...forty years of comparative stasis in the business models governing airline reservation and ticket distribution turned into a dogfight as airlines, brick and mortar travel agents, online travel agents and GDS operators clashed over the approximately $180 billion market for airline travel. With ticket distribution costs comprising the third largest expense at some airlines, the battle promised to be fierce. The rapidly growing tourism sector in China has provided a good market environment for tourism enterprises, including travel agencies. In the five years through 2012, revenue for the Travel Agencies industry in China has increased at an annualized rate of 11.3% to $47.5 billion. With increasing demand for diversified tourism products such as luxury and high quality products, travel agencies have been developing new tourism products in order to meet the needs of the consumers. Revenue from the top four firms in the Travel Agencies industry in China – CITS Group Corporation, China CYTS Tours Holding, China Comfort Travel Group, and China Travel Service Head Office – accounted for less than 10.0% of total industry revenue in 2012. The industry has a low level of concentration with revenue spread across a large number of...
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...paintings on scrolls and some of it was about military events or love stories and others were simply an illustration to popular tales like the Tale of Genji. Parts of the Japanese art collection included stoneware ceramics, tea-ceremony items, calligraphy hand scrolls, folding screens and prints. Chinese art also took a large space in the museum and was mostly represented by ancient metalwork, jade ceremonial objects, animal carvings, ceramics, lacquer, paintings and calligraphy. As I walked in through the Freer museum, I started my tour with the South Asian and Himalayan art exhibits which took two rooms. Both exhibitions included beautiful Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Islamic objects, as well as masterpieces of Mughal and Rajput paintings. Divided into several sections, the Buddhist art shows the emergence of the Buddha image in India and its transmission throughout Asia and includes fine Buddhist images from Nepal, Tibet, Southeast Asia and China. The next two rooms were filled with the Arts of the Islamic World. The works shown in the exhibition were representing the architecture, the...
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...business visitors is a reflection not just of returning confidence but also of the unrivalled range of restaurants and attractions on offer in the capital.” The US brought in the most business passengers. Numbers were up 10% and expenditure by 30%. Numbers from France were up 33%, Spain 57% and Germany 13%. In terms of holiday visitors, France brought in the most people. German numbers spiked by 16%, while the number of Irish visitors climbed by almost a quarter. Overall visitor numbers for the quarter were 2.96 million. http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/38066-Business-trips-to-the-UK-capital-up-despite-tough-economic-climate ALTM 2010 Ultratravel Forum Bullish growth for inbound and outbound travel in Asia Pacific and China Thursday, June 17, 2010 Keynote speakers and panellists at the Asia...
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...Arabia, at least once in his or her lifetime. In contrast to a religious pilgrimage a “modern” pilgrimage is no less of a transformative experience but tends not to have organised religion as its motivation. An example of a modern pilgrimage is, visiting ground zero in New York, the site were the world trade towers stood, which attracted five million visitors, who paid their respects to the dead in 2011, the tenth anniversary of the attacks. It is common to refer to “pilgrimages” to sporting arenas by fans of that team or to visiting the resting places of celebrities and important historical figures, such as Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris the resting place of Jim Morrison or Highgate cemetery in London were Karl Marx is buried. The Grand Tour In 17th and 18th century England, children of the wealthy elite received a classical education, which centred around classic languages, Greek and Latin,...
