Category: Tourism

IBISWorld Global Industry Report for Global Hotels and Resorts, from IBIS data base;
Marriott 20233 Annual Report
Based on the information available through these reports, using inductive reasoning, respond to
the following questions. Use the questions are the headings in your submission.
Questions:
a. Using the World Global Industry Report, what information explains some challenges in
operating a resort on Vancouver Island?
b. On a scale of 0-10 how good is Marriott Hotels (Resorts) performing on the industry’s
key operating criteria?
c. Given the outcome of your analysis, what do you most attribute to Marriott’s success; in
other words, what is their competitive advantage.
4. Conclusion: What are the implications of this information for individual Resort Managers?

MAPPING — “Favorite Places Walking Tour of TEN Favorite Places ”
For this assignment, you’ll need to watch the tutorial video link below and then create a “Favorite Places Walking Tour of TEN Favorite Places ” that you’d like to visit in California. You’ll produce a Google map with Pins, photographs from the web, and short descriptions of why you want to go to these specific places marking all the locations and the route you’ll take to get there. When you complete your journey you’ll need to post the final shareable map link, a frame grab, photos from the web, and short descriptions of your destinations on Canvas.
How to create a custom Google Map with Route Planner and Location Markers – [ Google Maps Tutorial ] Links to an external site.
How to create a custom Google Map with Route Planner and Location Markers – [ Google Maps Tutorial ]
NOTE POST YOUR FINISHED SHAREABLE URL ON CANVAS, ALONG WITH A FRAME GRAB. BELOW I’D LIKE YOU TO POST SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLACES YOU’LL BE GOING AND WHY
HOW TO MAKE A SCREENGRAB ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSn5JtS53BI Links to an external site.
HOW TO MAKE A SCREENGRAB ON A MAC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89GA6a4lAn4 Links to an external site.
“Favorite Places Walking Tour of TEN Favorite Places ”
Location #1–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #2–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #3–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #4–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #5–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #6–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #7–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #8–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #9–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Location #10–short description about why you want to go there and a description of the location.
Comments from Customer
Discipline: Journalism

We are throwing this event:
The event that we plan on conducting is a flag football game between the current Washington Commanders team and Local High School Area Players. A list of the top high school players in the DMV will be contacted to see if they are interested in the event. This game will be a free event open to the public. The purpose of this event is to draw interest for the Washington Commanders team and to get the fanbase more excited about the upcoming season by getting involved in the community.
The goals for this event includes to increase ticket sales for the upcoming season by promoting the team in a positive light. Another goal for this event is to get more fan engagement and more interest for the Washington Commanders by allowing local high school players to have the opportunity to play against commanders players.
Do the following:
Date and Time –State the exact full date (including day of the week) and time of the event. Clearly explain and justify the date and time, keeping in mind competing events, accessibility for the target audience, necessary lead-time and weather. Explain if there is a weather contingency plan in place, what it is, if one is needed or not and why.
Audience – Explain in detail who your target audience will be. Think about demographics, age, gender, interests, geographic area, etc. Give an estimate of how many people you are expecting at your event and explain how you arrived at that number. Describe how your audience will register for the event. You will need to include the admission price and indicate if tickets will be sold in advance or if they are sold at the door or both.
Activities – Describe each of the activities that will make up and take place at your event. Be sure to answer the following questions when preparing this section: What activities am I planning for my event?How am I arranging those activities? Who will manage/perform the activities? What will my program/schedule look like? For each activity, you should include a detailed description, samples, photos, etc. Examples of “activities” might include such things as: entertainment, guest speakers, rides, children’s games, exhibitor booths, demonstrations, silent auction, dancing, contests, competitions, door prizes, etc.
We came up with these so include them: Mini basketball game (winner gets a prize), area with Mini games, Beer tasting, Raffle at the end of the event. (The winner gets a game-worn jersey.) Fans get to play 1 vs 1 against each other.
Risk Management – Clearly identify at least three specific risks that apply to your event. For each of the three risks, carefully explain:
1) Why the event is prone to the given risk and what problems or obstacles do you foresee?
2) How can you prepare for these?
3) What are your solutions if these problems occur?

https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/mgm-resorts-investigating-cybersecurity-issue-at-hotels-casinos-50487828?st=d1nhrfty388t0sy&reflink=article_copyURL_share
read the article thoroughly using the above link , and write a discussion paper by answering the following questions:
1) What is a summary (bullet points) of this article?
2) What did make you select this article? Any interesting or important points?
3) What is your opinion on the issues or trends you can find in this article?
4) How can you use the information (article) in your current/future workplace?
Again, for each assignment, you must choose an article, which is related to the hospitality industry.

