Hotels Case Studies Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

Introduction

The Clonlara Hotel is a large upscale hotel located in the heart of London. It is currently being managed by Elizabeth Crawley. The present hotel manager seems to be very eager about applying revenue management techniques to increase the revenue generated by the hotel. One particular strategy that she thought of initially was taking advantage of the above average vacancy rates of the rooms at the hotel during Saturday nights. The objective of this paper is to discuss the current situation that the hotel faces using SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis and then obtain a plausible recommendation Continue reading...

Breaches in Workplace, Health and Safety Laws

The Workplace, Health and Safety laws were implemented as from January, 2012; they have played a significant role in regulating the manner through, which organisations and companies provide safe and healthy working environments to their clients (Taylor & Easter, 2013). These regulations guide safety issues i.e. Provision of efficient First Aid Services to compensation of workers (Taylor & Easter, 2013). However, in the context of the Tourist Hotel, it appears that there are several cases of breach of these laws as discussed herein:

Breach of First Aid Provision Laws

The Workplace, Health and Safety Laws stipulate five major steps that have to be considered by organizations in Continue reading...

Selection at Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Section 1: Executive Summary
For a team writing project on Strategic Human Resource Initiatives we are picking the Hyatt Hotel Corporation, and in particular this essay is focused on their SELECTION process and how to change the current one and/or introduce new practices to guarantee the corporation can keep its leading role among the current global hotel brands. In particular the new designed selection process must contribute to three major goals of the Hyatt Hotel Corporation, they want to enhance their revenues, they want to continue their expansion to the BRIC countries (Brazil – Russia – India – China) and they want Continue reading...

The managers of a business enterprise are always struggling to keep the company flowing no matter how severe the challenges may be. An example of an enterprise that faces challenges is the hotel business. Competition among rival hotels is stiff most of the time and managers have to rise to the occasion. The NH hotels are an outstanding example of hotels experiencing challenges. Competition from other chain hotels like Grupo Sol and Grupo HUSA is stiff and threatening the success of NH hotels. The managers are also too busy running the hotel to think of inventing ways to improve Continue reading...

The primary borrower in this case is Happy Jack though they will share responsibility with other family members who have shares in the hotel.

The Big Jack must guarantee the loan personally since the company is registered under his name.

The total of loan jack is requesting is $ 1.3 million.

The borrower would like to pay not more than $ 12,000 per month.

106/100 * 1300000/12000 = 115 months or 9 and half years.

The collateral will be guarantors and the hotel ownership documents

Within a day or two
The approach can be arranged as follows;
Sales approach
Income approach
Cost approach
The improvements will help to improve room rates and also increase occupancy. One can know how money will spent through looking at the proposed plan.

Other than attracting tourists, the hotel can offer lower rates to the local people to increase their occupancy.

Cash flow for 2011 and 2012 in million dollars
2011 2012

Starting cash 0 0

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Excalibur Hotel 2

The Excalibur Hotel is located in Calgary. It has 375 guest rooms and 25 executive one bedroom suites. The hotel is seventy five years old and maintained in an exceptional manner. 86% of guests rank their stay as excellent. The hotel is owned by foreign investors who contract a Canadian management company.
The hotel’s market share is 134%. Market share is the number of room the Excalibur is in direct competition with in the competitive market set (Xanders n.d.). Average daily rates are consistent and showed some growth, better than other properties in the hotel’s competitive set. Continue reading...

Facts Surrounding the Case

Taj Hotels is an international hotel company that services the value, mid-market, premiums and luxury markets of the lodging industry. They own 112 hotels in India and 16 more internationally. The company has been in existence since 1903 and went public in the 1970’s. Taj hotels is committed to sustainable livelihoods and participates in several initiatives in this area in India. Philanthropy has always been a focus of the company and its aim and implementation have evolved over the years to its current sustainable ventures it engages in.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Taj is a very successful company and looks to make Continue reading...

Accra Beach Hotel Case

1. If I were Cherita, I would decide as to whether or not to go ahead with the Corporate booking for WICB using the revenue management approach. While it is true that individual guest satisfaction reduced once too many corporate clients are using the hotel, Cherita also needs to take into account room occupancy rates and average room rates, both of which are reflected in RevPar (revenue per available room). Therefore, if the net revenue from the corporate account exceeds the revenue from potential individual guests, Cherita should agree for the WICB offer.
2. The hotel benefits from hosting Continue reading...

The Mumbai attack was carried out on November 26, 2008 as a series of attacks on residents and visitors including Taj Hotel in a number of areas of the Mumbai the biggest and most important city in India. According to Intelligence report, it was planned by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT) a terrorist Organization banned in Pakistan. India had received proof of the Association of Pakistan's (ISI) to classify terrorist attacks on Mumbai, which wasreported by different Indian television channels citing government sources. Indian Intelligence was warned by unconfirmed reports from the US intelligence services who already knew about the large-scale terrorist Continue reading...

