to fast spread of the information, constant movements of the human resources, development of the international companies, emergence of new economic and trade unions, etc. Definitely, globalization opens new horizons and helps to ...

Methodology and Research Design

The choice of a methodology in a research is based on the properties of the methodology and their ability to meet the purpose of the study in a qualitative research or to answer the research questions in a quantitative research. The analysis of the methodology chosen by the researchers can shed light on the appropriateness of the choices with respect to their ability to meet the purpose of the study. This paper explores the methodology and research design chosen by Humphrey & Symes (2010) in their article on Responses to bullying and use of social support among pupils with autism ...

Quality Service and its Impact in the Hospitality Industry

In any service-oriented industry, delivery of good, quality customer service is the key to longevity. The question now is if the business can sustain giving consistent, high-quality customer service. Quality service, simply defined, is how a business brings forth their products or services on the highest possible scale in their effort to meet the customer’s demands and exceed their expectations (Kapiki, 2012). Delivery of good customer service sometimes differentiates one hotel, for example, from another and creates a lasting impression that ensures repeat business for that particular hotel. Due to the industry’s competitive nature, the impact of ...

Report Plan

Abstract The proper analysis of both micro and macro environmental factors of a business is important since it keeps any particular organization ahead of its competitors as well as ensures operations are stable. The environmental analysis provides the business framework upon which the organization relies for its strategic plan. It is important that companies keep in touch with various environmental changes that take place so as to improve the sustainability of their operations. The hospitality industry is among the sectors that face frequent changes in the environmental factors thereby triggering the need for global companies such as Hilton Hotels ...

Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to the practices and knowledge within an organization that is concerned with the organization’s primary responsibility and employment relations (Redman, & Wilkinson, 2009). As such, it is a discipline that is guided by numerous models that include Guest, Harvard, Warwick, Storey, and Fombrun models. The Guest model developed by David Guest contends that the HR manager is initially presented with specific strategies which then create a need for certain practices within the organization in order to achieve the desired outcome. It bears six aspects that include HRM strategy and practices as well as behavior, ...

American pulp fiction is iconic; it influenced the development of American culture for decades and maintains a lasting influence to this day in the form of comic books, movies, and current literature. Pulp fiction was printed on cheap pulp paper during the 1930s and 1940s, though they were first created in 1896, and was hugely successful because of the rising literacy rates of the American population and the cheapness and proliferation of the products themselves. Pulp fiction eventually lost its popularity during World War II when paper rationing affected the population and movies, television, comic books, and normal paperbacks ( ...

Current Trends in the Resort Industry

Tourism and recreational industry continue to strengthen its position as one of the major international drivers of economic and social affairs. World Travel and Tourism Council outlines the shift in the strategic direction of development of the industry, where organizations, directly and indirectly, involved in tourism activities should become more aware and concerned with the impact of tourism and related sectors on wellbeing and wealth of the of the global population (WTTC 3-4). With the above in mind, some of the major and newest trends in tourism and the resort industry specifically include ecotourism. The International Ecotourism Society is ...

Identification of the Article and Its Methodology

The article upon which this paper is based is the Responses to bullying and use of social support among pupils with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in mainstream schools: a qualitative study which is authored by Neil Humphrey and Wendy Symes. The article was published in the 10th Volume, number 2 of the Journal of Research in Special Education Needs in 2010. The article is based increased mainstreaming of children who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. While the authors laud the efforts towards mainstreaming, they still recognize the insurmountable challenges and barriers that may serve as impediments to children ...

People Management

Part A Graduates constitute a large pool of supply for employers in the market that has the ability of supporting business development and eventually prosperity considering that they pose as a source of highly qualified and expertise workforce for businesses to attain short-term and long-term needs. The process of attracting and employing graduates may be a daunting task in terms of its resource intensive nature; hence, businesses may need to employ a number of ways get to the graduates and secure them for the various job positions. Due to the high competition that exists between firms for the best ...

The local business is a small chain restaurant located inside a shopping mall, which offers a mix of American and Mexican cuisine. The business uses around 150-200 square meters of space with the kitchen at the back portion separated from the dining segment with a wall and a swinging door. The business has around 7 employees manning the dining section of the restaurant with one employee manning the entrance, the manager, a cashier and four other employees, which are considered as the waitstaff. The business has a single entry/exit point, which is manned by one employee for the purpose ...

