The buy-green trend in hospitality and tourism

Trend Description In the past few years, the word ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’ are the keywords that receive a lot of concern from every industries. Especially for hospitality designer, according to Roger G.Hill, sustainable design practices are becoming common place in pursuing Green Design, creating value, reducing dish and solving problems for their customers as each … Read more

The Kanto region

The Kanto region is located in the southeast of Japan. Providing a mild climate, the region is divided in 7 prefectures; Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Tochigi, Seitama and Tokyo (Japan-guide.com, 2015). It hosts key cities like Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba, Seitama and Kamakura. The pivot of the region, the Tokyo-Yokohama district, is the centre of Japan’s … Read more

Sustainable Tourism Masterplan

Introduction The purpose of the Sustainable Tourism Masterplan, written by Halcrow and CHL Consulting Tourism Plan (2011), is to increase the tourism in Anguilla to a certain level from 2010 to 2020 that all stakeholders will benefit from the income that will be generated by the tourism in Anguilla. To achieve, tourism growth must be … Read more

Sustainable Tourism Master Plan 2010 ‘ 2020

The business report, titled “Sustainable Tourism Master Plan 2010-2020” and written by the Halcrow and CHL Consulting, was required to define the structure for development, management, monitoring and long term sustainability of the tourism industry for a period of ten years in Anguilla. A main objective is that the tourism vision of Anguilla must be … Read more

Sustainable Tourism Master Plan – Anguilla

The main premise of the author in ‘Part II Vision and Development strategy’ is the formulated vision, that stakeholders have made about strengths of Anguilla and creating a development strategy for tourism in Anguilla. The formulated vision is: ‘We are a premier Caribbean destination know for our world class beaches, pristine azure waters; top class … Read more

Oman

1. Introduction Oman is a country on the Arabian Peninsula. Tourism in Oman has grown considerably recently, and it is expected to be one of the largest industries in the nation. Kharusi, N. S. & Salman (2011) says, Oman has one of the most diverse environments in the Middle East with various tourist attractions and … Read more

The Evolution and Impact of Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort: A Tourism and Business Perspective

Introduction The Disney Wilderness Lodge Resort completed refurbishing its Silver Creek Springs Swimming Pool in 2015. The development, which started in the fourth quarter of 2014 and was finished the following year, aimed to enhance guest experience by adding new attractions and improving existing facilities. This refurbishment is an example of how Disney continually invests … Read more

Fiji Facts

The facts that make Fiji what it is today has been molded by its rich history of imigration, its seperation from Britian, and its lushish beautiful island. Geographic area. Fiji consists of 332 islands in the South Pacific and about 110 of these islands are inhabited. The total area is 7,054 sq miles. FIji is … Read more

Globalization in the hospitality industry

Globalization is becoming more important for the hospitality industry now a days. Due to globalization it is hard to identify a product or service that is not influenced by a cross border transaction (Parker, 2005). Nevertheless, what is meant by globalization? In this essay the meaning of globalization will be find out. First of all … Read more

Housekeeping

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Housekeeping can be looked at as the navel of the lodging operation. All forms of lodging associations around the world can flourish without swimming pools, banquets, ballrooms or even food service areas but without a properly guided housekeeping wing no inn, motel or hotel would thrive irrespective of how big, popular or … Read more