Abstract Homestyle Hotels Inc is a result of merger of Lifestyle Resorts and Home Away Hotels. Each individual hotel operates in silos with no standardized process to capture client information. Initially‚ Ben Garrett (the IT director)’s mandate was to ‘consolidate the firm’s IT’‚ however with the said objective having been achieved‚ the higher management now wanted a more cohesive picture to enable better analysis and present a consistent picture to the outside world. The roadblocks to the integration
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merger of Life Style resorts and Home Away Hotels which is a very large chain of hotels in North America. There were problems with the reservation system at all the hotels. Each hotel had its own software and hardware. Each hotel had its own reservation system which was difficult for the company to produce any reports to the management. It was also difficult for the marketing and branding of the company. They have decided to get ERP system for the total hotels and resorts. Finally they have to decide
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Homestyle Hotels Inc. is a company that formed from the uniting of Lifestyle Resorts and Home-Away Hotels. Before this uniting every hotel has their own hardware and software to keep data of their customers. Even Lifestyle Resorts and Home-Away Hotels didn’t have a centeral system to check and compare data. Hotel managers were responsible for pricing and customer information. When Ben Garrett joins Homestyle Hotels as information services director‚ he had a rough way to set things up. The COO Fred
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INTRODUCTION Hotels have been part of travelling for businessmen‚ politicians‚ tourists and all other people from all walks of life when it comes to travelling and leisure. When you’re far away from home‚ when you’re attending a business trip or when you travelled with families and friends‚ for sure‚ a reservation with a hotel nearby will make your travel worthwhile and hassle free. In the side of hotels‚ this perception of comfort and convenience derived from checking in is the greatest challenge
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WORLD CASE 1 H Hilton Hotels Corporation: D ata-Driven Hospitality ilton Hotels Corporation has learned that customers are more satisfied when they have a problem and the hotel staff takes care of it than if the stay goes flawlessly. Giving hotel staff the information to make critical recoveries is the reason Hilton‚ during one of the industry’s worst downturns in decades‚ piled $50 million into a custombuilt customer relationship management (CRM) information system that has been integrated
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look at the latest Property Management System for hotels. Ana is enthusiastic about updating and adopting front office applications for Reservations‚ Registration‚ Room status‚ Posting‚ Call Accounting‚ Checkout and Night Audit. Lorraine is sure the marketing and sales applications will help her department be more efficient. Both realized the cost involved in obtaining module for a Property Management System. Assuming Ms.Margret Chu‚ General Manager of the Times Hotel is willing to consider the purchase
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www.palgrave-journals.com/rpm Examining the determinants of room rates for hotels in capital cities: The Oslo experience Christer Thrane Received (in revised form): 7th November‚ 2006 Department of Social Sciences‚ Lillehammer University College‚ 2626 Lillehammer‚ Norway. Tel: þ 47 61 28 82 47; Fax: þ 47 61 28 81 70; E-mail: Christer.Thrane@hil.no Christer Thrane is Professor of Tourism in the Department of Social Sciences at Lillehammer University College‚ Norway. His research interests
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TLH314: International Hospitality Management EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hotel industry is an essential part of tourism of india. The expansion of tourism is well inevitable bringing out development of the hotel industry. Hotel industry is so closely linked with the tourism industry that it is responsible for about 50% of the foreign exchange earnings from tourism trade and enterprises. Background to International Hotel Industry (and tourism) The four major BRIC countries (Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China)
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A hotel manager is a person who manages a hotel‚ a motel‚ or a resort. This position’s responsibilities and duties vary according to the size of the hotel or resort‚ as large hotels tend to require more management than small ones. Many people love going to hotels‚ they like pampering themselves with all kinds of services that a hotel offers. Services include fast room services‚ relaxing spa‚ clean swimming pool‚ good restaurant‚ and many other facilities. A lot of people do not know how the process
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INTRODUCTION TO THE Hospitality Industry SEVENTH EDITION Clayton W. Barrows Professor Department of Hospitality Management University of New Hampshire Tom Powers Professor Emeritus School of Hospitality and Tourism Management University of Guelph John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2009 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.‚ Hoboken‚ New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of
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