Hotels are increasingly targeting the millennials as they see them as being critical in their financial growth. The millennials love being connected to the social media platforms they love communicating with other millennials. The financial aspect that millennials can bring to hotels cannot be understated. The total population of the millennials is in excess of 75 million in the United States only. When this number is added with millennials from other countries, then there is a huge market gap. Additionally, the millennials do not have brand loyalty, and this increases the chances of the different hotels to target them. Continue reading...

Introduction: Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose

In the introduction, briefly outline what the company does, how it developed historically, what problems it is experiencing, and how you are going to approach the issues in the case write-up.
MGM is one of the leading firms in the hospitality industry that has at least 15 wholly owned resorts in Michigan, Mississippi, and Nevada. The company boasts of around 45,000 full-time employees and portfolio of around $18.09 billion. Although it was hit hard by the recession in the past, most analysts still believe that it is a good company worthy to be invested in the future. The Continue reading...

Undeniably, other than pay increase, there are a number of reasons that push worker into seeking alternative employment opportunities. These reasons include the fact that some employees do not get promotions, allowances and other benefits such as medical covers. Organizations have to ensure constant motivation in the workplace for the recruited staff to ensure that they stay in the organization. Retain qualified personnel can be achieved through monetary benefits or growth in the organization. The possibility to rise in rank will enable the organization to retain qualified personnel. Additionally, it is also important that more talented workers get paid Continue reading...

Situational analysis

The Rebel Casino is located in suburban Las Vegas. Over the years, the casino management has been challenged by the ability to improve their performance. The management main goal and objective is to improve the casino performance irrespective of the tough economic and competitive conditions. For the last three years, the revenues of the casino have been declining while the earnings have been stagnated. As a result of unfavorable conditions, the company has hardly raised funds for capital improvement. Therefore, the casino is left with an option of developing operating efficiencies as a way of improving earnings. In addition, Continue reading...

Competition in the northern cluster casino sub-industry is intense and as is the nature of any other oligopolistic market structure, strategic interdependence has ensured that market share divisions are rigid. Consequently, the Rebel Resort, and the majority of its competitors, struggle with underutilized capacity, strategic inflexibility in fear competitor retaliation or loss in market shares. The prospect of backlashes due to aggressively competitive strategies has forced many operators into a strategic waiting game and risk aversion. However, the Rebel Resort management faces increasingly intense pressure from the Indian tribal council to maintain high profitability and revenue growth. The choice Continue reading...

Fraud refers to a deceptive act committed by people with an aim of producing a personal or financial gain from such an act. The situation at hand presents various elements of frauds committed by employees of the company. First, the situation presents an element of embezzlement fraud that occurs within the company. Embezzlement is the use of unethical methods to misuse the funds of a company. The expense reimbursement policy of the company clearly states that, the responsibility of expenses such as lunch is the responsibility of an employee except for lunches with clients and potential recruiters. However, employee Continue reading...

Introduction: Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose

The MGM Resorts International is multinational company in the hospitality industry that manages a chain of hotels or properties in different states and parts of the world. MGM operates in different states including Michigan, Mississippi, and Nevada and in China. With over 45,000 employees locally and international, MGM is capable of catering to its guest. Quality accommodations and services are the main reasons why MGM was able to acquire $18.09 billion enterprise value in 2010. In 2010, MGM gained revenues that amounted to $6 billion. Due to this scale, MGM is one of the top three largest and Continue reading...

The text uses the phrase, “the mess we’re in”. Outline some of the mess we are in from an economic, social/cultural, environmental and climate change point of view.
The problems indicated in “the mess we’re in” are Population growth, Accumulations of chemicals, Climate change, Water shortages. In the case study, the company, Scandic Hotels, had failed to keep up with climatic change and environmental conservation trends which made it lose favor with the customers. As a result, it changed its core values to incorporate environmental sustainability and reduce its environmental impact. The company adopted “The Natural Step Continue reading...

1.0 Introduction
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital (CMH) began operation on July 26, 1937. The original hospital had 50 inpatient beds and 19 employees. In 1940, the hospital expanded to a 150 bed facility. A second expansion occurred in 1951 and bringing bed availability to 339. Mr. Cannon, the manager of Cannon Mills, prepared the hospital to provide employees with superior human services. Cabarrus Memorial Hospital had expanded the accessibility of symptomatic and remedial cardiovascular administrations to the group (Swayne, 2008).
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital was devoted to providing staff with quality training. They were a partner of Duke University Medical Center, Continue reading...

TOURISM VICTORIA 2

Problem Statement
Victoria is a lovely island off the Pacific, off the western coast of Canada. Tourism is not reaching its full potential. Despite Victoria’s web site and marketing, tourism is down during the 2006 to 2010 period. Visitors were down from 3.56 million to 3.08 million. Visitor spending was down from $1.19 billion to $.97 billion. In an analysis completed for Tourism Victoria, it is estimated that Victoria would lose 5% in revenue each year from 2009 through 2014 (Grant Thorton). With tourism growing world wide, Victoria is in trouble. There number of visitors and revenue should Continue reading...