The researcher was interested in investigating the influence of online reviews on travelers' choice of a hotel. In this study, the researcher seeks to determine the impact of online reviews on hotels and restaurants.
Creating a proper environment in which the hospitality services are provided to clients is one of the important functions of managers, although it may often be overlooked.
Evita's activity has allowed huge numbers of tourists to feel more relaxed during their travel and not be afraid of the world and people living in it.
Sustainable tourism can simply be described as the practice of protecting the environmental aspects and culture of a particular community, while at the same time ensuring the benefits of tourism are enjoyed presently and in [...]
Such an image is even worse for an institution that is operating in the hospitality industry, where the capacity to anticipate and attend to the specific needs of clientele is the generalized hallmark of the [...]
The problem is that the emirates have to understand in advance the needs of their visitors. What is the possible future of the tourism business in the UAE?
The primary purpose of the paper is to critically discuss the importance of the safety of space tourism and evaluate whether it hinders the progress and development of the technology.
Since the late 1980s, thousands of revelers have been making pilgrimages to the Koh Phangan for the Full Moon Party. Specifically, the Isle of Haad Rin Beach has attracted thousands of people from various parts [...]
The need for improving the security of the region was based on attracting more tourists in the region. In terms of the social benefits, thanks to community based tourism, the community was integrated into a [...]
Since its activities include the promotion and marketing of Dubai's tourism industry, it is apparent that the emirate obtains some of the funds that facilitate the activities of DTCM from the hospitality industry.
For example, the city of Dubai, which is the focus of DTCM's tourism promotion endeavours, was ranked position seven among the world's most visited cities in 2013.
Consequently, this paper examines the tourism promotion efforts of Dubai with a focus on the body that is charged with the responsibility of overseeing tourism within the emirate.
One of the major and primary problems with a particular hotel is the absence of a computer system and a connection to the internet.
The site of the hotel is considered to be the most common for reservation, then, we selected two most spread services, booking.com and hotel.com.
It could be said that the cities and towns in the state of Massachusetts were the primary historical actors in the establishment of the United States as a country, as well as the cultivators of [...]
A high number of calls along with hotel managers' assuredness that online reservations are much more convenient lead to the fact that many hotels do not have quality call operators who are able to inform [...]
The tourism business is one of the fast-developing fields of the world economy. The way of organizing the tourism business presented in this chart corresponds to the main specifics of the company interested in becoming [...]
Is it possible that innovation management and such strategies as the multicultural education of workers help to improve the quality of work of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing and increase the number of [...]
The documentary "Right to Risk" is a masterpiece explaining why the disabled should have access to different tourist destinations. In conclusion, the government should ensure every wilderness area is made accessible to more citizens with [...]
In particular, it is necessary to focus on the factors that can contribute to the development of this industry in the country.
It is necessary to note that the city is multinational and this also contributes to a potential interest of tourists coming from different European countries.
For multinational companies to take full advantage of the opportunities in the online market to boost their sales, they have to understand the online behavior of their customers when they make online room reservations.
One is determined to examine the relevant aspects of the example of the Ski School in the Sun Peak Resort as the latter has the highest rating among all the Canadian resorts from the standpoint [...]
Medical tourism is one of the emerging trends in the tourism sector that is becoming popular in various parts of the world.
The benefits of the interaction process have expanded as the interaction level become global due to shared values, cultural exchange, and new business opportunities to the parties interacting during these events.
Tourism is a global industry which allows for the influx of people and goods from all over the world to a destination of choice.
The mansion's interior preserved from the eighteenth century inspires one to become a part of the venerable culture; the greenness of the front yard garden encourages one to leave all the worries behind.
With this in mind, it is possible to describe a journey from Oklahoma City to San Antonio in Texas to show onliness of nature of the USA.
Hotels websites connect customers with each other and make information and reviews about the hotels, restaurant and vacation rentals reachable to the public.
Switzerland is one of the members of the European Union, and its territory is included into the Schengen area. Besides, Davos is the location of a variety of beautiful ski resorts, as well as a [...]