the prompt: The event that we plan on conducting is a flag football game between the current Washington Commanders team and Local High School Area Players. A list of the top high school players in the DMV will be contacted to see if they are interested in the event. This game will be a free event open to the public. The purpose of this event is to draw interest for the Washington Commanders team and to get the fanbase more excited about the upcoming season by getting involved in the community.
The goals for this event includes to increase ticket sales for the upcoming season by promoting the team in a positive light. Another goal for this event is to get more fan engagement and more interest for the Washington Commanders by allowing local high school players to have the opportunity to play against commanders players.
What you need to complete: SWOT analysis and Risk Management. (Be as clear as you can)

kindly check the attached file
the question is written in RED. I have included sources and other materials for you
please do not use any external sources

The responds from 13 respondents are to be provided. I will email. You are to make within case analysis to analyse each of the 2 Homestay Programs namely Taun Gusi Homestay which is more successful and Aki Nabalu Homestay which is not so successful. You are to analyse in terms of:
1. Profile of each of the 2 Homestay Programs
2. Motivational factors to participate in each of the Homestay Programs
3. Available resources and key challenges: natural capital, social capital, physical capital (facilities, road, utilities, financial capital, human capital) in each of the 2 Homestay Programs.

After downloading the article, start with abstract, then focus on the conceptual part (e.g. Discussion and Conclusion), not methodology ›Your reflection Paper should include:  ›A summary of the article – rephrase, not copy & paste. Your paper will be checked for similarity score.  ›Based on the article topic, propose and elaborate two future research questions within the hospitality industry: o At least 1 paragraph for each future research question. It requires you to put some thoughts and do some further research on your interested research questions. You should clearly explain what research question you want to investigate, why this research question is important, what results you would expect, and how the expected results can contribute to the theory and industry practices. o Sometimes the “Limitation and Future Directions” section can be helpful. But please don’t directly copy paste anything from the paper 🙂 You need to reflect on what you have read in the assigned article, then propose and elaborate TWO future research questions that you would like to conduct a research to find the answers. You need  At least 1 paragraph for each future research question. It requires you to put some thoughts and do some further research on your interested research questions.  You should clearly explain what research question you want to investigate, why this research question is important, what results you would expect, and how the expected results can contribute to the theory and/or industry practices

After downloading the article, start with abstract, then focus on the conceptual part (e.g. Discussion and Conclusion), not methodology ›Your reflection Paper should include:  ›A summary of the article – rephrase, not copy & paste. Your paper will be checked for similarity score.  ›Based on the article topic, propose and elaborate two future research questions within the hospitality industry: o At least 1 paragraph for each future research question. It requires you to put some thoughts and do some further research on your interested research questions. You should clearly explain what research question you want to investigate, why this research question is important, what results you would expect, and how the expected results can contribute to the theory and industry practices. o Sometimes the “Limitation and Future Directions” section can be helpful. But please don’t directly copy paste anything from the paper 🙂 You need to reflect on what you have read in the assigned article, then propose and elaborate TWO future research questions that you would like to conduct a research to find the answers. You need  At least 1 paragraph for each future research question. It requires you to put some thoughts and do some further research on your interested research questions.  You should clearly explain what research question you want to investigate, why this research question is important, what results you would expect, and how the expected results can contribute to the theory and/or industry practices.

(1,000 words) in APA format (including cover page, in-text citations, and reference page) about how your media consumption has influenced:
How you see yourself
How you see others
How you see the world
The essay should have the following:
Introductory paragraph with a thesis statements: The purpose of this essay is to discuss x, y and z. This essay will focus on x, y and z points.
“How much” or “how little” media you consumed during the week and discuss the extent to which this is a typical week and if it not typical, why not.
What does a typical week of media consumption look like for you?
Share any surprises you found from your media consumption for the week.
A substantial section of the essay where you analyze and discuss:
How different individuals are represented in the media you consume and/or you can comment on who is not represented in the media you consume:
Please choose at least three aspects of identity to discuss–race, gender expression, age, sexual identity, disability, chronic illness, economic status, religion—and explain whether the representations that you see and hear in the media that you consume are accurate, inaccurate, and/or based on stereotypes, myths and/or misinformation. Which stereotypes, myths and misinformation is being included and how does that influence how we see ourselves, other people and the world? If you think it’s an accurate representation, please explain why you think it’s accurate.
In this section, also discuss how media consumption is linked to leisure
(cite at least two course readings to support this part of your essay).
A concluding section of the essay where you discuss how you can become a more critical consumer of media:
How can you be more thoughtful in your consumption, understanding and analysis of your media?
For this final section, read at least one of the links below to inform your response (be sure to cite your source)
You can also find your own essay/article about critical consumption of media (be sure to cite it in the paper and at the end)
Reminder: All must be written in APA format, including: cover page, in-text citations, and a reference page.