Tarek Chehab
Professor Ronald J Naples
Course
February 18, 2015 Conference Center Comparison Assignment
Hilton hotel http://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/uae/hilton-abu-dhabi-AUHHITW/index.html Rotana hotel http://www.rotana.com/rotanahotelandresorts/unitedarabemirates/abudhabi/beachrotana Aloft Hotel http://www.aloftabudhabi.com/ The two hotels which are compared in this case include the Hilton Abu Dhabi and Aloft Conference facilities. The two hotels share a lot in common. From the reception, the lounges of the two facilities are similar with the design having the receptionists face the entrance. Likewise, when it comes to accommodation, the facilities that are offered
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Firstly, the hotel has a swimming pool which is next to the beach. The design of the beach makes it naturally blend with the beach giving the users a unique and memorable experience. Other than that, the hotel also has a bar which has been designed facing the beach and it is adjacent to the beach. The beach bar, as it is referred, makes Hilton very different from Aloft. The design of the rooms in the case of Hilton accommodates a spa session in case the client might need the service. However, in the case of Aloft conference facility, the spa is on a separate room which is shared just like the gym. Notably, the Aloft hotels has bars which are strategically on higher floors to give the clients a rare view of Abu Dhabi. These are some of the factors which set the two hotels a …show more content…
For a start, Aloft hotel has excellent guest facilities which can accommodate many people. Therefore, for the many days, its facilities will not be strained. Other than that, it has a gym and bars which serve to relax the guest during their stay. Therefore, compared to Rotana, the hosting style and experience will be totally different if the meetings were to carry on for many days. Given their different approach to customer satisfaction, there will be an imminent difference in the experience of the clients. However, the conferencing facilities and experience is likely to remain
Most rooms have private balconies. It also has a restaurant within the territory. The hotel's facilities are as follows: cocktail bar, banquet facilities, lounge, reception, a swimming pool, conference facilities, laundry facilities, safety deposit box and disabled
Background & History Hyatt Hotels Corporation is involved in the franchising, management, development and ownership of Hyatt-branded resorts, vacation & residential ownership properties, and hotels internationally. Hyatt was established by Jay Pritzker in 1957 (Hyatt Hotels, 2015). Hyatt Hotels Corporation, once called as Global Hyatt, is a worldwide hospitality organization. The organization is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and utilizes 46,000 individual employees but now this organization is gaining a major part of its business from their branches in the United Arab Emirates (Hyatt Reports, 2015) as UAE alone accounts for approximately 30% of the entire Hyatt Hotels Corporation system. (HYATT, 2015)
So the term product include both goods and services. The Hilton operates hotels and other related services in accommodation, gmbling and entertainment areas. They offers accommodation services through its hotel, apartments etc. their major sources of revenues are providing rooms, banquet halls, restaurant, telephone call services, laundry services, travel services, internet services, spa, ayurvedic and beauty treatments etc. Products are divided into 3 levels, 1.
It will contribute to competitiveness, skills enhancement, employability and capacity to deal with
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.
Weighted average cost of capital for Marriot Corporation: In order to determine cost of capital, first we need to find out cost of equity and cost of debt. For determining the cost of equity we need to determine the beta for the target leverage ratio. According to the information provided by exhibit 3 equity beta is estimated at 0.97 when equity-to-total capital ratio is 0.59. Therefore we need to find unlevered beta value so that we can find firm’s equity beta at the desired leverage ratio as mentioned in Table A. Tax bracket of 44% is used based on ratio of income taxes to income before income taxes (175.9/398.9) in Exhibit 1.
CASE JOURNAL-ROSEWOOD HOTEL& RESORTS Rosewood’s management is on the right track to increasing brand awareness among its customers by pursuing the corporate branding strategy. Implementation of the corporate branding strategy not only increases the number of repeat visitors to the hotels, but also increases the gross profits made by the company by $2,599,000. Corporate branding has a positive impact on the customer lifetime value as well. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is a privately owned hotel management company that is known for its unique properties like The Carlyle and the Mansion on Turtle Creek that differentiates the company from other luxury hotel competitors.
Holiday Inn is a world wide chain and its international functional strategies will always yield profitable returns. The potential customers are from all over the world. It has been noted that the holiday inn company has given the market such as Europe, Asia, America with regards to their social-cultural needs. Holiday Inn, like all other hotels has established a good system in determining the needs of the market. The company uses the concept of product, personality, behaviour of the customer and purchasing to its advantage.
Advertisement of a Doubletree Hotel by Hilton Berkeley Marina People are easily influenced by advertisements, especially if the advertiser is persuasive. Doubletree Hotel in California is one among the many ads which presumably will influence many people because of its attractiveness. The advertiser presents to the public the number of rooms, including the different facilities that will keep customers relaxed and comfortable. The audience targeted are those who love physical exercises, business people, families and individuals wishing to relax and have fun, tourist, and new visitors coming into the city. Generally speaking, the bedroom with all the furniture, the painting, and the carpet are attractive and
Consensus Judgement Experienced managers agree that there is probably a worthwhile benefit to go for, their views deserve to be heard. For FedEx, we can establish some kind of coffee morning once every week for managers to have sharing knowledge. Use video conference to eliminate the distance problem and we can gather managers in all over the country. c. Championing Strong and enthusiastic champions are important for the effective implementation of new intervensions. In Indonesia we have Gen-Y generation community comprised young staff age 22-33 year old.
Hilton is an American hotel chain founded by Conrad Hilton in the early twentieth century. Hilton remains the second largest hotel group with 4,278 establishments and 700,000 rooms in 85 countries. The Hilton Worldwide is a leader in the hospitality industry and currently has more than 130,000 employees. While most hotel establishments today use management systems, they are almost all equipped with basic functionality compared to what exists in other sectors. Today, there are new tools expected to become real levers of competitiveness of hotel establishments.
I believe that good communication will be as a business professional to play a key role in your success. no matter how grand or technology, you are in other areas. Communication skills also give us in the job market is an important competitive advantage. communication skills can help companies in many ways: building important community market more closely; dialogue, influence ideas and trends; increase productivity and shorter solve the problem within the time; to achieve better financial results and higher returns to investors; early warning of potential problems; make better decisions; creates attractive promotional information; and increase employee engagement. To make your communication efforts as effective as possible, to focus on their actual, real, simple, clear, convincing.
Intercontinental Hotels is using the market differentiation strategy in segmenting its market into appropriate market divisions based on characteristics of the varying needs and characteristics of the target markets. The company has more than 3500 hotels in over 100 countries with around 535000 guest rooms. It has established a substantial customer base with over 120million customers whose preferences vary based on price and quality expectations. The Intercontinental group is made up of many brands such as the Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Garden Court, Crown Plaza Hotels & Resorts, SunSpree, Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Family Suites Resort, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Select, Holiday Inn, and Candlewood
The staffs of Four Seasons Hotel can communicate to guest by define it verbally, printed on spa’s menu or state on
The Hotel Concept selected for this report is the new innovative hotel concept developed by YO founder Simon Woodroffe and YOTEL