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Revenue Management and it impacts on its actors in the hospitality industry
(2013)
Since its apparition in the seventies due to the deregulation of airlines companies, Revenue
Management has evolved and became strong strategic management tool for companies of
services. Some of the industries concerned ...
Defining Best Practices In Hotel Sales During A Difficult Economy 2008-2010
(2011-05)
This study studied the effect of economic change on the hotel industry between 2008 and
2010 and profiled possible economic recovery markers for 2011.
The literature review covered the elements that have changed in the ...
The Impact of Sustainable Growth Indicators on Hotel’s Financial Management
(2014-10)
The aim of the thesis was to investigate whether there is a link between hotels’
financial management and managerial decisions using a Sustainable Growth model
and applying the Profit and Risks Graph, based on the DuPont ...
Identifying the Optimal Combination of Hotel Room Distribution Channels: A DEA Analysis with a Balanced Scorecard Approach
(Graduate Thesis and Dissertations, 2016)
The hotel industry has experienced changes brought on by growth, customer
expectations and the proliferation in the use of e-commerce and online distribution channels.
Future hotel success depends on how effectively ...
Recommending a productivity model for Singapore hotels: A critical review of productivity models adopted by researchers and hotel operators
(University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2010)
The business challenges and intensely competitive environment in today’s economy make productivity a key factor for organizational survival. This paper examines what productivity means to the services industry, in particular, ...
Service behaviors and time preferences of rural and urban restaurant customers
(Virginia Tech, 2010-05-19)
Do customers in rural and urban markets want the same thing from a restaurant server? While researchers have stressed the importance of sub-culture and made the call for empirical research, few studies have incorporated ...
Determinants Of Urban Residents' Perceived Tourism Impacts: A Study on the Williamsburg and Virginia Beach Areas
(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-03)
ABSTRACT
The existing research in the field of tourism has exhibited a clearer understanding of how residents perceive the dynamic and complex phenomena of tourism. Since the goals of tourism planning and development ...
Identification of Site Selection Factors in the U.S. Franchise Restaurant Industry: An Exploratory Study
(Virginia Tech, 2002-01-10)
The purpose of this study was to identify and rank the importance of the site selection factors that influence the U.S. franchise restaurant industry as well as rank the confidence level of the experts. To identify the ...
TOURIST SATISFACTION WITH CULTURAL / HERITAGE SITES: The Virginia Historic Triangle
(Virginia Tech, 2002-03-11)
Cultural/heritage tourism is the fastest growing segment of the tourism industry because there is a trend toward an increased specialization among tourists. This trend is evident in the rise in the volume of tourists who ...
Identification of Economic Value Drivers Impacting Operational Cash Flows in the Casual Theme Restaurant Industry
(Virginia Tech, 2005-04-04)
The importance of environmental analysis in the strategic management process and the effects of economic value drivers on firm or industry performance have been discussed conceptually and empirically by researchers in ...