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The article presents a company profile for Carlson Cos. Inc., a family-owned American business company in the U.S. The organization has acquired several businesses in 1970's including Friday's restaurant chain and Ask Mr. Foster travel agencies. The firm owns several brands and services including Regent International Hotels, Radisson Hotel & Resorts and Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts. Focuses on process improvement.
A security firm which handles clients from event management to facility operation. It tackles the controversy in which the company was involved, such as its failure to provide 10, 000 contracted personnel to the Olympic Games.
The article presents a case study on the growing prospects of Virgin Galactic LLC, provider of sub-orbital spaceflights to space tourists. The company has designed its new spacecraft and will be running them from purpose built spaceports in the U.S. The company is set to become one of the key players in the future commercial space race due to its innovative approach and the presence of low competition in the market.
A special issue from International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management dedicated to the theme. This theme issue includes eight team articles and two solo articles from a total of 22 authors.
A theme park in Hong Kong would prove culturally challenging for a number of reasons, including language, food, souvenirs, entertainment, environmental concerns, contract relationships, local employees, cultural sensitivities, and the Chinese central government.
Disney’s California Adventure was part of an effort to increase traffic to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, and entice visitors to extend their vacations. With a goal of at least seven million annual visitors, the park underperformed and was widely criticized. California Adventure threatened to erode Disney’s brand equity.
Keywords: Casinos in Macau, Chinese visitors profile
Selected Case Studies (Books)
Hospitality Sales and Promotion (eBook) by Derek Taylor'Hospitality Sales and Promotion' is the essential guide for every manager in the hospitality industry wanting to achieve maximum profits from their sales promotions. Practical and down-to-earth, this guide discovers: * who is your customer? market segments and groups * how can you reach them effectively? the secrets of successful public relations * new and traditional technologies; from direct mail to using the Internet to maximum advantage. Derek Taylor has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry and has worked with and advised numerous international corporate hospitality companies. Concrete and relevant case studies and examples from his experience are used to illustrate throughout the guide, from companies such as: Whitbread, Hilton International, Pizza Express and Stakis.
ISBN: 9780750649865
Publication Date: 2001-07-02
Marketing in Travel and Tourism (eBook) by Victor T.C. Middleton; Alan Fyall; Mike Morgan; Ashok RanchhodMarketing in Travel and Tourism aims to guide and support readers through the complexities of tourism marketing in the 21st Century. It sets out clear explanations of marketing principles and concepts adapted from mainstream services marketing, and goes on to illustrate the range of applications currently practised in the modern visitor economy. Now in its fourth edition, and reprinted almost every year since 1988, each chapter of the book has been updated to include current evaluations of all the key developments in marketing, especially consumer centric marketing and the now focal role of the Internet in the marketing mix. The chapters on communicating with cutomers have been extensively rewritten to take account of e-marketing and related marketing developments in tourism that are pulled together in a forward looking Epilogue. This fully revised edition includes: Full colour interior with pedagogic features such as discussion questions and exercises to encourage further exploration of key areas New material on the role of e-marketing, motivations and consumer behaviour Five in-depth international case studies, including Tourism New Zealand and Agra Indian World Heritage Site, along with 17 mini cases to contextualise learning A companion website for students and lecturers which includes PowerPoint slides and review questions to aid teaching and learning Marketing in Travel and Tourism provides a truly international and comprehensive guide to marketing in the global travel industry, an indispensible text for all students and lecturers.
