July 17‚ 1981‚ in Kansas City‚ Missouri‚ the Hyatt Regency Hotel held a tea-dance party in their atrium lobby. As the many party-goers stood and danced on the suspended walkways‚ the connections supporting the ceiling rods that held up the second-floor and fourth-floor walkways across the atrium failed. The fourth-floor walkway collapsed onto the second-floor walkway‚ while the offset third-floor walkway remained intact. Both walkways collapsed onto the crowded first-floor atrium. During the time
Premium Hyatt Regency walkway collapse Hotel Hyatt
delivers a level of value to the customer that creates a sustainable competitive advantage for the supply chain. Today‚ our main focus is on “Retailing” aspect. Retailing involves all the activities of selling products and services to consumers for their personal or family use. Department stores‚ like Macy’s‚ discount stores like Wal-Mart and K-Mart‚ and specialty stores like The Gap and Toys ’R’ Us‚ are all examples of retail stores. Service providers‚ like dentists‚ hotels and hair salons‚
Premium Marketing Business Management
Group Report: Boutique Hotels in the UK and France– Group University of Surrey The Hospitality Business Group Assignment Signature by all group members: 1 Group Report: Boutique Hotels in the UK and France– Group Contents: 1. Introduction 2. History of Boutique Hotels 2.1. Where the story started 2.2. The name – Boutique 3. Characteristics of Boutique Hotels 3.1. Unique 3.2. Size 3.3. Location 3.4. Structure of the sector 4. UK 4.1. Key Players 4.2. Staffing 4.3. Price 4.4. Target Market
Premium Hotel Boutique hotel Hotel chains
For replacement credit‚ I watched the film‚ Hotel Rwanda. In this reaction paper I will write my impressions and reaction to the film‚ as well as address the film as it relates to the concepts of human geography that I have learned over the semester. The movie is about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The movie shows how Hutu extremists mass murdered the Tutsi population and how one Hutu named Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager‚ helped save the lives of his friends and family and over one
Premium Rwandan Genocide Rwanda Tutsi
CHAPTER :1 INDIAN HOTEL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1.1 INTRODUCTION Since the opening of the market and the rapid economic development‚ the travel and tourism industry has blossomed. The hotel industry’s fortunes are closely linked to this sector of the economy. But the availability of hotel rooms has not kept pace with the increasing demand. Moreover‚ as India accounts for only 0.5% of the global tourist trade‚ there is immense scope for growth. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) expects the Indian
Premium Tourism Hotel Financial ratio
1. Mr. Hilton stated that he thought product 103 should be dropped. In reviewing the statement for the period of January 1‚ 2004 to June 30‚ 2004‚ this idea is not supported. Even though product 103 continued to be unprofitable in 2004‚ Hilton Manufacturing Company did realize a profit of $158‚000 for the first half of the year by keeping it in production. By keeping product 103 in production‚ Hilton Manufacturing Company was able to spread out its fixed costs over three products instead of just
Premium Profit Profit margin Marketing
“DEVELOPING AND FINANCING EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS” Experience from CRDB Bank Plc Samson Keenja‚ CRDB Microfinance Services Company Limited‚ Dar es salaam‚ Tanzania INTRODUCTION Agriculture is the leading economic sector in Tanzania‚ providing a livelihood to 80% of the population. It is the primary source of food and raw materials accounting for 50% of the GDP and a leading export sector. It remains important for achieving sustained growth‚ poverty reduction and rural development
Premium Agriculture
ALITALIA ANALYSIS SWOT ANALYSYS STRENGHTS: -Food (“Best Airline Cusine” worldwide award 2010)‚ - Frequent-flyer deal (“MilleMiglia”)‚ allowing passengers to collect miles and redeem them with free tickets across the whole alliance. WEAKNESSES: -Image (always had money trouble and disorganisation is one of the principal charactieristics)‚ -Funds (it has been privatized in 2009 because of almost 10 years of debit – now it’s going good
Premium Airline Southwest Airlines Low-cost carrier
lysDell Supply Chain Analysis Group 11: Mentor: Heidi C. Dreyer Sep-09-2012 Outlines • What’s direct model? • Dell’s position in PC market; – Dell’s competitive strategies; – Implied demand uncertainty analysis; • Dell’s supply chain capabilities; – Facilities; – Inventories; – Transportations; – Information; – Sourcing; – Pricing; – Responsive supply chain; • Strategic fit; • Limitations; • Challenge and proposals for emerging markets; What’s Direct Model? Several supply chain models in push/pull
Premium Supply chain management Inventory Customer
PART A CHAPTER 1 INDUSTRY PROFILE History of Hotel Industry: A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging‚ usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number additional guest services such as restaurant‚ a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotel has conference services and meeting rooms and encourages groups to hold conventions and meeting at their location. Revenues of hotel and restaurant (H&R) industry in India during the financial year 2000-2011 was INR 804.32 billion
Premium Hotel Hotels Motel