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Our group identified an article that relates to the real-world application “Understanding consumer and firms decisions”, this article is http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/local-hotels-struggle-with-low-demand-high-supply/2014/08/03/a2f9d72c-181b-11e4-85b6-c1451e622637_story.html. During 2014, the demand for the local hotels in the Washington DC area fell while the supply was still high. This is due to the government issuing cutbacks to the officials travel to the DC area.…

Introduction The issue of bed bugs is a constantly growing across the country, affecting various industries that include hospitality, lodging, and many others. It leads to negative public perception and increase in liability cost. The issue of bed bugs is a serious and challenging threat for hotels, because it can really dent the hotel’s reputation. No one would like to come back to hotel where they had to encounter bed bugs. Articles Summary The International Journal of Hospitality Management…

Much of the required hotel codes in relation to guests’ and their rooms, evacuations and protections come straight from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. The MGM Grand Hotel and Casino caught the eye of many different people and has changed hotels forever. The rate of damage and death rates had much to do with the involvement of “guests’ characters and behavior” in the incident (Bryan). There are so many studies that try to predict how each individual will react in the case of an emergency, but…

The trend setting 1960’s horror film called Psycho highly focuses on a reference to birds in the scene of Marion and Norman in the parlor. The first birds that one witnesses are the owl hanging on the wall along with another large bird on the wall. Also you see a perched crow or raven that sits right above the chair where Marion had been offered to sit by Norman. Next to her sits a lamp on a table that has small little songbirds around it. Across from her sits Norman where the bigger birds are…

Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho, and Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, each played the character portrayed as mentally unstable. The two actors seamlessly fell into their parts and led the audience to believe they were truly insane. In the beginning, each of the two lived what appeared to be normal lives. Anthony Perkins managed his mother’s motel that had become a ghost-town after the new highway had been build, which completely cut off access to the motel. Glenn Close…

Revenue Management at Harrah’s Entertainment Kaz/Colin – Thoughts/Bullet points on - Is Harrah’s current method for managing room inventory adequate? The Harrah’s current pricing method is well designed to maximize their revenue based on the games as their core offering. It, however, has areas of improvement in terms of room inventory management mostly for the following reasons, and it is increasingly important to address the issues as their business diversifies after the recent mergers. • The…

Shelby Moyer Rec 453-Fall 2016 Dr. Seaman 12 September 2016 Past & Present Assignment On the southern end of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, three different beach lodging establishments were created on the same property during three different time periods. There is no doubt that this location is desired by many hotel owners. The narrow part of the island offers sound and ocean views along with small southern town charm. In 1897 the Seashore Hotel open their doors to the public in 1897 on…

What erroneous assumptions might the Gleason’s have made about the similarities and differences between being landlords of a four-unit apartment building and being hotel operators? The Gleason’s might have made many assumptions that operating a hotel and a four-unit apartment have a lot in common. They most likely believed that operating a hotel would be just like operating their small scale apartment complex. In both cases, they are in charge of looking over the sheltering of random people.…

Compared to their competitors, The Ritz-Carlton goes above and beyond to provide both a personal and functional service. While some hotels focus on customer service, The Ritz-Carlton is “customer obsessed” (Kotler, Keller 411). This is just one of the reasons why The Ritz-Carlton has become an extremely successful company. This company has created a distinct plan to satisfy their customer needs; this is through providing an emotional and memorable experience for each customer. One reason why…

Revisiting Cultural Tourism Prospects of Kuchipudi Classical Dance and Kalamkari Fabric Art Work of Krishna District Contribution of Tourism in Indian Economy: The World Tourism Organisation defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercises of an activity remunerated from within the place visited”. Tourism can be understood as a travel for…