Airfare to Kathmandu: $1500 to $5000, depending on the route taken and the class travelled. Expenses to reach Everest base camp: $4000 to $4600.
The hospitality sector is one of the most lucrative economic sectors in the world. On the other hand, the intensity of competition might lead to a decline in the level of profitability.
Despite being the complex system, the primary reason for the existence of the gap between the delivery of the service and the customer perception is the lack of collaboration between the front and back office [...]
This is one of the main reasons why the healthcare sector in the country has improved to become one of the best in the world.
Migration and tourism in Turkey has resulted to economic growth of the country with a considerable source of the country's GDP coming from the tourism industry and investments made by immigrants.
The project entailed adventurous tours organised with a motive of introducing the participants to the variety of flora and fauna found in the Fiordland of New Zealand.
The aim of this research paper is to undertake a feasibility study of the Lake of Geneva Region and its two major cities, Montreaux and Lausanne, to examine the suitability of this Switzerland region, as [...]
Nonetheless, the primary goal of the paper is to provide the overview of the hospitality and tourism industry in the state of Virginia.
However, the country complains that it does not have a choice other than to host the migrants owing to the fact the most of the EU partners located in the north have evaded the migrant [...]
The city is home to some of the largest medical facilities in the world, including the Texas Medical Center. The city of Dubai is regulating the health sector and is ensuring that the 2,518 health [...]
As explained in the introductory section above, sex tourism refers to an aspect of tourism where the primary aim of the tourist is to have in sexual engagements with the people in their destination.
It will as so endeavor to discuss the elements of sustainability that have contributed to growth of Hotel industry in the UAE as well as the world.
Sexual harassment in the workplace is one of the major issues that the employees all over the world have to place.
To obtain an analysis of the company's demand and supply, this paper assesses wildlife in Kenya, natural scenery and landscapes in Arizona, and horseback riding in ranches situated in Patagonia Argentina.
The article The effects of customer and competitor orientations on performance in global markets is written by Zhou, Brown, Dev, and Agarwal, and it dwells upon an effective management model in the global hospitality market.
The most recent issues related to the development and design of hotels worldwide relate to the varying cultural customs. The increase in international business and tours impacts on the designing of new international hotels to [...]
The article highlights two major theories with respect to the internationalization of the hotels from the late 20th century to the present.
In regards to the international hotel and restaurant industry, authoritarian rule is a negative factor that inhibits the growth and development of the sector.
The tourism sector in the Scotland has shown rapid growth as compared to other sectors that drives the Scottish economy, for example, the retail, utilities, and manufacturing sectors.
In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has been investing heavily in the tourism industry upon the realization of the potential of the sector to grow the Emirate's economy.
The tour operators are in the business of selling services that are beneficial to both the tourist and the people in the destination country.
Therefore, the analysis of the hotel industry's progress in the UAE depends on determining the relationship between such variables as the growth of tourism and transportation business in the UAE and changes in the household [...]
It is possible to trace the implications of the landscape change as regards populations of penguins and koalas. Therefore, it is clear that the existing infrastructure, use of land and people's behaviour can lead to [...]
Being a tax compliant sector, tourism products in Italy have fulfilled its legal mandate as a business and have the freedom to do trade within the territories of Italy.
The hospitality industry in this country has been expanding due to the increasing number of tourists coming to the region. The second factor is the strategy that the firm will use in this highly competitive [...]
The first place, which you can see is the Baskin Robbins store at the corner of the 24th avenue. The fine restaurant is located nearby the intersection of the Irving Street and the 23rd avenue.
It is due to this that scheduled tourism events such as the Venice Film Festival enables local businesses to plan in advance for the influx of tourists and make the most out it.
There are many attractions in this country, for instance, the Ziggurat of Ur, the ancient city of Hatra, or the gate of Ishtar.
By concentrating on fluid curves and elegant lines, lightened spaces and the acceptable recreation of public spaces, the designer symbolically approached the interiors of Britannia with a sense of music and architecture.
