Essays about: "a case study of hotels"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 44 essays containing the words a case study of hotels.

  1. 11. A long-distance relationship : Reconnecting hotels with their guests via intuitive design

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Naomi Wu; [2018]
    Keywords : user experience; user interface; intuitiveness; affordances; millennials; technology; activity theory; travel planning;

    Abstract : Currently for travel planning, guests will research via hotel websites while still preferring to book through third-party sites, which leads to a disconnect between hotels and their guests. A chat widget artifact that is added onto the hotel’s website and linked through messaging applications was created by a start-up company, Bookboost, to bridge this gap. READ MORE

  3. 12. Towards reducing food waste in a hotel breakfast buffet : A case study of Profil Hotels Calmar Stadshotell

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Janina Selin; [2018]
    Keywords : Tourism; breakfast buffets; Social Practice Theory; Food Waste; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Food waste is a major environmental issue. It takes electricity, water, and energy to produce food, to store it, to refrigerate it, to transport it and to prepare it. If for some reason the food is then not consumed, it goes to landfill, where it produces greenhouse gases. READ MORE

  4. 13. A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP : RECONNECTING HOTELS WITH THEIR GUESTS VIA INTUITIVE DESIGN

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Naomi Wu; [2018]
    Keywords : user experience; user interface; intuitiveness; affordances; millennials; technology; activity theory; travel planning; användarupplevelse; användargränssnitt; intuitivitet; brukskvalitet; milleniegenerationen; teknologi; aktivitetsteorins; reseplanering;

    Abstract : Currently for travel planning, guests will research via hotel websites while still preferring to book through third-party sites, which leads to a disconnect between hotels and their guests. A chat widget artifact that is added onto the hotel’s website and linked through messaging applications was created by a start-up company, Bookboost, to bridge this gap. READ MORE

  5. 14. Is the Sharing Economy an Opportunity or a Threat? : A Case Study on the Swedish Hotel Industry

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : SALIM CHAHINE; HENRIK DANIN; [2018]
    Keywords : Sharing economy; Accommodation sharing; Hotel industry; Transformation; Transformational Pressure; Delningsekonomi; Delning av bostäder; Hotellindustrin; Transformation; Transformationstryck;

    Abstract : The act of sharing goods and services is not a new or revolutionary concept in any way. In the internet age, the phenomenon of what has been titled the “sharing economy” has emerged, and touched many different industries and researchers around the world. READ MORE

  6. 15. Translating Sustainability on a Microlevel : illustrated by the case of Nordic Choice Hotels

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jenny Carlbaum; Lovisa Nyman; [2018]
    Keywords : Translating ideas; Microlevel perspective; Sustainability; Conflicting Institutional Logics; Rhetorical Strategies;

    Abstract : Sustainability has been identified as a fluffy idea containing conflicting logics that may make it problematic for individual employees to work with in practice. The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the literature of translating ideas by looking at the microlevel perspective of how the idea of sustainability has been translated within Nordic Choice Hotels. READ MORE