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Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is a global company operating more then 700 full-service hotels in the luxury and upscale segment of the lodging... Company: ClearCube Technology | 
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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...
Company: Fitch
Date: April 2004 |
Fitch |
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Case Study: Burswood International Resort Burswood International Resort Hotel used ProDesign Lighting to coordinate lighting design and technical consultancy for the refurbishment of the hotel's foyer in 2001. The hotel... Company: ProDesign | ProDesign |
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Case Study: Hyatt Regency Hotel Hyatt Regency Perth has used the services of ProDesign Lighting to assess and monitor the hotel's energy management system on a number of occasions over... Company: ProDesign | ProDesign |
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Case Study: Observation City Resort Observation City Resort in Scarborough wanted to create a more sophisticated and ambient atmosphere to their function and restaurant facilities. ProDesign Lighting was engaged to... Company: ProDesign | ProDesign |
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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...
Company: Washington University in St. Louis
Date: December 2004 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
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Modelling Agent Systems Using the Hotel Analogy
This paper looks at how a particular social analogy could be used to help the design of the environment provided by an agent support system....
Company: Newcastle University
Date: May 2000 |
Newcastle University |
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Don't Touch That Phone!: A Hotelier's Competitive Strategy for Telecommunications Revenue
Hoteliers and owners of commercial properties today face an increasingly competitive environment for the resale of telecommunication services to guests and tenants. This strategic planning...
Company: SDD
Date: July 2002 |
SDD |
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Broadband Internet Strategy for Hospitality Properties: How Property Managers Can Create a Broadband Internet Infrastructure That Serves Their Long Term Interests
Owners and managers of commercial properties are today implementing property-based network infrastructures driven by the first generation marketing and bundling decisions of broadband technology vendors....
Company: SDD
Date: July 2001 |
SDD |
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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...
Company: University of Wisconsin
Date: September 2003 |
University of Wisconsin |
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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 floating-rate debt contracts,...
Company: Cornell University
Date: January 2005 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: January 2005 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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 software,...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: December 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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 role...
Company: Cornell University
Date: December 2002 |
Cornell University |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2002 |
Cornell University |
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Customer Relationship Management - A Driver for Change in the Structure of the US Lodging Industry
This paper highlights the data ownership dilemma and outlines several possible future scenarios leading to its resolution. Each scenario suggests that changes in the current...
Company: Cornell University
Date: May 2002 |
Cornell University |
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The Impact of Distribution Channels on Revenue Management
The emergence of Internet-enabled distribution channels has created both opportunities and challenges to hotel revenue management practices. The goal of revenue management has traditionally been...
Company: Cornell University
Date: February 2002 |
Cornell University |
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The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Earnings Predictability: An Examination of the Lodging Industry
This paper examines the properties of analysts' forecast consensus after mergers and acquisition transactions in the hospitality industry. The issue of forecasting future earnings is...
Company: Cornell University
Date: January 2002 |
Cornell University |
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The Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Profitability of Hospitality Firms: Do Firms That Do Good Also Do Well?
This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance for hospitality firms belonging to the Fortune 500. It finds that the...
Company: Cornell University
Date: January 2002 |
Cornell University |
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The Performance of Lodging Properties in an Investment Portfolio
Investment in lodging represents remarkable difference from real estate due to its ability to react quickly to changing economic conditions. This paper compares lodging property...
Company: Cornell University
Date: December 2001 |
Cornell University |
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The Price of a Reservation
Reservations are widely used in many hospitality and service related industries to eliminate customer uncertainty about the price and future availability of the desired service....
Company: Cornell University
Date: September 2001 |
Cornell University |
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: A Content Analysis of Consumer Complaints, Remedies, and Repatronage Intentions Regarding Dissatisfying Service Experiences
Building on a research examining customers' complaints about service experiences, this study examined restaurant consumers' episode specific reactions to service failures. In the first stage...
Company: Cornell University
Date: June 2001 |
Cornell University |
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Ethnic Differences in Tipping: Evidence, Explanations, and Implications
Anecdotal evidence suggests that many waiters and waitresses deliver poor service to ethnic minorities because they believe that ethnic minorities are poor tippers. How managers...
Company: Cornell University
Date: June 2001 |
Cornell University |
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Hotel/Motel Waste Reduction: Executive Office - Purchasing
Hotels and motels can conserve natural resources by implementing simple waste prevention efforts and purchasing with the environment in mind. This fact sheet contains positive...
Company: North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Date: August 2001 |
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance |
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Hotel/Motel Waste Reduction: The Many Returns of Recycling
Nationally, about 50 percent of a typical property's waste stream is recyclable, not including food wastes. That means most lodging facilities generate sufficient amounts of...
Company: North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Date: August 2001 |
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance |
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Hotel/Motel Waste Reduction: Guest Rooms - Housekeeping
This fact sheet explains successful environmental efforts in guest rooms and outlines ways to reduce and recycle waste and conserve energy and water. It also...
Company: North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Date: August 2001 |
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance |
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Hotel/Motel Waste Reduction: Facilities Management
A property with 350 guest rooms can spend $300,000 per year on electricity, $50,000 on natural gas, and another $60,000 annually on water and sewer....
Company: North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Date: August 2001 |
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance |
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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...
Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: September 2004 |
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association |
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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....
Company: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
Date: September 2004 |
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association |
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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...
Company: Jones Lang LaSalle
Date: August 2004 |
Jones Lang LaSalle |
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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 woes and tight corporate...
Company: Jones Lang LaSalle
Date: January 2004 |
Jones Lang LaSalle |
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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...
Company: Cornell University
Date: April 2004 |
Cornell University |
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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 intangible...
Company: HVS International
Date: April 2004 |
HVS International |
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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...
Company: Smith Travel Research
Date: November 2003 |
Smith Travel Research |
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