The aim of this assessment is to determine the influence of some selected market mix elements on the effectiveness of historical and cultural tourism services.
When tourism is mentioned, many people have the notion that one has to go to a foreign country for a couple of weeks to relax and enjoy the scenery.
The analysis explores the cultural aspects, products, relationship between tourism and the people, and the effect of different tourism changes on the social and cultural environment in Toronto.
A major aspect of sex tourism is the commoditization of the bodies of the participants in the destination country. In spite of the prevalence of sex tourism, few travelers are willing to identify with the [...]
In several cases, the concept is a guide that governs the behavior and character of people living in a respective region or community.
The purpose of camping is to ensure that people are exposed to the outdoor more than they are to the indoors, being that they tend to spend most of their daily lives confined in the [...]
The Tourism Association, for instance, covers the entire country's tourism services industry and comprises of all the critical players within the sector.
The goal of the hospitality industry is to meet the diverse needs of its customers. It has led to quality of care and little effect on the ecology.
There have been various current trends in the global hospitality industry that are tangible enough to drive the global marketplace of this industry. Sustainability and variety of hospitality services has been improved by the current [...]
This would, in turn, insinuate a delayed realization of the hospital's goals to provide health care services that are high of quality while at the same time complying with the national policies and trends that [...]
The factors that promote medical tourism include the availability of care in the destination, timeliness of medical care, the cost of care and the ability of people to meet the costs, different preferences for medical [...]
In addition to the above facilities, the city has a number of hospitality and entertainment joints such as the Southbank and Crown Casino.
It was founded in 1993 between the private sector represented by an amalgamation of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Shipping and the Barcelona Promotion Foundation, and local government represented by the Barcelona Municipal [...]
Marseille is one of the provinces in France and it has, over the years, been one of the busiest tourist attraction destinations in the world.
In addition to this, the Mauritius business community has reinvested part of the proceeds from the sector into the Mauritius economy thereby fostering the country's economy.
Contribution of volunteer tourism to the society According to Domingues and Nojd, most studies on volunteer tourism focus on the personal experiences of volunteer tourism.
Despite the importance of the hospitality industry to the Australian economy, the figure below shows that it posts the highest rate of employee turnover in the economy Figure One: Industry analysis of worker turnover in [...]
The growth of this economic sector can be attributed to the cultural heritage of Amsterdam and entertainment opportunities that it can offer.
The environment is the combination of all living and non-living components on the earth and on the universe as a whole.
In turn, this study will be aimed at examining the way in which tourist destinations in the Mediterranean region can be economically affected by the power of travel agencies.
The present paper purposes to demonstrate the suitability of the balanced scorecard in assisting hotel and resort managers to balance their priorities, hence refuting the claim that adopting the bottom-line approach is the way to [...]
This paper will discuss the concept of Greening Hotels, its effect on the various stakeholders including the customers, the significance of this concept, what the future holds for the development and growth of this noble [...]
According to Broad, the concept of volunteer tourism can only be understood better when it is comprehended from the perspective of the destination of the tourism; the local communities.
Cyprus has therefore a greater potential for success as most of its rural tourism endowments remains unexploited as compared to the case in Malta.
The capital of Valletta and Venice are two cities in the republic of Malta and the republic of Italy respectively, which have shown competitive architectural designing, and thus form substantial tourism attractions in the two [...]
Some of the issues to be discussed include the planning of the future landscapes in the wet topics which entails the social- ecological framework, the indigenous tourism in the wet tropics, the limits of number [...]
The following are the services and applications of internet and associated technologies in hotels; the use of internet and associated technologies has enhanced online hotel reservations.
The company offers all its services online and customers can see and choose the services they would like and charges for the services.
One of the greatest advantages of a small hotel, in this respect, is the number of employees necessary to maintain a hotel with regard to the resource management and competencies of employees in terms of [...]
The study also showed that 31% of the families considered in the study indicated their intention to increase their spending on family vacations in the future.