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...What was the change of the language culture after Hong Kong handover to China in 1997? By Kay Yim Hoi Man Hong Kong's culture was born in a fusion of East and West. It not only kept many Chinese traditions, but also experienced a baptism of western culture. Since the cause of the First and Second Opium War from 1983 to 1986 , Hong Kong was become a British colony. Therefore, many Britons came to Hong Kong for development and eventually English became the major language(¶4). However, the proportion of Britons lived in Hong Kong were gradually declined as there were large numbers of Mainland China immigrated to Hong Kong since 1974.Luckily, Hong Kong was located on a favorable geographical location, where could attract numerous of people from Western and Asian ,especially the majority of other cities in China ,for example Shanghai.( ¶1)(7)As a result, there had the reduction of multilingualism and the enlargement of Cantonese as usual spoken between 1960s and 1990s.(157)( ¶3) From my point of view, the adoption of "Biliterate and trilingual” policy (¶2) was probably good after Hong Kong handover to China. In the past, British government did not excluded the unique cultures of Hong Kong such as Cantonese and Traditional Chinese. Most of them were willing to accept and even actively to encourage people to learn. However, after Hong Kong returned to China, China government had interfered in Hong Kong Culture. Formerly, we would use traditional Chinese as our local written...
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...Hot Pot is the Best Food in China Hot pot is the food came from Mongolia to China more than 1000 years ago (Pao). It’s easy to imagine the Mongolian people gathering around a coal fire in that cold and wind-swept region (Pao), putting meat in the pot to boil them with oil, usually they like to eat beef, mutton, and horse. Between the 7th and 10th centuries, the hot pot technique spread quickly all over China in Tang Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty (AD 1644 to 1912), the hot pot became popular throughout most of China (Yu). Today Hot pot have different flavors and styles in different areas in China. People like to eat spicy, mushroom, tomato flavors and with different condiments. Likewise, the different styles of hot pot include the mini hot pot, the yuan yang hot pot and the nine-grid hot pot. Additionally, the hot pot creates a warm atmosphere for people when they eat and share together. Because of the different choice of flavors, the different pots create the different eating styles and the warm atmosphere it makes, hot pot is the best food in China. Hot pot has different flavors for people to choose, it is a good way to try same food with different taste. The most popular flavor of hot pot in China is spicy flavor (The Food Channel). The spicy flavor is usually made from Chili. It is the necessary ingredient to create a good spicy hot pot. The spicy hot pot also has different kinds of spicy, like the favorite numb-spicy with the main...
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...in 1673 Chinatowns are regions where Chinese people living together overseas (Baidu). As a minor ethnic in other countries, these Chinese chose to stay close in face of the entirely new environment, and Chinatowns were formed as time passed by. Nowadays, Chinatowns are everywhere all over the world. As one of the countries that have the closest relationship with China. American Chinatowns are important witnesses of a combination of western and eastern cultures. In order to make my research more organized, the information was searched in the order of the four themes, and I tried to combine them together in a logical way. Most information was from the internet. I also interviewed my friends who had been to some Chinatowns in the United States. To learn about the Chinatowns in the United States, I first have to learn regions with the significant Chinese populations in America. After searching online, I found lists of American cities with the biggest Chinese populations. As illustrated in the list, California Chinese population makes up nearly thirty percent of the top big cities with the largest Chinese population (China History Forum). Below is a map for the Chinese population in the whole United States. It is apparent to see that the western coast is the region with the most Chines people. Chinese population regions in the United States Chinese population regions in the United States Go without saying, there are many significant Chinatowns. San Francisco is the oldest Chinatowns...
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...Teresa R. Childress-Gilliam Grantham University Master in Healthcare Administration Organization Architecture 14 June 2013 ABSTRACT This paper will discuss private country club food and beverage operations, tipping in restaurants, and the Chinese agriculture system. These topics provide information about organizational architecture. They examine problems pertaining to self-interest behavior, agency costs, and right systems. Organization architecture is the structure of an organization and it includes the assignment of decision rights within the organization. Organization architecture helps build the manner in which an organization conducts itself. Introduction The basic purpose of this paper is to explain some general problems of controlling behavior and how organizational architecture can influence behavior. It will discuss private country club food and beverage operations, tipping in restaurants, and the Chinese agriculture system. Private Country Clubs - Quality Food Operations The problem of private country clubs addresses the issue of organizational architecture specifically ownership structure. Individuals join private country clubs for various reasons. Although food operations are important to attracting new members and retaining the current members, most people do not join private country clubs for the food services/operations. However, clubs members who are allowed to resell memberships will undoubtedly have more interest...
