This article is going to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Hotel Industry on a global basis and to study the viability of a hotel project, taking into account the five competitive forces of Michael Porter’s Model. The main competitive forces and factors within those forces will determine the feasibility and potential profitability in a hotel project. The two crucial factors that enabl...

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant changes to business operations, particularly addressing human resources and their role within the firm. This study aims assess sustainability of capital efficiency hotel industry, including early effects pandemic. In accordance with value-based approach, (HCE) coefficient was calculated on a sample 157 hotels five-year period, year which declared. W...

Identification of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in a foodhandler in a London hotel led to a large incident response. We identified three potentially exposed groups: hotel staff who had regularly consumed food prepared by the case and shared toilet facilities with the case, patients who shared the same hospital ward as the case and hotel guests who consumed food prepared by the case. W...

(2014). Predicting hotel demand using destination marketing organizations' web traffic data. Introduction Forecasting future hotel guest arrivals and occupancy rates is a key aspect of hotel revenue management (Weatherford and Kimes 2003). Accurate forecasting is crucial to enable hoteliers to appropriately allocate hotel resources and fix pricing strategies (Weatherford and Kimes 2003). Tradit...

Th e paper examines the host country-specifi c factors as determinants of hotel chains' market presence in a destination. Th ree types of hotel chains' market presence are identifi ed – absolute market presence (number of chain affi liated hotels/rooms), relative market presence (share of affi liated hotels/rooms in the total number of hotels/rooms in a destination) and market presence intensit...

Leisure travelers increasingly prefer to book hotel online when considering the convenience and cost/ time saving. This research examines the direct and mediating effects of brand image, perceived price, trust, perceived value on consumers' booking intentions and compares the gender differences in online hotel booking. The outcomes confirm most of the direct and indirect path effects and are co...

An attention on leisure consciousness and related activities by Taiwan people also signifies an enhanced standard on service quality and demand satisfaction of tourism and leisure industry, in which a perception of customer satisfaction perceived by consumers in terms of appraisal dimension and measurement was gradually replaced by intangible accommodation experience or personalized service by ...

In recent years, revenue management has become an important competitive strategy in the hotel, and the level of hotel performance directly reflects the effectiveness of the application of revenue management. But so far, academic research about hotel revenue management performance influencing mechanism and evaluation is still extremely limited. Based on fully retrieving the relevant literature, ...