The power of children in families implies that they dictate the locations that families visit, the type of accommodation facilities, and the type of activities that families undertake during the holiday.
To predict the behavioural patterns of customers, the availability of the product in the market is optimised with a hope of maximising on revenues.
Provision of standardized services and amenities with customization to meet the unique needs of customers in a certain locality is a global trend and a driving force in the hotel industry.
The success of Jumeirah will be used as a case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of HCI in improving value and competitiveness.
They greatly appreciate the rugged beauty of the mountain, the challenges that lay before them and they love to experience what it feels like to stand on the roof of the world.
The purpose of the plan is to involve the government and other stakeholders, including the corporate organizations to better understand and contribute in protection and conservation of the cultural and heritage assets within the country.
The signing of the Approved Destination Status between China and the EU in 2004 further enhanced the prospect of more foreign tourists.
The employees in hotels and other firms in the hospitality industry are able to move from one organization to the other more quickly due to the many operating hotels.
The spa industry has gained a lot of popularity in recent years, thanks in large part to the contribution made by the mature market in the west.
These estimates show that the tourism industry in the country is registering positive results because of its status as one of the most preferred tourist destinations in the world.
Precisely, the determination of influence of the power of tourists' travel on hotels in Mallorca is important in the development of strategic plans, which are consistent with the considerations addressed by various tour travel operators [...]
1 Environmental analysis of tourism in this province clearly indicates that this province has remained one of the most popular destinations for tourists who want to understand the historic and cultural heritage of the Chinese.
The main areas which have been involved in the key performance of the company include: the vast number of the hotels and the rooms in the hotels, the rates of the occupancy in those rooms [...]
The main objective of the report is to analyze the challenges that small enterprises in the hotel industry undergo with regard to revenue management.
The firm's location at 'The Rocks' which is one of the major historic sites in Australia contributes to the firm's competitive advantage by attracting a wide range of tourists annually.
It is also reported that the annual growth in the number of the Australian cruise passengers in the year 2010 was among the highest for the global cruise sector, with just New Zealand recording a [...]
In the recent past, deterioration in the quality of services, as well as the facilities in the resorts, has contributed to the decline.
This paper explores hospitality service trends in the region, analyses their impacts, and establishes the factors that influence the industry especially in Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand and Singapore.
Mallorca is one of the popular destinations of many travelers, and the MLL hotel chain has several hotels on the island.
In case of a disaster, the experienced climbers would not be in a position to address the crisis in time as is the case in the Everest case study.
The decision to establish this venture is based on the role played by hotels and transportation in the tourism industry. If Al deyafa can be able to position itself in the market as the leader [...]
Background to the study Tourism is one of the key pillars of the Austrian economy. Despite the growth of the Austrian tourism industry over the past years, in terms of its contribution to the country's [...]
However, the author should have captured the fact that people do not only tour places to get a break from the normal but as they do that they want to go to places they have [...]
According to World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism development is aimed at meeting the needs of visitors and the host countries and cities and at the same time furthering the future prospects.
Therefore, the status, role and behavior of tourists are being interrogated, that is their roles to the problems and their solution.
Destination marketing refers to the proactive and strategic approach to the financial and cultural progress of a location. These factors keep on changing and as the behaviour of the tourist changes there is a need [...]
The absence of specific governmental mandate to handle tourism has led to the duplication of the duties of the government, leading to lack of agreement between the States and the Commonwealth.
The state of Sarawak in the eastern part of Malaysia has embraced different forms of tourism such as research tourism, cultural tourism, adventure tourism and development conferencing in to bring economic empowerment in the community.
The study made use of a survey to examine the issue of tourism sustainability both at the local and the regional level.
From the Australian perspective, wine tourism is the paying of a visit to the wineries and or wine making regions in order to experience and enjoy the unique features of the contemporary lifestyle of Australia [...]
Recent studies also attest to the immense progress of the tourism industry in spite of the admitted presence of challenges and limitations in the industry.