EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Portman Hotel was built with the intent of being a 5 star hotel that provided superior service to its guests. This superior service centered around a business plan that was based on Asian standards of hospitality. The Portman Hotel executives were committed to keeping both their guest and employees happy. The vision that would separate The Portman from the competition was “personal valets” (PVs). These PVs were responsible to every need of a guest. This included everything
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The Portman Hotel Company was a relatively small hotel with only 348 rooms and 21 floors located in San Francisco’s booming hotel district. It was influenced with Asian philosophy of services‚ to provide high quality hospitality to its guest at affordable rates. On paper‚ the hotel sounded like a great success‚ one that would definitely flourish amongst the competition. However‚ even with this philosophy‚ there were numerous problems that plagued the Portman Hotel. A few examples of these problems
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the social sciences in the context of managing organizations. The case study that will be used to analyze these conditions and theories deals with The Portman Hotel Company-San Francisco. Three issues will be addressed in the following order: fundamental attribution error‚ Expectancy Theory‚ and Operant Conditional Theory. First‚ a brief description will be provided for each theory‚ then how the theories relate to the case study will be analyzed‚ and finally‚ recommendations will be provided in
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1) What is the Portman Hotel business model and what was the personal valet arrangement trying to accomplish? The business model of the hotel was setting new standards in the hotel industry from the very beginning. It was a niche product‚ a revolution in guest service and style of service. The management of the hotel got impressed by this approach in Asia where they stayed at fine hotels for a lower amount of money. The hotel was relatively small – 348 rooms and 21 floors. Its rooms were
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From the description of the case study‚ it seems that the reason lead the Portman Hotel to this terrible situation was that their HR policies were inconsistent with its strategies. The Portman Hotel’s philosophy is that if they want their customers treated better‚ they must treat each other better. They also think the Portman Hotel is a place where they can make their employees feel satisfied with their jobs. Their jobs will be fun and they will fulfill their expectations. The employees will have
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is the strategy of the hotel? It is appropriate? It is possible? The strategy of the Portman Hotel is to achieve a new level of service among American luxury hotels. They started with these standards when they found a spectacular niche in the hotel sector. The niche was a revolution in guest services based in Hong Kong style: “To bring Asian standards of the hospitality to the U.S” Base on his goal‚ Patrick Mene‚ vice president and managing director of the Portman Hotel‚ wrote the operating plans
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In order to achieve a new level of service among American luxury hotels‚ the Portman hotel introduced an innovative concept called 5-star team plan. When the plan was implemented‚ the hotel started facing many issues. The current paper presents various challenges faced by the Portman Hotel and the possible solutions that can resolve the problems in improving the business. This paper introduces three theories namely Fundamental Attribution Error‚ Expectancy Theory‚ Operant Conditional Theory in
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| Case Study Analysis 2012 | 2216HSL Rooms Division Management | | HUNSD1202 Samuel William Hunter | Due Date: week 9 | Tutor Name :Lesley Thomson | Contents Introduction 2 Identification of key Problems and Issues 2 Literature Review 4 Transcript Analysis 7 Recommendations 8 Conclusion 10 Reference list 11 Introduction This report is an overview of QIBT hotel and its numerous issues and problems that have occurred recently in the front office department
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Good Hotel: Doing Good‚ Doing Well? Cyrus S. Worth American Public University BUSN620 8 May 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore Case Study # 10 - Good Hotel: Doing Good‚ Doing Well?excerpted from Strategic Management: Planning for Domestic and Global Competition Thirteenth Edition authored by John A. Pearce II and Richard B. Robinson published 2013 by The McGraw - Hill Companies New York‚ NY. This paper will seek to address five issues concerning the Good Hotel
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Brunt Hotels‚ that owns 60 hotels in UK‚ decide to acquire a small chain of hotels in France. This approach and expansion requires some steps to be taken very carefully in order this strategy to be successful. The key priorities of this approach are related to the strategy plan with the objectives defined‚ the steps that will be followed to implement this plan‚ the risk management analysis‚ the marketing plan that will be followed in the new country‚ the staff that will work in the new hotels‚ the
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