The Raffles Hotel

This past season, 2016, at The Atlantic Eyrie Lodge it was an exceptional year! Profitability this past season was above all the last eight years, bringing in profits of over 1.25 million dollars. With this exceptional staff returning for the 2017 season, we feel profits of 1.5 million for the 2017 season is within reach. We had more “Full House” nights in October of 2016, than we did in the whole season of 2015. Our goal for the 2017 season will be to average one “Full House” every week we are open for the season, for a total of 26 nights of having a “Full House”. To help achieve this goal we will be targeting the middle-class families and people who travel with their pets.

I, Noah A. King, am about to walk into the famous James D. Thorne Grand Ballroom with my friends Nathan and Grace. Crowds of people on both sides cheering to the top of their lungs. Things look glorified now but, things weren’t always like this. First let me introduce myself, I am Noah “Andy” King and I am 16 years old. I have been classified as a very “wired” kid but, my mother always told me “People just don’t get your way of thinking of things in life.” I have all way haven’t fit in with the crowd with my skin being colored.

These are some of the most haunted locations in Alabama. Guests and staff at many of the hotels have reported sightings of ghostly apparitions or other peculiar happenings.

This passage from novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald occurs at the end of chapter seven, when Nick, Gatsby, Daisy, Tom and Jordan are at the Plaza Hotel in New York. It is the hottest day of the summer and Tom and Gatsby are in the middle of a quarrel, after Tom initiates a confrontation with Gatsby whereby he accuses Gatsby of running a bootlegging operation. This then turns into a quarrel over Daisy, which eventually results in Daisy feeling closer to Tom and away from Gatsby. This passage is significant in the way that if reflects some of the most prominent themes of this novel, such as Gatsby’s undespairing hope and man’s amoral pursuit of wealth. These themes are explored by the use of various literary

This case introduces the Regal Carnation Hotel in Guam. The perspective is from Steve McKenzie and how he details his experience with the Regal Carnation Hotel. In his depiction of the events that ensued, the fundamental issue consisted of the fact that the hotel followed a fundamentally unsound approach which is termed, “me too”. This decision by the management of the hotel proceeded to be a strong reason why he, as a customer, received poor service, and also why he was a victim of the hotel’s false representation. The “me too” approach coupled with poor timing on a global tourism scale in the territory of Guam, resulted in a pricing plan that did not match the value of the hotel. The hotel industry in Guam has

The story of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (Hoffman, 2012) focuses on a group of British retirees who decide to travel for their retirement to less costly and exotic Indian retirement community/ hotel. The group is lured by promotions for the recently reconstructed Marigold Hotel and are surprised when they arrive to find the hotel in disarray. Though the new surroundings is less luxurious than they had imagined, they are changed by their experiences.

The Assimilation of Immigration within the Population Are immigrants accepted fairly in our society? The story “The Blue Hotel” written by Stephen Crane in 1898 provides an example of the treatment of foreigners in America, through the character of the Swede. The 1890’s consist of the beginning of the Age of Immigration in the United States of America. Irish, Jews, Chinese and many other ethnicities flowed into the United States through Ellis Island. As a result of this influx of people, the nativists of the US “sought to protect the world they had known” and thus formed “social institutions [which] kept the Irish, the Jews, and other immigrants out” (Sarna 9).

One of Wright’s apprentices heard of the eminent destruction of this building that Wright had so painstakingly worked on that he felt “obligated to Mr. Wright’s memory to do what I could for the Imperial” (28). However, Tafel was only able to save samples of every structural element, “a brick, a piece of the terra-cotta, a segment of the cornice, and so on— for the architecture department of the State University at Buffalo and requested a chair for the chair collection of the college at Geneseo, New York.” (29). If Wright was alive by this time, he “surely would have done something.” (30).

This report analyses and evaluates the introduction of employee empowerment strategy to Regency Grand Hotel, a successful business of 700 employees established by local investors and acquired by an American Hotel Chain, considering the impact employee empowerment had on employee performance and the reputation of Regency Grand Hotel. It will examine employee empowerment strategy and explore the issues associatedwith the introduction of such strategy, using academic literature and evaluating online sources

VIP hosts and promoters of Vegas nightclubs will always push their bottle service reservation. It is the job of a VIP host to make sure that you are having a grand time and he/she often goes the extra mile when you opt for a table reservation. However, only some hosts will grant requests with regard to VIP entry, tickets or guest list.

Describe a time in your life when you used music to communicate with an audience outside the traditional setting of the concert hall. What did you learn form the experience? How did this experience influence your approach to music and performance?

For a long time researchers are trying to find the perfect recipe for success, however it is very hard to predict the response of the market to a new product and its adaptation to the environment. The Ice Hotel and the Travelodge are two ventures established in the end of 20th century both in the travel and hospitality sector but each one with its own unique business strategy. In evaluation of their success the decisions made throughout the development of the above mentioned ventures can be categorized as effectual and causal, as explained by Sarasvathy (2010). G.Sanvikarja suggests that causational logic is more rational and based on prediction where as the effectual strategy is more creative and is control orientated. Each of these approaches implies different strategies and reasoning behind both individual decisions and responsiveness to the environment. Furthermore, most enterprises follow a set of common principles that are key for building a business strategy including defining means, setting affordable loss, leveraging contingencies and forming partnerships (S. et. al, 2010). These four aspects are crucial for understanding how is a business created and what is its approach. However, it should be noted that most of the businesses are not strictly effectual or causal, rather a mixture of both with a tilt towards one. Every business is individual and should be treated like one. This paper will examine the business strategies behind the Ice Hotel and the

Wynn Resorts, LTD was formed by former Mirage Resorts Chairman/CEO Steven Wynn on October 25, 2002, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Wynn. His knowledge of the gambling and casino industry is indispensable to Wynn Resorts, as he is accredited to turning the luxury casino industry in Las Vegas into what it is today. Wynn’s mission is: “A commitment to providing an elegant environment, high quality amenities, a superior level of service and distinctive attractions for our customers.” The company currently has operations in both Las Vegas and Macau Peninsula in China. Wynn Las Vegas, the company’s first development, was opened on April 28th, 2005. A year later, the company broke ground on an extension to

Recently purchased by a large American hotel chain, the Regency Grand hotel, located in Bangkok Thailand, is an example of prestige, with a 5-star rating. For the past 15

In addition, with Singapore being a well-established hub for various sectors such as the finance and medicine, business travel in Asia has seen an increase by 20% compared to 2009 (Channel News Asia, 2010). With a rebound in Asian business travel, hotel occupancy in July hit a high of 90% an increase of 10.2% from 2009 and hotel room revenue grew 37.2% (The Business Times, 2010). Being the “Best Business Hotel in the World, Asia-Pacific and Singapore” as awarded by Business Traveller (Shangri-La, 2010), the surge in business travels is definitely advantageous to Shangri-La.