A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION AND HOW IT RELATES TO COMPETITION WITHIN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 3 General Environment 3 Demographic Segment 3 Technology Segment 7 Economic Segment 11 Political / Legal Segment 14 Socio-cultural Segment 16 Nature Segment 18 Global Segment 19 Industry Environment 21 Intensity of rivalry 21 Supplier power 22 Buyer Power 22 Threat of substitutes 22
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IT and Internet’s Impact on Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Implementations of technologies for Hilton Hotels Group. Demonstrate critical and evaluative interpretation and application of theoretical IT/ e-business concepts to a current tourism and hospitality market situation in order to build sustainable competitive advantage. I Introduction Accompanying the technological revolution of the 1990s there are many new opportunities and challenges for the tourism and hospitality industries.
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measuring the separate impacts of positive and negative CSR activities on companies’ financial performances remains, as yet, unconsidered. Thus, this study examines different impacts of positive and negative CSR activities on financial performance of hotel, casino, restaurant and airline companies, theoretically based on positivity and negativity effects. Findings suggest mixed results across different industries and will contribute to companies’ appropriate strategic decision-making for CSR activities
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South African edition PwC’s team of hospitality specialists provide an unbiased overview of how the hospitality industry in South Africa is expected to develop over the coming years. The publication focuses on the following major industry segments: hotels, guest houses and farms, caravan/ camping sites, bush lodges and other accommodation. It details the key trends observed and challenges facing these sectors as well as considering their future prospects. South African hospitality outlook: 20132017
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background 6 1.3 Scope 7 1.4 Methodology 7 1.5 Assumptions and limitations 7 1.6 Plan 7 3.0 Marco Environment 8 3.1 Economic 8 3.2 Cultural 8 3.3 Political 9 4.0 Micro Environment 10 4.1 Customer 10 4.2 Competitors 10 4.2.1 Hilton 10 4.2.2 Marriott 11 4.2.3 7 Days 11 5.0 Product Analysis 12 5.1 Product category 12 5.2 Type of product 12 5.3 Three levels of product 12 5.3.1 Core product 12 5.3.2 Actual product 13 5.3.3 Augmented product 13 5.4 Branding and
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Hilton Worldwide is one of the largest and fastest growing hospitality organization with more than 4,600 hotels in over 100 countries employing more than 300,000 multi-cultural people from all over the world. This diverse, multigenerational work environment however has its pros and cons. People from different countries, with different backgrounds, are expected to form teams and work together. How can they do it efficiently if their vision of the company and their ideas of leadership are so different
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HKU774 CATHY ENZ ALI FARHOOMAND BANYAN TREE: SUSTAINABILITY OF A BRAND DURING RAPID GLOBAL EXPANSION Within the next five years, if we play our expansion card right and we manage our growth properly, we have a reasonable, credible opportunity to become one of the top two or three dominant players in a global space which is very niche but nevertheless very global. - K.P. Ho, CEO of Banyan Tree Holdings Limited1 On 14 August 2006, exactly two months after its initial public offering
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Planning a World Class Hotel Hospitality and Tourism 594 Kimberly Farmer April 19, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………. 3 Development planning …………………………………………………… 5 Environmental impact ……………………………………………………. Sociological and/or cultural impact …………………………………….. Economic feasibility and economic impact on the area ………………….. Markets, demand, marketability, and marketing …………………………… Management and maintenance ………………………………………………. Financial planning
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S w 9B05M035 MAJESTICA HOTEL IN SHANGHAI? Jane Lu prepared this case under the supervision of Professor Paul W. Beamish solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Ivey Management Services prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmittal without its written permission
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----------------------- 1 2. Overview of Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts ----------------------------------------- 1 3. Board environment analysis -------------------------------------------------------- 2-3 4. Organizational resources of Shangri-La ----------------------------------------- 4-5 5. Hotels’ Strategies -------------------------------------------------------------------------6 6. Key issues
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