Introduction Tourism is the temporary short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work (Holloway, 1987: 2–3). Hospitality is the receptive and proactive participation of entities that facilitate such movement. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council’s report, there are 277 million jobs in the tourism and hospitality[…]
Introduction The structure of this literature review is twofold. Firstly, insights into adventure tourism will be presented in order to provide readers with a broader picture of the industry. Secondly, surf tourism and its impacts will be discussed, where the impacts are divided into ecological, economic and social. Adventure Tourism ‘The magic of space is[…]
ABSTRACT The purpose of this report is to explore the wider economic environment and its relation to the London Department Store Industry. This involves exploring social, political and economic factors and how they impact the profitability and alter the competitive environment surrounding the stores investigated. Introduction The UK economy is changing steadily due to social[…]
Ben Narynski recently flew home to a place he’d never been. “It’s like a hometown to me,” the Fullerton resident said of the country he traversed by bus with 39 other young adults and a medic carrying a gun. Visible from the vehicle’s windows were the olive orchards and fig trees of Israel, a land[…]
‘A century after Orville and Wilbur Wright built the first successful aircraft, the world has shrunk […]. Yet for the first half century of its existence, aviation was the exclusive privilege of the rich.’ (Calder, 2002, p. 2) What Calder means is that, although the travel industry has expanded people’s horizons by introducing them to[…]
INTRODUCTION According to Kotler et.al. (2006, p.6) marketing nowadays is not only the business function: “it’s a philosophy, a way of thinking, and a way of structuring your business and your mind.” The marketing task is never to disappoint the customer but vice versa to create the best clear vision of the product or service[…]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this portfolio is to highlight three main issues that are shaping current trends in international tourism development. These are: Increased interest in the management of sustainable tourism, greater interest in the debate on climate change and tourism and strategic tourism planning for communities and nations. These issues will be critically[…]
Executive summary This report is based on secondary data research about Ryanair. It is consists of five chapters. The introduction emphasises the need for understanding organisational culture. The research aim to analyse Ryanair’s corporate culture is stated and the rational for research is briefly discussed. The second chapter, Literature review, introduces three cultural models (Edgar[…]
I INTRODUCTION Accompanying the technological revolution of the 1990s there are many new opportunities and challenges for the tourism and hospitality industries. Since tourism, global industry information is its life-blood and technology has become fundamental to the ability of the industry to operate effectively and competitively. Poon (1993) suggests that the whole system of information[…]