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... Chinese paintings can be found dating as far back as the Neolithic period. These paintings incorporate a combination of Western and Chinese painting styles. There is one category of Chinese painting that has increasingly become more interesting to artist and viewers. It is Chinese landscape painting. “Chinese Landscape painting is the most popular style of painting in the rich artistic legacy of traditional China” (Art Realization, 2005). This particular category of painting includes two schools of painting, Northern and Southern. The Northern school includes professional and court painters, while the Southern school includes amateur and gentle man painters. (Ethnicpaintings, 2011). Artist expressed themselves by painting the natural world around them. The view of nature allowed people to seek comfort and safety. Dong Qichange was a controversial politician regarded as an outstanding Chinese landscape painter. He was born in 1555 in what is known today as Shanghai, China. In addition to being a painter he was also a calligrapher and theoretician. His most remarkable contribution to art was introducing new ways to present thoughts in painting landscape views. Thus, you have the Northern and Southern styles of art. The Northern school of art taught about obtaining truth through art, and the Southern School stressed an “intuitive understanding” (Arthistory Archive.com, 2011). Timeline of Chinese Landscape Paintings ...
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...political, geographical and economic factors, we should know how to take advantages from other countries to maintain competitiveness to gain success in the global marketplace (Rothenberg LE 2003). GARSON Corporation is one of the most famous automobile accessories companies in Japan and it already expanded its business to United State as the first step of internationalization. In this report, we are going to explore the possibilities of expanding business in China. The report includes the analysis of the existing automobile accessories market in China, and the country analysis from different perspectives is used to see if China is a good environment to expand the business in it. It is then recommended with the internationalization process, market entry strategy, human resources management strategy in investing in China. All the analysis can help GARSON to confirm its move to investing in China as its 2nd country for business expansion. It also raises some points for GARSON to pay attention to when investing in China. 1. Company Background GARSON Corporation is an automotive accessories company which is originated in Japan. It is established in July 1990 and is dedicated to research and development of high-grade automobile accessories and advocates a luxurious and high-quality life with cars. GARSON has established cooperation with Swarovski Company in Austria, which is almost the pronoun of luxury crystals. With the partnership of Swarovski, all of the GARSON products...
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...Losing Magic in the Middle Kingdom Brandusa Borza Chiara Iacaponi Alfred Mense Sandor Olti Ramona Pavel Giulia Sgambati Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................3 PROBLEM STATEMENT .......................................................................................................................................3 ALTERNATIVES .......................................................................................................................................................3 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. ALTERNATIVE PIXAR: BUILDING NEW ZONE WITH IMPORTING IDEAS FROM DISNEY GLOBAL..................................... 4 ALTERNATIVE THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: BUILDING BRAND NEW THEME ON A GLOBAL LEVEL ......................... 4 ALTERNATIVE HOME OF MULAN: CREATING A BRAND NEW THEME TARGETING SPECIFICALLY THE LOCALS ................ 4 4. 5. 6. 7. CSR INITIATIVES ....................................................................................................................................................5 GENERAL OPERATIONAL UPGRADE ............................................................................................................5 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................................................6 APPENDIX .........
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...LVMH in China. Minicase. IN JULY 2012, Louis Vuitton, the flagship brand of France’s Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S. A., better known as LVMH, opened its 16th global “Maison” at Shanghai’s Plaza 66, a mega luxury mall. The Shanghai Maison houses the entire range of Louis Vuitton collections, from high-‐fashion clothing and leather goods, to jewelry, watches, cosmetics, and wines and spirits. The grand opening of the Shanghai Maison also coincided with the 20th anniversary of the brand’s presence in China; Louis Vuitton had opened its first store in the country in 1992, in Beijing’s Peninsula Hotel. LVMH’s sales in Asia accounted for one third of its total revenue by the end of the first quarter of 2013. 1 Those results made Asia the largest region for LVMH in terms of revenues ( Exhibit MC7.1 ). Focusing on countries rather ...
