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White Paper The Great Debate: Buy Versus Build -- Oracle's Pre-built Analytic Applications Versus Building a Custom Warehouse Read about the pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse. (Oracle)...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Data Management, Data Warehouse, Databases, Enterprise Software

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Date: September 2007
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White Paper 2009 Industry Outlook: Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure After several years of healthy growth, 2009 is expected to be much tougher for the U.S. Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure (THL) industry. The combination of a housing deba...

Tags: Deloitte LLP, Industry, Management, Strategy

Company: Deloitte LLP
Date: January 2009
Deloitte LLP
White Paper Best Affordable Luxury Hotels Near The Dallas Galleria The Dallas Galleria Shopping Center is Dallas' oldest and prestigious retail venues in the area. The Dallas Galleria is home to renowned designer boutiques, fine dining, ...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Associated Content, Cooper Guest Lodge, Dallas, Dallas Galleria

Company: Associated Content
Date: February 2008
Associated Content
Tools & Templates Parks And Resorts - Business Websites This template explains about business websites which gives details, information about parks and resorts. ...

Tags: Disney Corp., Internet, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology

Company: Disney
Date: February 2008
Disney
White Paper Improving Lodging Industry Renews Investor Interest After several years of being passed up by the investment community, the lodging industry has been rediscovered by Wall Street as a hot new area for investment, aiding the...

Tags: Gale, Industry, Investor, Management, Recovery

Company: Gale
Date: January 2008
Gale
White Paper Best Deal In Vegas: Terrible's Hotel And Casino If you are looking to take a low-cost trip to Vegas than look no further than Terrible's Hotel and Casino. It is one of the best travel deals in Vegas. The hotel is locat...

Tags: Associated Content, Hotel

Company: Associated Content
Date: June 2007
Associated Content
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White Paper Business Ideas For Homeowners: Film Festival Lodging Homeowners can make lots of money by offering lodging to filmmakers and others who are attending a local film festival. If you live in an area where one of the popular fi...

Tags: Associated Content, Film Festival

Company: Associated Content
Date: March 2007
Associated Content
White Paper Native Growth For The Choctaw Casino And Resort The Choctaw Casino draws people from all over Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and other states, providing a local, alternative gambling spot to those more well-known destinati...

Tags: Associated Content, Choctaw Casino

Company: Associated Content
Date: November 2005
Associated Content
White Paper Float, Don't Fix, the Interest Rate on Hotel Debt This study examines the viability of floating-rate debt financing strategies by investigating the time-series relationships between LIBOR, the index typical used in float...

Tags: Cornell University, Debt, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financing

Company: Cornell University
Date: January 2005
Cornell University
White Paper Lowest Price Guarantee Reservations: What Hotel Companies Need to Do to Get It Right While this growth has driven up the profits of internet online travel agencies, hotel operators are experiencing a loss of control over the pricing of rooms and a potenti...

Tags: Cornell University, Guarantee, Marketing, Marketing Research, Pricing

Company: Cornell University
Date: January 2005
Cornell University
White Paper The Psychology of Revenue Management: Impact of Familiarity, Framing and Fencing Condition on the Perceived Fairness of Rate Fences Revenue management (RM) has been practiced in the airline, hotel and car rental industries for over 15 years, and has more recently attracted attention in other industrie...

Tags: Cornell University, Fairness, Familiarity, Finance, Operational Accounting

Company: Cornell University
Date: December 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Boca Resorts Inc. Valuation Report This paper presents the valuation of Boca Resorts Inc. a luxury recreational lodging business based in the United States. The McKinsey model was implemented in order to c...

Tags: Finance, Investment, St. Louis, Valuation

Company: Washington University in St. Louis
Date: December 2004
Washington University in St. Louis
White Paper Hospitality in the Age of Terror This article takes a comprehensive look at the impact of terrorism on the hospitality industry now and in the future by one of the world's foremost forecasters. A soberin...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Entertainment, Government, Homeland Security, Marketing

Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: September 2004
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
White Paper Broadening the Base Customer Many hospitality marketers are ignoring millions of customers?writing them off because they are not considered part of the market segments that they already are targeting...

