Holiday Inn: Porter's Five Forces Of Industry

What is Outrigger Hotels and Resorts’ strategic position? What are the firm’s Critical Success Factors (CSF)?

Porter’s Five Forces framework is to identify the level of competition within the industry and to determine the strengths or weaknesses which can utilise to strengthen the position. The framework consist of five elements: threat of entry, bargaining power of supplier, bargaining power of buyer, threat of substitutes and industry rivalry.

The goal of the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts is to "bring the dream of a vacation in paradise within the reach of the middle class traveler" (Piccoli, G 102-118).

According to Florida Statute §509.111(1), The owner of the hotel is not responsible under any condition to be liable for guest’s, money, securities, and jewelry. If the owner of the hotel decides to keep the items for safekeeping under the rights of the guest, the hotel is still not liable for the loss of the items unless it was the hotels fault. The owner of the hotel is limited to $1,000.00 for the loss items if, the hotel gives a receipt for the property which the valued item price is listed. The receipt also must state that the public lodging establishment is not liable for any loss over $1,000.00 unless it was the lodges fault.

In this essay, I am going to analyse the similarities and differences in structure and economic performance of the fur trade economy and a modern oligopoly. I am going to focus on the fur trade and the airlines industry in Canada. As we all know, fur trade is definitely one of the remarkable historical events in Canada. Fur trade was began around 16th century. The fur trade was mainly exporting the animal skins to Europe, for example: beaver, bear, and lynx. Airline industry is a system of transportation, which able to carry people and cargos by flying. The Canada airline industry started in 1987 and there were two airline companies in Canada. I am going to explain the similarities and differences by divided into two main parts: the structure

A high price would not attract customers and demand would be low as shown above. If the cost of flights were decreased it would attract more buyers and increase the quantity, generating revenue from the lower price. An elastic price is beneficial for QantasLink as it will generate revenue, but

Microeconomics features two major topics Supply and Demand, which helps study the change in the market conditions of a product. The topic that we have picked is the elasticity of demand, that helps to analysis the effective change of the quantity demand of a product with the effective change in

The hotel corporation wanted their customers to be satisfied with the service in order to

After the first successful flight of an aircraft in 1903, passenger air travel evolved into one of the most innovative and convenient forms of transportation to date. In the early twentieth century, the commencement of passenger airlines swept the nation, attracting thousands of customers and companies to the newly formed industry. Over time, more airlines joined the unique and thriving business, building one of the most iconic industries in the world. Nearing the twenty-first century, the industry displayed signs of deterioration, with carriers constantly entering and leaving the market. Nonetheless, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the fluctuating variable costs and slowing economy that have severely impacted the airline industry,

The use of modern technology by the airline manufacturers can contribute significantly to the growth of the

The hotel industry in Chile is dominated by big international companies, who compete fiercely for market share and compete with smaller, independent companies. In this industry, switching costs are negligible, and price competition is no longer the key to success. Brand

The United States of America is a top destination for tourism, and according to the Readers ' Choice Awards, it is the third best country to visit. The wide variety of attractions and activities spread in the innumerous cities of this large country, created the need of an efficient transport network to facilitate travel within the US. One of the offers is the flight connections, mainly through low-cost companies.

In today’s hospitality competition reached critical levels, as more and more successful organizations appear, each offering a more unique and innovative service for its customers. Therefore hospitality companies are on a constant struggle and focus on improving the existing service, or even developing new services that could better appeal to their targeted customers. One of the prosperous companies that controls a large share of exquisite properties is MGM Resorts International. In any resort or company, managers should be aware of their strengths; weaknesses, threats and opportunities in order to became better each year. Analyzing all this areas, will help the management team have a better idea how people see their places,

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

Porter’s 5 forces model below describes the competition and the relationship among the different players. (IATA, Profitability and the air transport value chain, 2013)