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...the Roaring Dragon in South-west China: The demise of an International Management Contract Stephen Grainger1 University of Western Australia ‘guanxi neglect – neglecting opportunities to show respect towards guanxi relationships’ Abstract This paper introduces the concept of guanxi neglect through a case study that describes the takeover of a formerly Chinese managed hotel by a western based, international hotel management company. Specifically, it covers the cultural conflict that occurred for employees trying to adapt from the former Chinese relationship (guanxi) based planned methods of hotel management to that of the more market oriented, management company. Conclusions that are drawn highlight cultural characteristics and issues that companies taking over or approaching joint-ventures with SOEs, are advised to be aware of. In recent years, the hotel business environment in south-west China has undergone significant changes. China’s opening-up has encouraged an outbreak of new hotel construction and property speculation as companies and investors hope to cash in on the domestic and international exposure of the unique region. Prospects for growth in the number of tourists and investors visiting the region in the future were good. 1 Correspondence to: Stephen Grainger The University of Western Australia Perth, W.A., AUSTRALIA Email: sgranger@arts.uwa.edu.au Grainger, S., ‘Guanxi Neglect at the Roaring Dragon in South-west China: The Demise of an International...
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...ESSAY Imagine we are walking on a crowded street in Japan; we could hardly differentiate a Japanese passerby from a Chinese passerby. An obvious reason fact for this is that both Japan and China mainland are within the same geographical area in which they are very much influenced by each other on their living lifestyles. Another reason for that is because Japanese and Chinese were interrelated in their history. In the first centuries A.D based on the Julian calendar, Japanese imported ranges of sources of ideas, production techniques and sets of material from China mainland. Stearns (2000) –‘Thus, the Japanese developed a very unique civilization from a blend of their own culture and a selective importation and conscious refashioning of the Chinese influences.’ The selecting and blending process of these two types of culture had thus resulted in the existence of both similarities and differences between them. Both Japanese and Chinese have identical features in their lifestyle, but they are very much differentiated in their diet as well as clothing. Since Japanese and Chinese are Asians, they inherited some similarities in their lifestyle in the aspect of collectivism, high-context culture and also high-power-distance which are believed to have an impact on communication as mentioned by Devito (2005). As a matter of fact, Japanese and Chinese, both practice the concept of collectivism, which can be said as a group work. Collectivism emphasizes on group goals, and success is...
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...Art Timeline Author Axia College of University of Phoenix Art Timeline As curator of the museum I have been asked to develop an interactive timeline based on one art medium to improve the content of the museum website. Based on the criteria for the interactive timeline I have decided upon basing the timeline on paintings of Chinese nature and landscape to focus the timeline on an area of historic art that has managed to stay traditional while creating a new piece of artwork connected to its dynasty. Throughout time the Chinese dynasties have changed and evolved. The Interactive Timeline will take place during Classical Imperial China’s Song Dynasty consisting of the Northern Song Dynasty from A.D. 960 thru 1125 and the Southern Song Dynasty fro A.D. 1127 thru 1279 (Minnesota State University, n.d.). Nature and landscape paintings from the Song Dynasty develop a focal point within the painting that expresses the artist meaning throughout the painting. The artwork of the Northern Song Dynasty is defines as being traditional and conservative while the Southern Song Dynasty lacks the tradition and would be defined as drastic, often creative pieces of work that are unusual compared to what was the norm (Sayre, 2007). Continuing through the interactive timeline comparative artwork from the preceding Dynasties of the Yuan Dynasty from A.D. 1279 thru 1368, the Ming Dynasty from A.D. 1368 thru 1644, the Qing Dynasty from A.D. 1644 thru 1911, and finally ending with modern nature...
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