Tags: Customer

Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: September 2004
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
White Paper Geo-Demographic Differences in Knowledge About the Restaurant Tipping Norm A national telephone survey indicated that knowledge about the restaurant tipping norm is greater among people who are White, in their 40's to 60's, highly educated, weal...

Tags: Cornell University, Knowledge, Management, Marketing, Marketing Research

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Business Enterprise Value in Hotels: The Reality Vs. the Shell Game The motivation for the determination that Business Enterprise Value (BEV) exists comes from the fact that personal property (tangible or intangible) is not subject to pro...

Tags: Cornell University, Taxes, Sales Force Management, Sales, Management

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Let Me Count the Words This article examines the use of both qualitative and quantitative data for better understanding of hospitality industry. With the available data gathering and analysis s...

Tags: Analysis, Cornell University, Guest, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Coyote Loco Hot Sauces Brand management is an important part of effective marketing. Many tools can be used to create, emphasize, strengthen, and re-create a brand. The purpose of this project ...

Tags: Brand, Branding, Cornell University, Marketing

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Ethnic Differences in Tipping: A Matter of Familiarity With Tipping Norms Studies of tipping behavior in restaurants indicate that black customers tend to leave lower tips than do white customers. Rather than unnecessarily demean a customer gro...

Tags: Cornell University, Difference, Familiarity, Management, Strategy

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Understanding First-Day Returns of Hospitality Initial Public Offerings This paper helps in understanding the economic rational behind the hospitality industry's Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. The paper makes clear the reasons as to w...

Tags: Cornell University, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Investment

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004
Cornell University
White Paper U.S. Hotel Transactions The doubling of hotel transactions in the first half of the year 2004, and the forecasted growth for the rest of the year represents the beginning of a sustained level in...

Tags: Allocation, Jones Lang LaSalle

Company: Jones Lang LaSalle
Date: August 2004
Jones Lang LaSalle
White Paper Are Your Satisfied Customers Loyal? The firmly held doctrine that guest satisfaction means repeat business is called into question by the results of this study of 364 guests of two similar big-city hotels. ...

Tags: Cornell University, Guest, Management, Marketing, Marketing Research

Company: Cornell University
Date: August 2004
Cornell University
White Paper The European Hotel Industry: Where Are the Risks Lodged From all quarters of the hotel industry, signs of a recovery are emerging after one of the most severe slumps in recent history. International travel plummeted under the ...

Tags: Business Operations, Management, Industry, Hotel, Homeland Security

Company: Fitch
Date: April 2004
Fitch
White Paper In Defense of the "Rushmore Approach" for Valuing the Real Property Component of a Hotel The so-called "business enterprise approach" utilizes a methodology that essentially moves much of a hotel's total property value into areas such as tangible and intangib...

Tags: Property, Rushmore Approach

Company: HVS International
Date: April 2004
HVS International
White Paper Workforce Scheduling: A Guide for the Hospitality Industry This paper focuses on creating a workforce schedule within a hotel industry that ensures appropriate service levels is a key management function. The many complexities of...

Tags: Cornell University, Human Resources, Industry, Management, Payroll Solutions

Company: Cornell University
Date: April 2004
Cornell University
White Paper Strategically Integrating the Pieces: Using Research to Drive Hotel Growth Prominent hotel chains employ market research companies to conduct large customer satisfaction studies. For the most part, these research companies have offered efficient...

Tags: Customer Satisfaction, Marketing, Marketing Research, Product Marketing, Research Company

Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: April 2004
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
White Paper Hotel Investment Strategy Annual Iraq War, SARS, tourist-targeted terrorist attacks, weak economic growth, Middle East uncertainty, financial meltdown in major economies, internet price gouging, airline ...

Tags: Business Operations, Jones Lang LaSalle, Investment Strategy, Internet, Homeland Security

Company: Jones Lang LaSalle
Date: January 2004
Jones Lang LaSalle
White Paper The Billion Dollar Leak - The Impact of the Merchant Model on US Hotel Profits The impact of third party Internet sites on hotel reservations has been the focus of intense debate in the hotel industry. This article attempts to quantify the financial...