Sheila Renee White MAYO, Individually and as Administratixof her Minor Children, Rina Mayo, Jaclyn Mayo andPaige Mayo, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.HYATT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 89-3576Summary Calendar.

Background Information The case was a collective petition from Sheila Renee Mayo along with her three minor children. It was an appeal case based on the district court’s summary dismissal of their case on grounds of insufficient evidence to support the claim. The claimants had sued the Hyatt Corporation, through Hyatt for the death of Jack Mayo the husband and father of the petitioners consecutively. The district courts found the deceased 100 per cent ...

Sheila Renee White MAYO v. HYATT CORPORATION

898 F.2d 47 (April 10, 1990)

Facts: On February 20, 1987 Jack Mayo, Jr. died. His death was the result of complications pertaining to a fractured skull he suffered three days earlier on February 17 falling down the stairs of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, where he had been staying. Prior to the fall, Mayo had been drinking heavily off the hotel’s premises. Toxicology reports later confirmed that not only at the time of his fall was Mayo’s blood alcohol content over three times the legal limit but also that he had taken a significant ...

A Response Paper

There are many departments that visitors enjoy being part of, but hospitality is the major department that is envied and enjoyed by many people across the world. Hospitality is generally a reception distinguished by being friendly and generous for entertaining guests. Guests always prefer a favorable environment especially on hygiene, because they prefer better place in terms of security and hygiene than their own homes. Therefore, a hospitality department has the entire professional to ensure that everything is right to the level best of the clients. However, things might not always go as planned, and at one time or ...

Introduction

Love is the most common and the most uncommon thing ever. The first epithet is characteristic for love, as this thing happens (or at least is supposed to happen) in everyone’s life regardless of life, whereas the word “uncommon” is natural for love as well, as it is as unique in every life as possible. Therefore, stories of Kalidasa and Chretien de Troyes are read with lightness; however the times of their creation have been covered with dust for many long years. Such lightness can be explained with the mere fact that authors touch such eternal topics, which ...

Analysis of Activity Data Set of Restaurant Guest Counts

Analysis of Activity Data Set of Restaurant Guest Counts

Introduction

The present paper discusses a business scenario under the background of business data collected to inform the managerial decisions for the purpose. As per the scenario, the decision maker being a manager of a small town café which enjoys robust guest inflow during the summer months and a small population from among the residents are visitors to the same during the off season is faced with staffing decision problems. The season typically starts around the Memorial Day each year. The café adjusts its staffing based on the guest count during ...

Research Paper Draft: The Hospitality Law and Privacy

Introduction Privacy, including information privacy, has become one of the great concerns of our modern information society. Each day, without much difficulty, one can find a news story or report concerning some question of privacy. The main focus of these questions, however, have centered around the age-old debate between what is the best balance between security and privacy. That is to say, very little public, media or government attention has focused on other equally important areas of privacy including privacy in the private sector, such as in the hospitality industry. Nowadays, the hospitality industry increasingly has access mountains of ...

The Emerald is a 4-star hotel located in the city center and offers an assortment of services. The major goal of the management is the provision of comfort and unpretentious luxury and charm along with the integration of the best available technology. The hotel currently accommodates leisure tourists, business travelers, contracts, and small and large groups of people. It consists of 250 rooms (200 standard and 50 premium rooms). It also has a restaurant with 125 available seats and adjoining 50 seats in the bar lounge section. In addition, The Emerald has a bay exercise room, a conference and ...

Executive Summary3

Analysis and evaluation of alignment4 Strategic Contribution 5 Personal Credibility 5 HR Delivery Metrics6 Key Performance Measurements6 Action Plan7 HR Mission 9 HR Vision 10 Conclusion11

References 14

Executive Summary This project report is a Human Resource Strategy for an organization in the power electric industry named Titan Electric, Incorporated. A human resource strategy is a model which begins with research into employment and moves into a framework which articulates the organization's and the human resources department main values. The HR strategic plan consolidates and presents the policies of the department in light of how individual functions operate. It then explains ...

