Part 1: Research For this assignment I was asked to research two companies in different industries. One is a local mattress manufacturer and the second a hospitality management company. For this analysis I have focus on researching the market and intervening top employees of the company. The local mattress factory is called Natural Dreams‚ is base in Corona Queens NY. It operates with 8 employees and has over 12 regular customers. Right now they focus on selling to just furniture stores base in
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------------------------------------------------- Tourism and Travel Distribution: the Travel Agent’s Perspective By Dr Marion Bennett and Dr Dimitrios Buhalis‚ Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR)‚ School of Management‚ University of Surrey‚ Guildford Jan 2003 Summary The Internet has revolutionised the tourism industry and has generated a number of challenges and opportunities for all players. For travel agents‚ in particular‚ the Internet is changing the industry structure and consumer behaviour
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14/11/14 CHANGE MANAGEMENT “Long-term success is based on the company’s ability to create and sustain practices and processes that enable employees to perpetually generate new ideas and to create cultures of change and innovation”. CONTENT 1. Introduction (p.3) 2. The influence of quality management in the implementation change (p. 4-5) 3. The importance of the Human resources in an successful organization (p. 6-7) 4. Change‚ innovation and creativity (p
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Human Resource Management BADM 537 Delta Case Study: Improving Delta’s Market Share Samantha Gilbert‚ Marianna Danna‚ Tyler HiettFebruary 25‚ 2014 Table of ContentsPage Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………3 External Environment…………………………………………………………………………3 Internal Environment………………………………………………………………………….12 Systems and Stakeholder Analysis……………………………………………………………23 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….25 Problem Identification………………………………………………………………………...25 Alternatives…………………………………………………………………………………
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Economic Analysis of the United States Hotel Industry Background Information Our team chose the hotel industry in the United States for our economic analysis. The hotel business has existed since the earliest times‚ and has influenced the development of the economy since the founding of this country. According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association‚ in the year 1900‚ there were fewer than 10‚000 hotels in the US which provided 750‚000 to 850‚000 rooms. The 2004 figures show that
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INTRODUCTION During the1980’s‚ travel agencies had a real success; it represented the good way to have good Holiday without losing time with organisation. The job of these agencies is to offer travels in function of customer needs and requests‚ completely organised (flight‚ hotel…). Since few years‚ the tourism industry is completely changing; new players and way of information appear‚ reducing the place of traditional agencies. Internet is the origin of this mutation‚ developing the concept
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Marketing 451‚ Section 81 Marketing Channel Strategies Winter 2010 Professor Anne Coughlan Office: Leverone 482 Hours: by appointment Phone: (847)491-2719‚ fax: (847)491-2498 e-mail: a-coughlan@kellogg.northwestern.edu NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: This course will study the elements and management of marketing channels. For our purposes‚ any marketing channel is viewed as an interorganizational system involved with the task
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Current Trends and their Potential Impact on the Future of the Travel and Tourism Industry Report Prepared by Hanna Wojciak Prepared for Melanie Chesney Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide information about political‚ economic‚ environmental‚ social‚ cultural and technological factors and current trends and their impact on the future of the Travel and Tourism industry‚ which will be submitted to the Minister heading the Education Department of the Scottish Executive.
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A “Hedge” of the Pack: A Review of Southwest Airlines Innovative Fuel Strategy While many airlines suffer from rising fuel costs‚ Southwest Airlines continues to emerge victorious in the aeronautical landscape. Other carriers now forced to increase prices to compensate for fuel costs‚ are now subject to the new mindsets of consumers who are opting for longer bus and car rides‚ or simply not traveling at all. The woes of the airlines industry have many posing the question if airline travel
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CASE STUDY Web Reservations International: challenging industry norms James A. Cunningham and William Golden This case describes the market growth of Web Reservations International‚ an Irish SME company‚ which is a market leader in the budget‚ youth and independent travel (BYIT) market through its online reservation system and business model. The case covers the development of the company from inception through organic growth and its recent acquisitions which have enabled it to adapt and extend
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