Tags: Finance, Impact, Internet, Operational Accounting, Retail

Company: Smith Travel Research
Date: November 2003
Smith Travel Research
White Paper Pulling the Hidden Lever - How Hotel Brands Help Tackle Business Issues Brands are not only reflections of business strategy, but also key levers to assist executives in achieving articulated business objectives. One approach for improving th...

Tags: Brand, Branding, Cummins Communications, Marketing

Company: Cummins Communications
Date: September 2003
Cummins Communications
White Paper Lodging Industry Trends The lodging industry in the United States as a whole achieved a room occupancy rate of 59.2-percent in the year 2002 compared to 60-percent in 2001 and 63.5- percent in 2...

Tags: Industry, Management, Rate, Strategy, University Of Wisconsin

Company: University of Wisconsin
Date: September 2003
University of Wisconsin
White Paper A Global Comparison of Hotel and Office Real Estate This article aims to determine the existence and form of the relationship between the performance of the hotel and office sectors. Identification of the relationship coul...

Tags: Business Operations, Hotel, Human Resources, Jones Lang LaSalle, Microsoft Office

Company: Jones Lang LaSalle
Date: July 2003
Jones Lang LaSalle
White Paper Evolution in Electronic Distribution: Effects on Hotels and Intermediaries This report first discusses the various players in the rapidly evolving landscape of electronic distribution, and then examines the factors driving the changes. Next, the...

Tags: Cornell University, Management, Strategy

Company: Cornell University
Date: June 2003
Cornell University
White Paper Effects of New York's Smoke-Free Regulations: Effects on Employment and Sales in the Hospitality Industry Several New York State counties have implemented smoke free- restaurant regulations since 1995, and statewide regulations that eliminate smoking in most indoor public pla...

Tags: Government, Industry, Regulations, Sales

Company: Cornell University
Date: June 2003
Cornell University
White Paper Lodging Demand for Urban Hotels in Major Metropolitan Markets Hotel demand in large urban markets does respond to changes in income, but that demand is relatively inelastic, according to an analysis of 22 top metropolitan areas in t...

Tags: Finance, Income, Operational Accounting

Company: Cornell University
Date: April 2003
Cornell University
White Paper Balancing High-Tech and High-Touch in Hospitality Technology applications used by management and guests in the hospitality industry are changing rapidly. Technology is constantly expanding hospitality "horizons," benefit...

Tags: Management, Marketing, Product Marketing, Strategy

Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: April 2003
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
White Paper Hotel Safety: Consumer Demand Presents a Marketing Opportunity This article points out that travelers are so concerned about safety that they are willing to pay more for accommodations at a property that has effective security measur...

Tags: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Marketing, Safety

Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: April 2003
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
White Paper The Impact of the 2001-2002 Crisis on the Hotel and Tourism Industry The hotel and tourism industry has been suffering particularly from the combined effects of a general economic downturn that began to show itself early in 2001 and the sh...

Tags: Economic Downturn, Industry, International Labour Organization, Management, Strategy

Company: International Labour Organization
Date: January 2003
International Labour Organization
White Paper Qualitative Research Collaborations: Advancing the Science and Practice of Hospitality Qualitative research plays an important role in advancing knowledge and practice in the hospitality industry. This paper explores the process of qualitative research, its...

Tags: Collaboration, Cornell University, Enterprise Software, Groupware, Management

Company: Cornell University
Date: December 2002
Cornell University
White Paper Property Futures: Volume 2-2002 - World Winning Cities This study focuses on hotel properties and describes how they influence the success of a city. Winning Cities is a research program aimed at defining the essence of compe...

Tags: City, Jones Lang LaSalle, Property

Company: Jones Lang LaSalle
Date: November 2002
Jones Lang LaSalle
White Paper How to Use Customer Complaints to Your Advantage In hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality industries customer complaints are events are inevitable. No one is perfect and there will always be the occasional customer...

Tags: Complaint, Management, Strategy

Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: November 2002
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
White Paper Black-White Differences in Tipping of Various Service Providers Data from a national telephone survey revealed four general patterns in the tipping behaviors of Blacks and Whites. This paper briefly discusses the theoretical and pract...

Tags: Business Services, Cornell University, Service Provider

Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2002
Cornell University

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