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Maintaining Your Loyal Customers During Hard Times: An Observation From The Gaming Industry, Myongjee Yoo, Miranda Kitterlin
Maintaining Your Loyal Customers During Hard Times: An Observation From The Gaming Industry, Myongjee Yoo, Miranda Kitterlin
Hospitality Review
The Las Vegas gaming arena was one of the most severely affected consumeroriented industries to be impacted by the recent economic recession. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of relational benefits on customers’ behavioral loyalty in the Las Vegas gaming industry. This study particularly took a comparative approach and examined the relational impact during the economic recession and after the economic recession. Secondary data was obtained and regression analysis was performed to test the study hypothesis. The findings of this study revealed the economic recession impact on the Las Vegas gaming industry, as well as valuable …
South Beach Wine And Food Festival - Why Participate?, Henrik Lilleheim, Reidar J. Mykletum, William J. Quain, Christer Engstom
South Beach Wine And Food Festival - Why Participate?, Henrik Lilleheim, Reidar J. Mykletum, William J. Quain, Christer Engstom
Hospitality Review
This paper studies why restaurants, wineries, and other exhibiters participate in Wine & Food festivals. We hypothesized [hat the purpose was to acquire new customers thru promotional involvement in the festival. A secondary outcome was to ascertain if there were differences in motivation between the three groups. A survey was conducted of participating companies in one of the largest Food & Wine festivals. We found differences in what motivated winery participants from restaurants or other exhibitors. A discussion of these differences and how festival organizers may aid participants in achieving their goals is presented.
Fiu, Tianjin University Plan To Run School In China, Fiu Fiu
Fiu, Tianjin University Plan To Run School In China, Fiu Fiu
Hospitality Review
MIAMI, Fla. - Florida International University has signed an agreement with the Tianjin University of Commerce to run a hospitality management school in China that would mirror the top-ranked Miami program. The agreement is thought to be the first on this scale between the Chinese government and a foreign university
Book Review: Tourism In China: Exotic Land Revealed, Joan S. Remington
Book Review: Tourism In China: Exotic Land Revealed, Joan S. Remington
Hospitality Review
There is no better way to lean about tourism in China than from renowned expert in the field. Alan Lew. PhD. and professor at Northern Arizona University, Lawrence Yu, Ph.D. and associate professor in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at George Washington University. John Ap, Ph.D. and associate professor in tourism management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Zhang Guangrui, director of the Tourism Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China, have contributed to and edited a collection of writings detailing the development of tourism in this fascinating and exotic land.
Tourism: Who Needs It?, Joan S. Remington, Marcel R. Escoffier
Tourism: Who Needs It?, Joan S. Remington, Marcel R. Escoffier
Hospitality Review
Is tourism economically beneficial? If so, who benefits? How much of the money generated through tourism can be channeled into other projects so desperately needed by the community without harming the local tour market? Will tourism continue to grow forever, or is there an end in sight? The authors discuss how tourism will change in approaching the next century: and how people will change if tourism is to remain such an important economic facto
Understanding Annual Reports Of Hospitality Firms, Elisa S. Moncarz
Understanding Annual Reports Of Hospitality Firms, Elisa S. Moncarz
Hospitality Review
In her discussion - Understanding Annual Reports of Hospitality Firms - by Elisa S. Moncarz, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Management, Florida International University, Associate Professor Moncarz initially offers: “Management bears full responsibility for the reporting function of annual reports prepared by publicly-held companies designed to provide interested parties with information that is useful in making business and economic decisions. In Part I the author reviews the content of annual reports of firms in the hospitality industry, while looking at recent developments affecting annual reports. Part 11, in a subsequent issue, will comprise an in-depth examination of the annual report …
An Analysis Of Stock Market Performance:The Dow Jones Industrial Average And The Three Top Performing Lodging Firma: 1982-1988, N H. Ringstrom, Elisa S. Moncarz
An Analysis Of Stock Market Performance:The Dow Jones Industrial Average And The Three Top Performing Lodging Firma: 1982-1988, N H. Ringstrom, Elisa S. Moncarz
Hospitality Review
In their dialogue - An Analysis of Stock Market Performance: The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Three Top Performing Lodging Firms 1982 – 1988 - by N. H. Ringstrom, Professor and Elisa S. Moncarz, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University, Professors Ringstrom and Moncarz state at the outset: “An interesting comparison can be made between the Dow Jones lndustrial Average and the three top performing, publicly held lodging firms which had $100 million or more in annual lodging revenues. The authors provide that analytical comparison with Prime Motor Inns Inc., the Marriott Corporation, and Hilton …
The Chef In Society: Origins And Development, Marcel R. Escoffier
The Chef In Society: Origins And Development, Marcel R. Escoffier
Hospitality Review
In his discourse - The Chef In Society: Origins And Development - Marcel R. Escoffier, Graduate Student, School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University, initially offers: “The role of the modern professional chef has its origins in ancient Greece. The author traces that history and looks at the evolution of the executive chef as a manager and administrator.”
