Student Perspectives on the Quality of Hotel Management Internships

ABSTRACT

Internships have been widely used as an educational component for hotel management students. Despite the importance of internships, there has been limited empirical research in the academic literature on the quality of internships for hotel management students. The three stakeholders, academic institutions (educators), students, and organizations (employers) are important elements in the success of internships. From the viewpoint of students, this study examined the ranking of the level of expectation before placement and satisfaction after placement of selected internship issues, the differences between satisfaction and expectations, and the relation between these differences and demographic characteristics. Upon completion of the internships, it was found that the ranking of student issues was relatively higher than of academic institutions or organization issues. In addition, it was found that the differences on all issues before and after placement were significant. Finally, there were also differences concerning a few issues among the demographic groups. This study concludes that programs need to be improved to make internships successful. Although the study is based on research in Korea, it is argued that suggestions and discussions of the selected internship issues may be potentially applicable to hotel management internships in other countries.     

合肥市旅游饭店经营现状评价分析

本文首先分析了合肥市旅游饭店业的发展现状,指出合肥市旅游饭店业在整个安徽省旅游业发展中的重要地位。在此基础上,从企业规模、经济效益与经济贡献、成本与费用三大方面构建了评价指标体系,运用主成分分析法和因子分析法对合肥市旅游饭店09年经营数据加以分析,从而对合肥市旅游饭店的发展现状进行了客观评价,对旅游饭店竞争力的提高有一定的指导作用。     

我国经济型酒店的发展对策分析

文章从分析我国经济型酒店的发展现状入手,探讨了其发展中出现的问题,提出了相应的发展对策。     

基于DEA方法的内外资星级酒店效率评价与差异分析——以东部省份14个城市为例

近年来,酒店投资规模不断扩大,但整体收益却不尽如人意,内外资星级酒店利润率差距明显。应用DEA方法对2011~2016年我国东部省份14个主要城市的内外资星级酒店效率进行评价,研究发现:从综合效率来看,虽然内外资酒店存在差异,但两者总体水平均较高,且两者波动趋势一致;从技术效率来看,外资酒店略高于内资酒店,两者差距不明显,且差距有缩小的趋势;从规模效率来看,内外资酒店均处于较高水平,但两者差距明显;从效率分类来看,不同效率水平下的内外资酒店技术效率和规模效率表现不同。据此,对内外资星级酒店综合效率与影响因素之间的关系进行了进一步研究。     

Human capital in the Dubai hotel industry: A study of four- and five-star hotels and the HR challenges they face

Dubai brands itself as an international leisure and business center and home to the luxury hotel market. While hotel growth has been, and continues to be rapid, little is known about hotel employees, their demographics or how they feel about working in this industry. This article reports the findings of what is the first review of Dubai hotel human capital, noting there are significant difference in workforce demographics to other countries, for example, it is male dominated, highly educated, and employees note positive levels of organizational social capital. It also highlights potential challenges going forward.     

中国经济型饭店市场选择的空间特征及其影响因素——基于全国性与区域性连锁的对比分析

市场潜力和区位优势是连锁饭店选址的重要依据,两类连锁饭店市场选择具有差异性。回归分析结果表明:以GDP、人均GDP、非农业人口、消费品零售、批发零售总额为代表的市场潜力成为中国经济型连锁饭店总体市场选择中最重要的因素。另外,全国性经济连锁饭店在北京、上海这样的一线城市重点布局,选择铁路交通便利的城市,区域性经济连锁饭店在发源地城市的分店要显著多于其他城市,并开始逐步朝周边城市扩张。     

酒店顾客体验价值理论研究

顾客体验价值已被视为现代酒店竞争优势的新来源.体验价值是一种新的顾客价值,包括功能性价值和情感性价值,另外还有盈溢效应.酒店顾客体验价值的驱动因素由品牌形象、地理位置、有形产品、无形服务和物有所值五部分构成.酒店顾客体验价值的创造模型由识别关键竞争要素入手,在形成明确的营销战略之后,通过一系列体验价值驱动因素的作用,使顾客形成独特的体验,最终为酒店创造出完美的顾客体验价值.     

Overcoming the barriers to successful implementation of information technology in the U.K. hotel industry

This article examines the organisational barriers to successful implementation of information technology in the hotel industry. These are barriers of will, ability, and finance which block the routes to integration of internal systems.     

Hotel Attributes and Consumer Satisfaction: A Cross-Country and Cross-Hotel Study

The main purpose of this study was to identify the influence of the consumer’s country of residence on hotel service attributes’ contribution to consumer satisfaction. The hospitality services of Disneyland Paris in Paris, France, were analyzed in the context of the study. Data came from their seven hotels and comprised 47,885 valid questionnaires. The Tetraclasse model was applied to identify hotel attributes’ contribution to satisfaction and compare them for consumer segments from eight European countries and between hotels. Results showed that the four service attributes’ contributions are influenced by country of residence and vary between hotels.     

The first space hotel employees: Human resources challenges in a post-terrestrial paradigm

ABSTRACT

This article discusses some of the issues regarding the first employees to work in a space hotel. As space hotels initially will be vastly different to existing hotels on Earth, it is important to question what human resource challenges this will raise for hospitality workers and providers. To assist reflection on this issue, the notions of space tourism and space tourist are explored, and a definition of a space hotel is included to create product and service boundaries. Plausible futures methodology is used to create five main human resource considerations and concludes by suggesting this sector is largely unexplored.