Literature review2

Research methodology..3

The purpose of using interactive digital menus in restaurants and pubs.4 The examples of a digital menu integration in trading venues5 The benefits of using interactive digital menus6 The working principle of e-menu in restaurants and bars 8 Conclusion....10

Bibliography 11

Introduction The current technological conditions are fascinating. The struggle between the outdated technologies and innovations can be seen every single day. The printed information has been already replaced by digital technologies, cell-phones have been replaced by smartphones, tablets and laptops replaced books and journals, and even in restaurant industry, the old-fashioned paper menu is being replaced by new ...

Summary

Working at Brubo often requires the use and access of electronic devices, computers, computer networks and other information technologies., As a Brubo employee, you will have access to proprietary company data, sensitive and important information, as well as the ability to use both internal and external networks. Accordingly, this policy which serves as a critical element if regulating what can and cannot be done with, to, or on Bruno’s IT resources and infrastructure. This policy is the culmination of a comprehensive risk assessment and had been authorized for implementation by senior management.

Policy Changes

In order to maintain the most ...

The Boston Harber Hotel is one of the most cherished and prestigious hospitality and accommodation destination for many travelers in Boston city. It has served the service industry with memorable moments of history, recognized as a leader-service provider in the industry. The hotel is located at the historic Rowes Wharf in the Bostan's city scape. It attracts a large number of travelers in the city with a promise of variety of services. Their services range from the normal restaurant services and accommodation services. They also provide human therapeutic services such as the Spa and fitness facilities in the industry. ...

Every spring, students and professors of the Glendale College, as well as members of the local community, have a chance to enjoy annual concerts performed by the Glendale College Community Orchestra (Glendale.edu, n.d.). On May 22, the Orchestra performed in a huge concert, which took place at the Mainstage Auditorium. Bethany Pflueger was the conductor of the Glendale College Community Orchestra, and, probably, this was the key thing why the performance was so successful. This concert featured Glendale College Concert Singers, and it was also led by Chris Rios and Chris Coulter as musical directors. The Glendale College Community ...

For your Midterm Essay Examination, you will respond to all five questions presented. This exam covers Chapters 1–8, of the assigned textbook. Be sure to go through all of the assigned readings, module notes, PowerPoint presentations, and videos in the Learning & Assessment Activities page before you begin this examination.Each question is worth 20 points. Each answer must be at least 250 words, double-spaced, with citations for stated facts.Complete the Midterm Essay Examination by responding to the following questions: 1.   You have been hired, as a consultant, by a large criminal justice agency, which is struggling with organizational transformation ...

Guest Satisfaction and Guest Loyalty

Introduction 3 Main Section 4 Arguments Against the Correlation between Satisfaction and Loyalty 4 Arguments For the Correlation between Satisfaction and Loyalty 6 Opinion: Increasing Guest Satisfaction results in Guest Loyalty 10 Conclusion 13 Introduction This paper will attempt to explore the intricate relationship between guest satisfaction and guest loyalty. There has been an ongoing debate on why guest satisfaction does not always result in guest loyalty, and it is an interesting topic of study. The opinion posited is that guest loyalty is the product of superior guest satisfaction (as opposed to just regular satisfaction) and that this superior ...

Raymond Carver lived between 1958 and 1988. In most cases, his contemporaries considered him as one of the forces that led to the revitalization of the American Short Story genre. He wrote the short story, Cathedral, which was published in 1993 (Peterson 167). Specifically, Cathedral examines and narrates the impact of a blind man in the lives of his friend and her husband. Superficially, Cathedral is a story about a disgruntled man whose meeting with his friend’s blind wife enables him to discover new ways of seeing. This paper examines and discusses the beliefs and values of the ...

During the last decades many things in the world have changed and the concept of hospitality was not an exception. Many prominent authors have tried to depict the theme of hospitality in their works but only one of them was considered to be the best, Homer and his Odyssey. The main argument to support is that the king wanted the stranger to have some nice memories and therefore to share them by telling everyone how good the Phaeacians are at sport and dances. In those times, it was very important to make a good impression on a guest and ...

Activity Data Sheet

Activity Data Sheet The sample of the data collected is suitable quantitative data for the business scenario as it assists in pinpointing the actual period when the café should increase its staff to cater for the increased number of guest needs. Every business especially those in the hospitality industry need to collect data over time such as what has been done by The Littletown café to make predictions on the number of guests to be expected and required number of staff that can serve guests within minimum time possible. Those cafés that experience fluctuation in the number of ...

