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Amber Inn & Suites, Inc. is a 250 property hotel chain with locations in 10 western and Rocky Mountain States. As a special assistant to the corporation the goal is to prepare a comprehensive analysis with the possibility of establishing a solid base for future growth. (Kerin and Peterson, 2010). This case study will provide a summary and analysis of Amber Inn & Suites, Inc. options and an examination into the company’s strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities.

Roaring Dragon Hotel is a hospitality establishment that is owned by the state (Granger, 2008). The hotel was fairly successful in the planned economy era. However, the hotel

Simmons is a well-established, trademark producer of bed mattresses but the company’s organizational structure is not in line with its promulgated

Sitting in the fashionable Cafe Lupe, an upscale restaurant owned by the company Peter Green worked for, were the company's owners, investors, and top corporate personnel. Hiller Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent Hiller Enterprises, was headquartered in

When we look at Astor Lodge & Suites operations as a whole, we can see that the company is underperforming and is actually below industry standards. This is because Astor Lodge has had considerably higher expenses than their competition, which has caused them to go into their third consecutive yearly loss in the hotel industry while others have stayed profitable. The company projected annual revenue of 7.4% for their lodges in 2005. Although Astor’s results were lower than the industry average as mentioned above, they did have some growth rates and improvements in the limited service segments. Continuing on from this yearly loss, they also projected their third consecutive annual net loss when the industry began their profitable operations. In order to update their company’s operations, Astor closed down two of their unsuccessful lodge properties, which brought the total number of properties closed to 12 since 2003. Even though Astor had to have these two properties closed, they still opened up two lodge properties and three lodge suites properties after that.

The interworking’s of a large corporation such as the Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) requires careful examination to ensure the company can obtain and sustain success within the industry. Throughout the internal environment analysis, the report will provide insight one the resources, capabilities, core competencies, and competitive advantages being deployed by IHG. According to the 2015 IHG annual report, “IHG brands primarily use a franchise based business model, where the hotel group manages hotels on behalf of the hotel owners” (InterContinental Hotels Group, 2016, p.12). In addition, the business strategy allows for an asset light strategy, where IHG can help the hotel owners generate higher returns on their invested capital.

Through a meticulous analysis, the organization has specific trademarks of empowering employees to settle disputes with customers even to the extent of offering compensations and benefits packages without consulting the management. Though competitors would have the intention to erode the competitive advantage of the Ritz-Carlton hotel; they, however, do not possess the requisite resources and capabilities to make it a reality. As long as they cannot replicate and imitate what the Ritz-Carlton hotel is doing, it is fair to conclude that the trend of dominance will continue for a very long

The following report will describe an overview of the current environment and how it is affecting the hotel industry, and then will be preceded by a corporate level and business level strategy analysis. The company that will be the subject of the paper will be Hyatt Global Corporation, and its brand, Hyatt Regency.

Reinventing hotels sustainably is Accor’s stated goal with its new PLANET 21 program. The new PLANET 21 strategy includes a program for informing customers and encouraging them to contribute to the hotels' actions and achievements. From booking to room stay and restaurant service, customers will discover a rich and diverse array of educational messages encouraging them to contribute actively to the hotel's

A corporate brand is like a good soup; when properly prepared it is far more than the sum of its parts. A magnificent soup starts with wholesome ingredients, but in time those ingredients harmonize and create a cacophony of flavors. With a successful brand, a similar process occurs. A company starts off with some guidelines and a few product ideas. Then, some magical happens; the company discovers it has opinions and stands for something – it has a set of values. These values enable the company to create an avatar of beliefs; a brand. Through this brand, customers are able to learn what values they share with that company. Customers that believe in the brand integrate it into their lifestyle and let it become part of

Using the Churchill Hotel in London was a good example of an organization that had to rely heavily on the key strategies of organizational change and service quality after the Hotel changed management from Inter-continental Hotels to Hyatt International in January 2004. The Dissertation would examine how the Hotel has coped with the change in the 2 years after

2 Special thanks to John P. Walsh, managing editor, Hotel & Motel Management, for permission to draw on previously published materials for this article.

This chain has leaders that have been an asset in creating present brand value of this organisation and who are looking forward in rapid growth and development of the chain with high amount of investments to be done in future. The organisation sets new goals every year and follows its core values with it which are ‘Integrity and Honesty, Minimize Wastage, Interactive yet responsible Communication, Devotion to Duty, Respect for Individual’. This hotel chain has come into existence in the market and in front of customer in not much time with many hotel projects in line for future.

The report below gives an insight into the importance of application of information technology and the use of the internet in the hotel management.This paper also aims to show how technological innovations and information systems can be beneficial for hotel companies , by using Hilton Worldwide as an example.

Introduction Origin of the report General objective Specific objective Scope Methodology Limitation The organization Profile Bacground Five star Hotel Industry profile Departments Team Work Team Work How team works SWOT analysis of Westin Findings Problems Recommendation Recommendations Advantages & disadvantages of recommendation Implementation Contingency plan Conclusion Conclusion