Lodging’s recovery continues‚ driving fewer vacancies and higher rates‚ particularly among hotels in higher-priced segments. Our outlook anticipates a 5.5% RevPAR gain in 2013‚ improving to 5.9% in 2014 with stronger economic growth. Group bookings for 2014 have improved‚ supporting gains relative to this year. Construction activity has resumed‚ but is still at low levels. Occupancy levels at hotels in higher-priced segments are ahead of prior peak levels‚ real RevPAR is above its long-term
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Einstein said‚ "It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity." Today‚ technology is everywhere‚ and Einstein’s inference is more prominent than ever. It is in our facilities‚ our homes‚ ours cars; it has become a lifestyle rather than an advantage that aids us. We have made great technological advances throughout the years‚ yet society is taking disadvantage of what we have invented. Arising problems with technology include a lack of human interaction skills‚ a rise in
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Technology can be defined as science applied to practical purposes. It is easy to think about the advantages of modern technology‚ but what about its disadvantages? Technology today has made life easier and quicker but also dangerous. Modern technology makes life easier for people. For example‚ microwave ovens cook food easily. Dishwashers wash all dirty dishes and dry them. Moreover TVs‚ personal computers‚ cell phones and the internet have enhanced the welfare and wellbeing of people worldwide
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Disadvantage of Technology Hidden camera We have stepped into the 21st century and the world has given us some unbelievable technology that sometimes it seems to be a dream. But when we look at the backside of the latest technology‚ we find that we have made these technologies for our destruction if wrongly used by the wrong people. If the people of the world use these technologies in a right way‚ we all are going to be benefited out of it ‚ but if the motive of a human being is not positive
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1.0 Introduction and Scenario Banyan tree hotel group was established in1994 with one single resort in Phuket‚ and in recent years ‚ it has own more than 20 resorts and hotels‚ 60 spas‚ 70 retail galleries and 3 golf courses(Banyan tree hotel group‚ 2012).As the leading of international boutique hotels‚ Banyan tree hotel group are providing the unique service combined with green conscience . In the next five years‚ Banyan tree hotel is panning to extend their business into Middle East ‚ Central
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Advantages and disadvantages of entertainment to society? Present day entertainments are either good or bad or ugly. Advantages: good ones with pure fun‚ frolic‚ knowledge dissemination through various media keep us in good moods‚ healthy thoughts and entertained. Bad ones can be ignored by matured audience or readers but nonetheless‚ they leave a bad impression on our minds. The ugly ones are those that border on vulgarism like hard core porno entertainments‚ horror movies or badly worded books
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Introduction In the Introduction I have researched a given division of the Hotel area In Kolkata i.e. extravagance storing up of Hotels. The paper settled on the present Macro Business in India and its connection to the friendliness business. The focuses are as runs with:- Macro Environment may be depicted as the major outside and uncontrollable segments that impacts a conglomeration’s choice settling on and effects its choice making and approach. (PESTEL) Political‚ Social‚ Economical
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The evolution of technology‚ made our lives easier and faster than before. Talking about the two distinct generations‚ like those born before the digital era and those from the digital era. Even today‚ the use of old media like newspapers‚ television‚ etc. is pretty evident among both the generations‚ but younger ones are more leaned towards the use of new media like the use of smart phones‚ IPad’s and Laptops‚ as it helps them multitask. Thinking of the older generations‚ i.e. grandparents and their
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International tourism to reach one billion in 2012 PR No.: PR12002 Madrid 16 Jan 12 International tourist arrivals grew by over 4% in 2011 to 980 million‚ according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. With growth expected to continue in 2012‚ at a somewhat slower rate‚ international tourist arrivals are on track to reach the milestone one billion mark later this year. International tourist arrivals grew by 4.4% in 2011 to a total 980 million‚ up from 939 million in 2010‚ in a year
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Information technology is playing an increasingly important role in the work and personal lives of citizens. Computers‚ communications‚ digital information‚ software – the constituents of the information age – are everywhere. There is though‚ a considerable number of people that are really concerned about the changes that modern technology implies‚ stating that it embodies potential risks to social values‚ freedoms‚ and relationships and this is what Sherri Turkle also states in her Forbes magazine
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