Management

In order to ensure successful conduction of business, organizational skills and effective planning is required. Further, analysis of competitors, understanding risks, and staying focused. The selected business is business of guest house. Rooms are provided to customers so that they can stay there to take rest. They are also facilitated with food including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They can have their food at their door step or they can come to VIP lounge that is made in order to facilitate customers in a better manner.

Organizational Chart

Industry of Business The business of guest house is included in the hotel industry. ...

The Guest is a short story written by Albert Camus and first published as a part of the collection Exile and the Kingdom in 1957. The main character of the story is a teacher in a remote school Daru. The man was alone because of the snowfall, until gendarme Balducci with the apprehended Arabic person appeared. Daru was asked to take prisoner to a nearby town Tinguit where he would be tried for relative’s murder. The teacher did not want to take part in these events, but Balducci still left Arab in the school. Daru did not treat ...

Columnist individuals play an important role in the society. They are concerned with writing local articles in a magazine to raise awareness about a problem affecting a community by defending his or her argument concerning a public issue. An action to be taken by the leaders in power was of concern to writing the document in the magazine. In most cases it is normally repeated and published by the same writer on that subject. Article columns share some characteristics regardless of the author and they are, one, it must be precise and clearly states the point of view in ...

Introduction

Strong leadership skills are imperative for every organization since employees are attracted by leaders who understand varied workplace situations and are able to design ways through which workers stay motivated. Three themes that are fundamental attributes of competent leaders include the ability to lead and influence actions of employees, ability to promote work-life balance and the need for leaders to impact positively in an organization such that their contributions to the organizations will forever be remembered. The three themes were brought forward by the guest speakers Mark Herley, Martin Plant and Michelle whose presentations provided useful insights on factors ...

Sexual Violence and Unplanned Pregnancies

Executive Summary Greenlight Organisation is seeking for a grant to facilitate an awareness campaign for Sexual Awareness. Greenlight as an organisation was born last year through the initiatives of like-minded parents and teachers and various stakeholders in medical institutions. These members make up the board in the company: which was responsible for appointing the CEO, James Madison. The company serves in the capacities of sex educators who provide valuable information to the youth and teens on how to engage in safe sex practices. The CEO, through the board, began the initiative of public awareness last year after it was ...

It has been determined throughout history, education should be viewed as a fundamentally moral and political enterprise, where the cultivation of moral agency is central to the educational aims. The idea of education following moral and political enterprise should make it clear history should be void of fallacies, but in reality it is quite clear this is not the case, and that history is told from the perspective or viewpoint of the victor. “The Wars” written by Timothy Findley was originally published in 1977, and since then, it has been translated into nine different languages. This paper will compare ...

Under these conditions, countries need an effective anti-terrorist policy and methods as a means of ensuring their own survival, public support, and international stability. Accordingly, new methods to combat terrorism began to be emerged and be developed, namely the use of new technologies such as satellites, information technology, surveillance, weaponry, Bio-metrics, finance, drones etc.

Satellites

It is worth noting a significant contribution of satellite systems to the resolution of the intelligence, communication, navigation and meteorological problems. Cosmic intelligence systems were used in order to provide US troops with timely and reliable data on the grouping of the Islamic movement of ...

Virtualization

Introduction This report aims at exploring the differences between hypervisor based and container-based virtualization technologies. In the report, the differences to be explored will touch on the implementations, the applications, the advantages and disadvantages of either technology. The report will also look at the different applications that are using the technologies.

Virtualizations: Virtualization is the practice of creation virtual resource, i.e., servers, storage devices, networks or even operating system to enable execution of applications that require a different execution environment. Virtualization is meant to increase IT agility, scalability and flexibility through faster deployment, increased performance and greater availability leading ...

Intrapreneurship Plan

Business

Executive Summary Even top companies are facing difficulties when it comes to finding the most suitable innovation that will bring forth a considerable success for the business. On the other hand, sailing into the vast ocean of entrepreneurship does not mean doing it alone because the business has several talents on board that could contribute ideas for business innovation. In the food and beverage industry innovation can be observed in the number of technological platforms integrated into the food service in order to create more value to the products and services and ultimately to provide convenience. For the ...

