Back to Hotel Strategic Management 101: An examination of hotels’ implementation of Porter’s generic strategy in China Yin-Hsi Lo, Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan ABSTRACT The market-position view (MPV) of the firm in Porter’s generic strategy hypothesizes that the exploitation of differentiation and cost-leadership can create competitive advantage for a firm, which then has a better chance of outperforming other firms in a homogeneous industry
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century the region grew in economic importance as a result of the local pearl industry. When the Mongols invaded China, Hong Kong saw a large influx of refugees from Mainland China, creating a population boom and further enlarging the already strong economy that had built around Hong Kong as a maritime trading port. In the 19th century, Britain, faced with a growing trade deficit with China due to the British appetite for tea, expanded its sale of opium to China dramatically. The ruling Qing Dynasty
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Exploring consumer attitude and behaviour towards green practices in the lodging industry in India Kamal Manaktola and Vinnie Jauhari School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Institute for International Management & Technology, Haryana, India Abstract Purpose – The study seeks to explore the factors which influence the consumer attitude and behaviour towards green practices in the lodging industry in India and also to explore the consumers’ intentions to pay for these practices.
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hospitality and tourism sector has grown at a rapid rate over the last few decades, and shows no signs of slowing down. International tourist arrivals increased by 1.1 billion from 1995 to 2015, and are expected to reach 1.8 billion by 2030). According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) long term forecast Tourism Towards 2030, the tourism industry has grown to become one of the world’s fastest growing and largest economic sectors (United Nations World Tourism Ogranization, 2015)
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) according to Hamelink .T (1997) , is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application , encompassing : radio , television cellular phone , computer and network hardware and software , satellite system as well as the various services and application associated with the term such as video conferencing and distance learning.ICT is a more specific term that stresses the task of integrating communications and the amalgamation of
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NATIONAL ITEGRATION National integration is the awareness of a common identity amongst the citizens of a country. It means that though we belong to different castes, religions and regions and speak different languages we recognize the fact that we are all one. This kind of integration is very important in the building of a strong and prosperous nation. India is a country with innumerable diversities, an entity composed of many communities, races classes, languages and subcultures. In any
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21510 Global Context of Management Online Travel Agency – UK Table of Contents Introduction 3 Global View 4 PESTEL Analysis 5 Porters Five Forces 6 Appendix 1: PESTEL Analysis 7 Political & Legal 7 Economic 8 Social/Cultural 9 Technological 10 Environmental 11 Appendix 2: Tables & Graphs 12 Appendix A 12 Appendix B 12 Appendix C 13 Appendix D 13 Appendix E 14 Appendix F 14 Appendix G 15 Appendix H 15 Appendix I 16 References
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TECHNICAL REPORT TOURISM MASTER PLAN (ISLAND AND COASTAL TOURISM) [PANGKOR ISLAND] REIZENEILAND TOURISM WORKSHOP 4 (TPHM 2202) WORKSHOP MASTER 4 BR. MUHAMMAD ALI BIN A. RAHMAN NO. | CONSULTANT | MATRIC NO. | 1. | ZUL AZIM SHAFFIQ BIN DARSO | 1313867 | 2. | NUR HAMIZAH BINTI ISHAK | 1316676 | 3. | TENGKU PUTERI NURFAZLINA BINTI T. OMAR | 1417212 | 4. | NUR SYAMIMIE BINTI SHAHIDAN | 1319914 | 5. | AZIANI BINTI AZIZI | 1313728 | 6. | NUR ADILAH BINTI ADNAN | 1318646 | 7
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P a g e | 1 QUEST FOR THE BEST P a g e | 2 The Executive Summary Event experience The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the sole governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing’s undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the ASP World Championship Tours (WCT), the ASP Qualification Series (QS), the Big Wave World Tour; the ASP World Longboard Championship
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Strategic management Maldives tourism development corporation plc. Strategic management Maldives tourism development corporation plc. Contents INTRODUCTION 2 MTDC Core Strengths 2 Vision 3 Mission 3 Business Principles and Strategies 3 ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIES 4 CONCLUSION 9 REFERENCE 10 introduction When tourism was introduced in Maldives in 1972, tourism pioneers had strived hard to uphold the industry which was started from nothing. Today tourism had become the main source
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