Case Study: Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

CVS Health Corporation is an integrated pharmacy healthcare and head quartered in Woonsocket, RI. The President and CEO of CVS is Larry J. Merlo. The company has three segments, Pharmacy services, Retail pharmacy and Corporate. CVS was previously known as Caremark Corporation and the name was changed to CVS on September 3rd 2014.

Wahoo Inc. is a C Corporation that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2015. Before filing bankruptcy, Wahoo has net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards of $65,000,000 in 2009, $45,000,000 in 2010, and $30,000,000 in 2011. The company worked out a re-organization plan and one of the note holders (a venture capital firm that financed the company) with a $105,000,000 note payable will receive new common stock and the old stocks will be cancelled. The Bankruptcy Court and the creditors’ committee have accepted the plan. The fair market value of Wahoo before the ownership change was $85,000,000. Wahoo’s selected assets from the balance sheet are as follows:

Fuel Service Associate- responsible for safe transfer of petroleum and financial transactions in an outdoor environment.

In the year 2000, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company paired with luxury real estate developer Millennium Partners to build a $225 million hospitality complex in the heart of Washington DC. This 300-room hotel was set to be the first out of a six-hotel deal between these two companies. The structure of the deal was that Millennium Partners would be the owners of the properties and The Ritz-Carlton would manage them.

This paper describe Stamford Plaza Hotel Auckland. It is a five star hotel located in Auckland City center. Stamford Plaza as a multinational company owned by Stamford Land Corporation Limited, has strong market position in New Zealand and Australia. Its target market focus on luxury and top level travelers. By using effective 4P’s marketing instruments, Stamford Plaza Auckland attracts loyalty customers and develop new potential guests. We also use SWOT analysis to demonstrate the competitive advantages and disadvantages the hotel is facing with. Via analyzing threats and opportunities, we can give some recommendations on hotel market strategies. Finally, we get the conclusion on hotel outlook.

Nations Hotel Corporation is one of the reputed USA based hotel company, with an international presence in 15 countries worldwide. Hospitality industries are quiet competitive in nature and today’s success rule of hospitality includes knowledge, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency which provides pleasure of stay and departure to their guests. Any addition or subtraction in these components can increase or decrease the rating of any organization. Nations Hotel with 98% brand awareness and 72% as customer satisfaction ratio were still far from the race of preferred choice amongst the customers. Hence there, arose a need to

• What is the cost of capital for Marriott’s as a whole at the prevailing capital structure vs. at the target capital structure.

Hyatt’s value statement is “to adhere to a set of core values such as, mutual respect, intellectual honesty and integrity, humility, fun, creativity, and innovation to characterize the culture of the company” (Hyatt, 2013).  Hyatt provides its consumers with an intangible good, which is customer service. Hyatt values it personnel as an essential factor in achieving its strategic plan of authentic hospitality. Hyatt’s successful approach to empowering its personnel is its “thoughtful approach to growth” and furthermore, emphasizes its strategy. (Hyatt, 2013).

One of the main tasks of the enterprises of various forms of ownership and spheres of activity - the search for effective ways to manage labor to ensure the activation of the human factor and achieve the best production results. The company «Hyatt Hotels Corporation» is today one of the leading companies offering hotel services. The company, headed more than 500 hotels all over the world, is of great interest as an object of study of the corporate culture, because it includes a huge number of employees (more than 30 thousand people). Hyatt Hotels and Resorts are distinguished unsurpassed quality of services precisely because of its staff. At the heart of the corporate principles of the company have the task to give our employees

Intercontinental Hotels Group – It is British company and the most profitable among the four industry leaders. It owns, manages, leases and franchises approximately 3,741 hotels in approximately 100 countries as of 2006. It ranks number one in gross margins (54%), operating margins (24.7%) and earnings per share ($2.10) even if it’s smallest in the strategic group. It appears to be the cost leader among the big four companies in the industry.

In order to deal with ways to sustain Wyndham’s competitive advantage built by the ByRequest initiative, we first need to get acquainted with its business values; Wyndham’s ByRequest program created a comfortable and memorable upscale guest experience and shaped recognition in the industry from a customer service standpoint. Being still a relatively new program, the company was limiting its focus on analysis and thus conducted limited historical study and no collection of a typical demographic data like age, income etc. But while its impact on revenues was still small, it was a success in defining Wyndham’s brand. In order to keep and even extend this current competitive advantage over time, the company needs to leverage its growing

Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts (FSH) always prided itself on being the choice for a luxury hotel experience. Since its inception date in 1960, FSH expanded its renowned services to include the current number of 67 hotels in 30 different countries with continued expansion in progress. FSH attributed its success to its organizational culture, which did, and continues to embody, the dedication to great service and luxury hospitality. Part of this culture is to recognize that the employees are the key to success, and that in following the "Golden Rule", do unto others, as you would have them do unto you, an atmosphere of fairness,

Marriot use the Weighted Average Cost of Capital to estimate the cost of capital for the corporation as a whole and for each division, and the hurdle rate is updated annually.(WACC = (1-Tc) * (D/A) * R[D] + (E/A) * R[E])

hotel company, its initial exponential growth followed by a rapid decline in 1999 due to various

Today’s risk management environment is more dynamic than ever. More often, companies are embracing risk management’s undeniable opportunity to improve business results. The emergence of this “true business partner” relationship requires that risk management decisions and processes rely more on strategic planning, rigorous analytical processes, and collaborative internal and external partnerships. Knowing which actions and relationships will drive down your costs of risk demands a deep and comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence it.