Legal Application Assignment 2

Agency Law and Business Formation The dumping of ship wastes just off the Florida coast within the United States water is in defiance of a number of federal and state laws. For example, companies are expected to acquire permits from the Environmental Protection Agency in order to release pollutants into the passable waters of the United States. It is the role of the permits holders to monitor their discharges and present a report to the authorities- companies that violate their permits are penalized by the Environmental Protection Agency. The company has been taking order from Sam Martin and this ...

VEBLEN HOTELS

Introduction The hotel industry is often entangled in varied economic situations that keep changing. While business is in most cases good to hotels, it remains critical for hotels to adapt to the changing business environments. The modern business platform is changing towards technological framework and models of doing business. It is essential for the hotels to adopt new technology in a bid to solve business model problems and enhance the service delivery to customers. Businesses in the hotel industry thrive due to efficiency in service delivery. However, several hotels are still locked in their traditional ways of doing business ...

Shangri-La Expansion in China

Introduction Shangri-La Company is a hotel group of Asian origin. It is the fastest growing hotel in the region. It is still spreading its wings across different regions. It has exploited the European and North America markets. In the recent past, it also opened new hotels in the Middle East, Dubai, and Maldives to be precise. The mainland of China is the heart- throb of this company with over twenty hotels and fifteen more expected to be set up by the enterprise. Shangri-La is a public company that was incorporated in 1971 and by 2004; its sales had reached $ ...

Camus, A. “The Guest.” Exile and the Kingdom. London: Penguin, 2006. 43-56. Print. In 1957, Albert Camus wrote a short story The Guest, which became a part of his famous collection of stories Exile and the Kingdom. The scene is laid in French Algeria. The main characters of the story are Daru, a young Frenchman who lives in the desert mountains and works as a teacher, the old Corsican gendarme Balducci, and an Arab who has no name. One day, Daru sees Balducci and an Arab climbing up a mountain towards the school. Balducci tells Daru that he was ...

The growth of information technologies stimulated the rapid development and effective use of information networks in the entrepreneurial activity and in everyday life, and the growth of new threats. Education and training are essential to creating a culture of security in the workplace. The main idea is that all employees in an organization must be involved in security policy and must be aware of the tactics, techniques, and procedures needed to protect the internal system (Tripwire guest authors, 2014). The problem in the fight against crime on the Internet is the international character of cyber criminality and the absence ...

Introduction

The Hilton Hotel HHonors program is a service that is ran in both Hilton Hotels Corporation and Hilton International. Hilton views this program as a highly effective marketing tool set to serve the frequent business traveler. This is at an aim to create and retain loyal customers given the severe competition in the hotel industry. This loyalty program works by allowing regular guests to acquire and accumulate points as well as airline miles every time they use any of the Hilton services offered. This program is among the largest of its kind with over 30 million registered users.

Q1 (A) Strengths and Weaknesses of the Hilton HHonors Program from the Standpoints of Hilton Hotels Corp and Hilton International

Green, ...

Conflicts in the African continent are notorious with their complexity. There are host of reasons for that. These include the complicated history of Africa, especially of the last several centuries when existing divergences were accentuated by the presence of colonists who imposed new circumstances and conditions. These also include many natural reasons stemming from climate conditions and geopolitical situation of Africa. These include as well the ethnical and tribal divergences that turned out to be the major fueling factor in the conflict that set it ablaze for almost fifteen years. There is one thing I am going to make ...

1. “Notes on Punctuation” by Lewis Thomas - Summary The writers use punctuation marks in order to set the tone of the text according to Lewis Thomas. This differs from language to language and there are very few marks in English. It is important to use punctuation so that people do not write in an ambiguous manner. Commas are useful more than any other marks because they have many purposes. They should not be used in great amounts although they add a specific meaning. Lewis thinks that semicolons are important as well because they let the writer express themselves ...

Executive Summary

Amatara Resort and Wellness is Thailand's premium destination spa. It provides guests with everlasting moments and a great experience. This resort is located at the majestic Cape Panwa, which offers the best coastal view in Phuket. Guests can surround themselves with the calming tranquility of Andaman's blue seas and endless skies with an 180-degree sea view that is available only at Amatara. As the first and only luxury destination spa in Phuket, Amatara offers all-inclusive programs which include spacious, beautiful lodging, organic, wholefood tailored to your health goals, and personalized wellness treatments and activities . The Amatara Resort and Wellness ...