Business Event Legacies: Global Industry Case Studies (eBook) by Carmel Foley (Editor); Deborah Edwards (Editor); Karin Weber (Editor)For many decades, the global business events industry operated under the illusion that business event legacies are best measured in terms of coffee cups and hotel rooms. Business Event Legacies: Global industry case studies demonstrates that in fact the tourism contribution made by business events is just the tip of a very big legacy iceberg. The substantial legacies that business events make to academic disciplines, industry and community go 'beyond tourism' and are much more significant.Business Event Legacies: Global industry case studies provides a cutting edge understanding of the legacy in the field of business events, crucial to the future of the industry. Through eight case studies this book will explore how business events are a collision space for ideas, brokering new innovations, generating trade and investment, supporting local communities, academics, industry, and government agendas, and driving knowledge economies.The text begins by explaining the paradigm shift in the understanding of business event legacies, and moves on to introduce a revolutionary six-step plan to analyse legacy success. The proceeding case studies then illustrate how the six-step analysis can be put into practice. Business Event Legacies: Global industry case studies provides:* A comprehensive range of documented business event legacies available * A global range of case studies representing key business events destinations including London, Sydney, Uruguay, Copenhagen, Geneva, Kuching: Malaysia, and Jonkoping: Sweden. * Methodologies for evaluating the legacies and impacts of business events for communities, industries, and government. * Information/understandings crucial for educating future business event professionals* Suggestions for advances in business events education and a future research agenda.Based on robust research framed by the authors' deep understanding of business events, Business Event Legacies: Global industry case studies is a must have text for undergraduate and postgraduate students engaged in the business events sector, academic researchers and practitioners, including executive and marketing staff of convention bureaux and convention centres, as well as professional conference organisers and destination managers.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781911635314
Publication Date: 2021-10-04
'Overtourism'?. Volume 2, Case Studies Executive Summary : Understanding and Managing Urban Tourism Growth beyond Perceptions (eBook) by World Tourism OrganizationThe first volume of the report "'Overtourism'? - Understanding and Managing Urban Tourism Growth beyond Perceptions" examines how to manage tourism in urban destinations to the benefit of visitors and residents alike, showcasing eleven strategies and 68 measures to help better understand and manage visitor growth in cities. This second volume includes 18 case studies across the Americas, Asia and the Pacific and Europe - Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin, Besalú, Cambridge, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Ghent, Hangzhou, London, Lucerne, Macao (China), New York, Lisbon, Seoul, Porto, Prague and Venice - on how cities are implementing the following eleven strategies: 1. Promote the dispersal of visitors within the city and beyond; 2. Promote time-based dispersal of visitors; 3. Stimulate new visitor itineraries and attractions; 4. Review and adapt regulation; 5. Enhance visitors' segmentation; 6. Ensure local communities benefit from tourism; 7. Create city experiences that benefit both residents and visitors; 8. Improve city infrastructure and facilities; 9. Communicate with and engage local stakeholders; 10. Communicate with and engage visitors; and 11. Set monitoring and response measures.
Includes case studies on wine tourism events, Edinburgh festivals (entrepreneurship, sponsorship, marketing, branding), wine tourism in Italy, Edinburgh winter festival (sustainability), sponsorship, funding and strategic function.
Confessions of an Event Planner (eBook) by Judy AllenFor anyone planning events--student, novice, or experienced professional--Confessions of an Event Planner is an "apprenticeship in a book." This insider's guide takes you on a narrative journey, following a fictional event planning company that stages various types of events around the world for many different clients. While other books, college courses, and training programs give you the theory and how-to of the profession, Confessions of an Event Planner reveals the real world of event planning and what can happen--usually the unexpected--on an event program when actual participants are added to the event planning design and execution mix. In a climate of media scrutiny and corporate scandals, event planners must be masters of discretion, knowing how to avoid and deal with everything from sexual romps to financial shenanigans, to chainsaw wielding salesmen dead set on "re-landscaping" the grounds of the resort they're staying at. From an event planner who's seen it all and knows how to deal with it all, comes practical first-hand advice delivered in an entertaining and accessible format. Each chapter is set in a unique location, with a cast of characters, and a host of challenges and problems to overcome--from the boardroom to the resort guest bedrooms. Readers learn what they can come up against, how to problem solve creatively on the fly, get ideas for staging spectacular events, and see the principles of event planning in action. The scenario in each chapter is introduced by an outline of what will be covered in the chapter, and each chapter concludes with a series of review questions to explore key issues and stimulate reflection or discussion for individuals or groups. Ideal as a companion to Judy Allen's six other event planning books, as a textbook in event planning courses, or as a professional training tool Confessions of an Event Planner prepares planners for what they can expect once they start working in the world of corporate and social event planning, and will help decision-makers set company policies, procedures and protocol and promote discussion about codes of conduct in the office and offsite.
Hospitality Branding (Print book) by Chekitan S. DevHospitality marketing and branding : past and future -- Branding challenges and opportunities -- Branding and the internet -- Case study : Carnival Cruise Lines -- Global brand expansion -- Branding beyond borders -- Brand strategies -- Case study : Ritz-Carlton Bali -- Brand equity -- Brand positioning -- Brand extensions and customer loyalty -- Case study : Taj hotels, resorts, and palaces -- Managing marketing and branding relationships -- Brand franchising -- Brand partnerships -- Case study : Groupon.