tool to examine AirAsia’s strategic moves. Keywords: Low-cost airlines, budget airlines, marketing strategy, Asian entrepreneurship In the case study ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’, the authors Ahmad and Neal (2006) discussed AirAsia’s comeback from a debt-laden scheduled airline (US$ 10.5 million in December 2001. The airline was bought by Tune Air for a token sum of one ringgit1 or 0.26 US cents) to a profitable low-cost or budget airline that managed to attract US$ 200 million in additional capital
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Ministry of Trade and Industry Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Secretariat SMALL STATES IN TRANSITION – FROM VULNERABILITY TO COMPETITIVENESS “BEST PRACTICE CASE STUDIES IN TOURISM” Ms. Helen Williams H. Williams & Associates Dr. Dorothy I. Riddle, CMC Service-Growth Consultants Inc. Vancouver, Canada Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago – January 2004 1. Overview Because tourism is the world’s largest industry – responsible for more than one in ten jobs
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Understanding Marketing Mix in Air Asia Airline Bhd Author: Onwutalobi, Anthony-Claret CSN: 31217-2008-22-15 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The term "marketing mix" became popularized after Neil H. Borden published his 1964 article titled, “The Concept of the Marketing Mix”. Since then, this terminology has become a common knowledge in the business world and has played a pivotal role in shaping most companies’ business processes and models. However, most people argued that this framework was particularly
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Esty and Pankaj Ghemawat Current Draft: August 3, 2001 Benjamin C. Esty Morgan 381 Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 Tel: (617) 495-6159 e-mail: besty@hbs.edu Pankaj Ghemawat Morgan 227 Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 Tel: (617) 495-6270 e-mail: pghemawat@hbs.edu Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Ed Greenslet and The Airline Monitor for providing data on and insights about the commercial jet aircraft industry, Mike Kane for assistance with the original teaching
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accident between a United DC-7 and a TWA Constellation collided and crashed on 30 June 1956 over the Grand Canyon in Arizona killing all one hundred and twenty-eight passengers and crew. The second notable mid air collision was between a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 aircraft with forty-two passengers and two crew and a United States Air Force North American F-100 Super Sabre supersonic jet fighter aircraft carrying two crew members. They collided over Las Vegas and crashed in the desert killing
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In 1989 the sale of 51% to domestic investors and SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) is specified, until in 1994 the Chilean government sold all the shares held by it, at Piñera and Cueto group become owners LAN majority. The business starts a second phase in 1997 when LAN acquires 99.5% stake in the Chilean airline LADECO, achieving full coverage of air traffic in Chile. The same year signed an agreement with American Airlines to operate routes between Chile and the US. In a third phase of expansion
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convenience and snack food, chilled and frozen meat and food for gifts. The major food retail outlets in Hong Kong are supermarket chains and department stores, specialty stores, traditional markets and convenience stores. Hotels, restaurants, airlines and hospitals comprise the food service sector in Hong Kong and there is a trend toward quality food and non-Chinese restaurants like Japanese food, fast food, coffee and snacks and casual dining restaurants.[1] Hong Kong consumers are typically
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Management Assignment | | Name | Student ID: | | | | | | Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Current Situation 3 2.1. External Environment Analysis 3 2.2. Internal Environment Analysis 5 2.2.1. The Market 5 2.3. Industry Analysis 5 3. SWOT Analysis 9 3.1. Implication of Analysis 10 4. Competitor Analysis 10 4.1. Brand Competitors 10 4.2. Strategic Group Matrix 10 5. Objectives 10 5.1. Short-Term 10 6. Growth Strategy 11 6.1. Ansoff’s Product/Market
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COMM 225, FALL 2015: CASE STUDY DUE: November 28, 2015, 23:55 HR, SUBMIT ONLINE IN THE DROP BOX Each group is required to solve both cases provided below (i.e., answer all 4 questions) TO BE DONE IN GROUPS OF MAXIMUM OF 3 STUDENTS FROM THE SAME SECTION (WITH SAME CONTENT EXPECTATIONS) CASE 1: Cold Stone Transforms the Ice Cream Social with Facebook By Casey Hibbard (Published November 22, 2010) (Full length article available at http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/cold-stone-transforms-the-ice-cream-social-with-faceb
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world of interconnected personal machines. This new world involves a convergence among what is physical, what is social and what is digital. Within this context, research assumes the principal role to guide evolution, transferring knowledge to the industry. Relevant academic research is more necessary than ever before in order to explore how ICT in tourism can
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