Snežana Štetić, Dario Šimičević, Dr. Sanja Pavlović (2017). The importance of technologies for a national hotel company development, the journal of quaestus multidisciplinary research journal. http://www.quaestus.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Sne%C5%BEana-%C5%A0TETI%C4%86-Dario-%C5%A0IMI%C4%8CEVI%C4%86.pdf The constant change internationally impact on the tourism and hospitality industries in ways of economic, social and political factors with that said ,According to the article “Tourism is, a known global process that involves people from all over the world and leads the tourists to different parts of the world.” the article intertwines the globalization impact on tourism of a technological point of view, judging how the global trends affect …show more content…
The following article brings into consideration some of the conceptualization trends that were and are present all along tourism history: Post Fordism, Globalization amongst others, where some values like authenticity, hyper-reality, ephemerality or sustainability must be taken into account. In other, the article gives an overview of the trend of tourism of globalization to modern society. According to the article tourism, as any other massive phenomenon has suffered a deep change tightly linked to social change, where internet and social media are playing an important role.in deeper understanding in the item, it’s clear that the tourist mind frequently changes so does the demand for its products and service, and so the industry has to gradually change to accommodate those demands which reshape the industry trends. From the reading of the article, it is clear that globalization is unavoidable in the tourism sector, being today’s most controversial issue. According to Hjaleger (2006) “as the increasing integration of economies, societies, and civilizations. It includes, and goes beyond, the more simple internationalization defined as relations among and within nations. Globalization is a restructuring process that is acting anywhere and affecting all aspects of human life: from the capital …show more content…
The global economy and the World Tourism Organizations acknowledge that developments in the meetings industry can be an essential driver of the nation’s economy. The article places emphasis on the concept of globalization, with the use of literature the article gives examples as it relates the concept and hospitality and tourism industry. For the researcher to meet the study purposes of this article as well as, to be able to document the use of globalization as a growth strategy within the United State MICE industry predominantly a service industry, combining trade, transportation, finance, and travel has been active in Europe and America for over a century. Today, countries all over the world are putting their best foot forward to enliven national economic development through the MICE industry, this exploratory study used a qualitative, multiple case study research design, which is suitable when knowledge is relatively new,
“Globalization is the process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by
1 What is Outrigger Hotels and Resorts’ strategic position? What are the firm’s Critical Success Factors (CSF)? Outrigger Hotels and Resorts are currently using geographical and product diversification strategy. The firm expend their firm around Pacific Ocean and diversify its product portfolio by adding condominiums resorts and OHANA hotels.
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. The most common example of globalization might be Ebay or Amazon. Nowadays flows of goods and services are not only cheap and fast, but reliable and secure.
There are different strategies that must be considered by the organisations operating in hospitality industry. The contributions made by the firm donate towards the performance and achievement of the company. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the strategies of the hotel, which serves as the basis of success. This paper is divided into five different tasks each of which is focusing on various aspects of the hotels performance. The organisation that is selected in order to answer the tasks is InterContinental Hotel Group.
The aim of this case study is to investigate the applicability and functionality of organizational theories in Hilton Hotels Corporations. The first part of this case study is concerned about the compatibility between Hilton Hotels mission with its activity and purpose. Also, another aspect of this paper is to present the suitability of organizational theories referring to Human Resources Theory, System and Contingency Theory. In order to uphold this report, I will conduct a SWOT Analysis of Hilton Hotel Business. The last part of this paper presents a critically important aspect of a successful business in regards to the Hilton Hotels CSR programs and initiatives.
IDENTIFY AND RESEARCH A TOURISM ATTRACTION Introduction Tourism has experienced continued growth and extensive diversification and competition on the last decades, becoming one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and by consequence, one of the main income sources for many developing countries. “Every time we travel we are part of a global movement that has the power to drive inclusive development, to create jobs and to build the sustainable societies we want for our future,” says the actual UNWTO¹ Secretary General, Taleb Rifai. “This movement also contributes to build mutual understanding and to safeguard our shared natural and cultural heritage,” he completes. A sustainable and responsible approach to tourism means that neither the natural environment nor the socio-cultural organisation of the host communities would be compromised by the arrival of tourists.
Every industry to include the hospitality industry is impacted by external factors which directly influence organizational behavior and decision making. There are numerous factors to be considered, but political, economic, and social are three of the most influential. These outside factors sway managerial operational decisions daily regarding personnel, spending, policy, and short-term and long-term strategic planning concerning both core and exterior operations. As within every industry, the hospitality industry has unmanageable elements that affect management or ownership of hospitality establishments (Lewis 2017). Understanding these factors is important because it provides an opportunity for contingency planning (Lewis, 2017).
Globalisation is a process whereby flows, exchanges and interactions are transboundary in nature. People, goods, services, ideas and information are being exchanged globally with intensification and acceleration. These exchanges are worldwide and real time. The results of globalisation are interconnectivity, integration and interdependence. With globalisation, many global citizens have greater mobility, which allows them to seek better opportunities overseas.
The above description do set the scene part for this essay on the tourist behaviour and it is the main initial point for the final description of the topic which is to be shaped further. To completely understand the tourist behaviour, it requires searching out the individual experiences and the motivations of travelling. There are many of the researches and studies one in past by the great authors and researchers on the individual experiences and their motivations of travelling. The tourist behaviour in recent past has been studied with great efforts and many of the conclusions had been drawn regarding the crucial factors which do have an impact on the decision making of the tourist’s. There is a great risk involved in the process of destinations decision making.
Nowadays hospitality and tourism industry is one of the main industry in this world. A lot of people need a place to escape from their routines or even just to stay overnight as they having a business trip to other places. We call these people as customer or guest. Human mobility from one place to another , both in the country and from and abroad is very high. Human mobility is not only related to business activities but also recretional activities.
InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) is among the largest hotel of the world and comprises of hotel seven hotel brands. Such as Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo, Candlewood, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites, and Holiday Inn Express. IHG also has to face the problem of credit crunch due to which their performance and growth has been impacted adversely. This hotel enjoys strong presence in the era of economic uncertainty such as credit crunch and fears of recession because of its famous brand Holiday Inn. However, in these years of crisis the share of the group dropped by about 50% because of presence of credit crunch.
Therefore, tourism may be defined as the activities, processes and outcomes by the relationship and interaction among the tourist, government, suppliers of the tourism, the host communities and the environment that surrounding the destination which involved in attracting and accommodating of the visitors (Goeldner & Ritchie, 2009). According to Goelner & Ritchie (2009), there are four different perspectives of tourism can be identified from the tourist, business operator who providing goods and services, government of the host destination area and the local community. The first group is the tourists or visitors. They are the group who search for various travel experiences and satisfaction physically and psychologically.
Globalization means that people from. different countries communicate together and work together. The world is becoming globalizing because many people have benefits in globalization. Business men can set up their business in other countries. Also ,we can have better communication with other countries’ people through the widely used language, like English.
Globalization is a process of linking the world through many aspects, from the economic to the culture, the political. in different nations. This process uses to describe the changes in society and in the world economy, by creating a linkage and increasing exchange between individuals, organizations or nations in cultural perspective, economics on global scale (Globalization 101, n.d.). A process of creating many opportunities but also causes many challenges for all the nations in the world, particularly for developing countries. There are so many advantages that globalization brings to developing countries like free trade, technology transfer and reducing unemployment.
The concept brings proofs on how people spend their time, in which areas and for which purposes. (Nash, 1960, cited in Morgan…). As the people spend their time on different activities, one of those activities is tourism. As well as leisure, tourism has many definitions; we will use one of those which reflect main idea. Tourism is a