“Chefs, as tradespersons, can trace their origins to ancient Greece,” the author offers with citation. “Most were slaves…” he also informs you.
Even at that low estate in life, the chef was master of the slaves and servants who were at …
Menu Analysis: Review And Evaluation, Lendal H. Kotschevar
Menu Analysis: Review And Evaluation, Lendal H. Kotschevar
Hospitality Review
In the article - Menu Analysis: Review and Evaluation - by Lendal H. Kotschevar, Distinguished Professor School of Hospitality Management, Florida International University, Kotschevar’s initial statement reads: “Various methods are used to evaluate menus. Some have quite different approaches and give different information. Even those using quite similar methods vary in the information they give. The author attempts to describe the most frequently used methods and to indicate their value. A correlation calculation is made to see how well certain of these methods agree in the information they give.”
There is more than one way to look at the word …
Restructuring In The Hospitality Industry, Elisa S. Moncarz
Restructuring In The Hospitality Industry, Elisa S. Moncarz
Hospitality Review
In her dialogue entitled - Restructuring in the Hospitality Industry - Elisa S. Moncarz, Associate Professor, the School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University, intends for you to know the following: “Recent years have seen a proliferation of restructurings of major American corporations creating an extremely important issue that has affected U.S. business. This article discusses restructuring issues in the hospitality industry, focusing attention on its causes and motivations, as well as on its benefits and perils. The author considers the impact of restructuring on investors and management while examining recent restructurings involving hospitality firms.”
In defining the concept …
French And Chineses Cuisines: An Evaluation, Lendal H. Kotschevar
French And Chineses Cuisines: An Evaluation, Lendal H. Kotschevar
Hospitality Review
This is the second of a two-part series on an evaluation of cuisines. The author establishes standards for cuisine which determine that Chinese food is superior to French.
Aircraft Marketing In An Era Of Deregulation, J.A. F. Nicholls
Aircraft Marketing In An Era Of Deregulation, J.A. F. Nicholls
Hospitality Review
The deregulation of commercial aviation has had far-reaching effects on all aspects of business. In the Spring 1984 issue, the author explored some of the changes in the domestic airline industry. This article discusses the effects of deregulation on another group - those who manufacture commercial aircraft.
Airline Deregulation, Computerized Reservation Systems, And Travel Agents, J.A. F. Nicholls
Airline Deregulation, Computerized Reservation Systems, And Travel Agents, J.A. F. Nicholls
Hospitality Review
With the beginning of airline deregulations in 1978, U.S. domestic operations were in for a period of turmoil, adjustment, vibrancy, entrepreneurship, and change. A great deal has been written about the effects of deregulation on airlines and their personnel, and on the public at large. Less attention has been paid to the effects on travel agents and on the seminal role of computerized reservations systems (CRSs) in the flowering of travel agencies. This article examines both of these phenomena.
Industry Expresses Attitudes Toward Accounting, Finance Curricula, Charles L. Ilvento
Industry Expresses Attitudes Toward Accounting, Finance Curricula, Charles L. Ilvento
Hospitality Review
A survey of hospitality financial executives provides guidance for those planning accounting and finance curricula for schools of hospitality management. The authors discuss the results of their survey sponsored by the Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators.