Abstract The following paper discusses one of the many historical attractions in Wilmington, the famous Airlie Gardens. Designed at the beginning of the 1900?s, it encompasses some sixty-seven acres of post-Victorian European style gardens, including ten acres of freshwater lakes. This paper also focuses on the life and works of Minnie Evans, who worked as a gatekeeper in the Airlie Gardens, from 1948 to 1974, painting the scenery in the gardens whenever she had a break. This paper discusses the way in which her drawings of the Airlie Gardens helped her start her career as a well-acclaimed artist.
From the Paper ?A descendent of slaves from Trinidad, Minnie was born in a log cabin in Long Creek, North Carolina on December 1, 1892. She and her mother moved to Wilmington in 1893, and there Minnie was raised by her grandmother. She completed the fifth grade, and then went to work as a sounder, selling oysters and clams door-to-door. Minnie always saw a world invisible to everyone else and throughout her life, even her childhood, her night dreams were filled with visions, and her days filled with sights and voices only she experienced.?
Abstract The writer explores the industry, looking at both its positive and negative aspects and then makes conclusions about whether the legalization of sex tourism is a good or bad idea.
From the Paper "The sex tourism industry is a multi billion-dollar venture that takes paid customers around the world and sets them up with sex companions. The sex industry has been around for several decades and it is a booming business. The tourists who pay for the packages get transportation, a companion when they arrive at the destination and a vacation in another nation. The industry itself has a shady reputation and in many nations, especially the nations that receive the tourists and provide the companions there are movements to shut the industry down. "
Abstract The paper begins with a general discussion of the gambling industry, including legalization, revenue statistics and government regulation. Then the necessity of friendly and courteous dealers in casinos is explored, including positive representation of the casino to the public, and encouraging the spending of money and future return to the casino.
From the Paper "Gambling has been legal in Nevada since 1931. For the year 2001, total gaming revenue in the State of Nevada totaled $9,468,598,681. In addition, "The gaming industry's total contribution to federal, state, and local taxes is estimated to be $2.2 billion a year. These contributions mean Nevadans don"t pay, among others: state personal income tax, state corporate income tax (measured by net income), state sales tax on food, state inheritance tax, and state gift tax? (Berkley).
Gaming in Nevada is highly regulated by the State Gaming Control Board and in many aspects by the Federal Government. "All establishments where gaming is conducted and where gambling devices are operated, and manufacturers, sellers and distributors of certain gambling devices and equipment must therefore be licensed, controlled and assisted to protect the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants of the state, to foster the stability and success of gaming and to preserve the competitive economy and policies of free competition of the State of Nevada" (Gaming Control)."
Abstract This paper provides a brief history of tourism. The paper takes a look at different tourist attractions around the world. The writer focuses on the possible benefits of tourism to the tourists as well as to the visited country and her citizens. The writer also outlines the possible negative effects of tourism.
From the Paper "Tourism has a long history in India. Indian tourism is primarily cultural tourism, because Indian culture is one of the very few cultures where several elements of the past continue to live in the present. India is the home of one of the world's oldest civilization, its social structure as it exists today can be traced back thousands of years and empires of great size and complexity existed here much earlier than anything comparable in Europe."
An in-depth analysis of structural, technological and/or functional changes in an Israeli travel agency, focusing on the worker's reactions to these changes.
Abstract This paper examines the reactions of the workers and the head managers in an Israeli travel agency, "Hametayel", to technological and organizational changes in their place of work. The paper concentrates on the changes and the resistance to them from the individual point of view inside the organization. This includes the minor worker up to the manager, and is based on research and theories that were developed in this theme. The paper concludes with suggested recommendations for further improvements.
Abstract
Organizational changes
Resistance to changes
Elements that Cause Resistance
Overcoming Resistance
Strategies of Change Performance
"Hametayel" ? Travel Agency
The Research
The Goals
The Population
Methods and Tools
Findings
Conclusions of the Findings
Recommendations
Bibliography
Appendix
From the Paper "Business organizations need to perform changes in order to survive. Organizations need to adjust to the changing environment as well as to new technology, changes in role's size and other factors. Such changes might stimulate some resistance and in some cases this resistance might lead to prevent or reduce the performance of changes. A change is being performed in order to cancel a certain situation and lead to a new and different one instead. A successful change, in any area, is composed of three main stages: the "Thawing" stage of behavioral patterns, values and stands. The "pass" stage toward new orders and relationships- a "freezing" stage of a new situation. Each stage is connected to the other (Lewin, Kurt, 1951)."
From the Paper "San Francisco is a city for tourists. While it is also one of the best cities in which to live, tourism is such a major factor in the city's economy that it is impossible to conceive of it in any other way. It is, therefore, a city that needs to be looked at--and one that rewards looking. Despite having been almost completely destroyed by the earthquake and fire of 1906 San Francisco also features a large number of examples of architecture from another era. In part this is due to a number of pre-fire survivals and, more frequently, results from the fact that the fire preceded the rise of modernist taste in architecture. Although the destruction of much of the city's fine architecture has also taken place since the 1950s, in the name of progress, this is probably a serious miscalculation. While it is nearly always an aesthetic mistake, it could also.."
From the Paper "The last decade has been one of immense change. The face of industry has shifted yet again, this time in effort to accommodate a world that is digitizing, globalizing and of course, shrinking. The San Diego area in particular is in the midst of a sustained economic boom. Due largely- but not wholly- to the prosperity of the United States at large, San Diego has made the most of the technological revolution and has established itself as a haven for start-up tech firms and rapid development. Of course, the tried-and-true local industries that have long sustained San Diego do continue to create revenue in the region. Tourism, always a factor in San Diego, persists as an agent for the..."
From the Paper "This research develops a case study analysis of Hospitality Franchise systems, Inc. he findings of this analysis are presented within the contexts of (1) a company profile and relevant background information, (2) the service concepts underlying the company's business strategy, (3) an analysis of the company's financial performance and position, (4) an analysis and an assessment of the company's publicly-traded equity stocks, and (5) a statement of conclusions drawn from the research findings presented.
Company Profile and Relevant Background Information
Hospitality Franchise Systems, Inc. is a public stand-alone company that was founded in 1990. The principal ..."
Examines theory & practice of maximizing revenue in all time periods, despite changing demand, applied to hotel industry. Pricing, location, competition, computers, marketing, more.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 15 sources, 1996, $ 103.95
From the Paper "Yield management is the balance of selling limited and perishable inventories at the right price to the right customers. This means that a single commercial airplane flight can have many different prices based on the needs of the travelers involved and when they purchased their ticket. Hotels can have guests paying different rates for essentially the same room, and even hospitals are competing in ways that not only boost their occupancy rates, but their overall yield results.
Initially begun in the hospitality industry, yield management can be incorporated into other related industries where the conditions are right. However, there is the potential for problems if managers focus exclusively on yield management instead of building into their overall strategic plan."
From the Paper "Legalized gambling has evolved into a mainstream leisure activity in America. States relentlessly advertise their lotteries in the print and broadcast media. Major casinos emphasize their theme park atmospheres, promoting themselves as adult equivalents of Disneyland. Many religious institutions have become dependent on legalized gaming revenues. Native American tribes continue to be major players in the industry. Although gambling is now a national pastime, economists and sociologists express alarm at the rising social costs of this pursuit.
Native American tribes have reaped enormous economic benefits from legalized gambling. Tribes operate 225 gambling establishments nationwide, which took in an estimated $15.2 billion in 1992, a figure that is expected to grow by $500.."
Examines the history & changing nature of tourism, from a luxury of the super rich in Medieval times, through mass marketed vacation of today. Assesses the possibility of "object-specific" travel in the near future.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, 1998, $ 39.95
From the Paper "Tourism: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Yesterday's Grand Visions
Tourism, the act of paying money to go from one place to another to see different and unique sights, has been a fact of civilized life since approximately the 12th century. Of course, back in those days it was basically the upper, upper classes that had the time, the money, and the interest in travelling from one spot to another. The word "travel" by the way comes from the medieval English word "travail" which means suffering great hardship, and that is a very good description of travel in its earliest days. Much has been written about the journeys of Marco Polo, who until recently was considered the world's first tourist.
Celebrated in books, movies, musicals and television.."
From the Paper "There is a region called Chinatown in many major American cities, a region where Chinese immigrants have gathered together and opened businesses in such numbers that they have created a small version of their home in China. Such regions have a strong attraction for tourists because of the exotic nature of the food and goods sold. The best-known Chinatown may be that in Los Angeles because of its being featured in the movie Chinatown, which had little to do with Chinatown then or now.
The Chinatown best known as a tourist mecca is probably that in San Francisco, a Chinatown that has been closely identified with the city for decades. The reason for the concentration of Chinese in San Francisco in particular is historical, since many Chinese were brought to California in the nineteenth century to work on the railroads. Once the railroads were built, most..."
Abstract When Walt Disney opened an amusement park in the middle of Southern California orange groves in 1955, he changed the way that Americans, and the world, viewed such entertainment. Once the domain of carnival hucksters, amusement parks underwent a significant makeover at the hands of the head of the Disney Studios.
From the Paper "Introduction
When Walt Disney opened an amusement park in the middle of Southern California orange groves in 1955, he changed the way that Americans, and the world, viewed such entertainment. Once the domain of carnival hucksters, amusement parks underwent a significant makeover at the hands of the head of the Disney Studios. Through shrewd marketing, including a tie-in to a national television program, Disney successfully marketed Disneyland as a unique entertainment experience and made his theme park world famous. In the mid-1960s, plans were made for a second park, this one located in Florida, which was significant larger than the Anaheim park and which opened in the early 1970s. A third theme park opened in the 1980s in Tokyo, and a fourth in Europe in the early 1990s. The company also operates resorts at each of the theme park site..."
Abstract This paper explores how franchise owners and politicians justify building stadiums at the public's expense and analyzes the merits of these justifications. The focus then turns to the peculiar economic structure of sports, and how it relates to public stadium subsidies. Lastly, this paper examines other means, both public and private, by which stadium construction can be funded and discusses the relative merits of each of these methods. For the purpose of placing this discussing within a concrete framework, the first section comprises a case study of the Gateway Project in Cleveland, Ohio, which built new homes for Major League Baseball's "Indians" and the National Basketball Association's "Cavaliers".
From the Paper "Every major city in the United States is home to at least one, if not several, major sports franchises. These franchises are no doubt a great boon to their respective local economies in that they create jobs and increase tourism revenue. However, these benefits come at a cost, and the largest of these costs to cities is the construction of a new stadium. Some cities save on this cost by housing multiple teams (usually playing different sports) in the same facility, but in recent years team owners have become increasingly insistent on having an having a stadium exclusively for their team. Municipalities are then faced with the choice of shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars or having their local franchise move elsewhere."
Tags: arena, field, funding, government, gund, jacobs, team
From the Paper "Resort hotels outperformed standard hotels during 1990 in terms of occupancy levels, room rates and operating profits. During that year, occupancy levels exceeded standard hotels by 11 percent in the United States and elsewhere, and the average room rate in a resort was 80 percent higher than at standard hotels. This translates to an average occupancy rate of 75 percent for resorts and 64 percent for standard hotels (Blum, 18). Recognizing that resorts compose a unique and lucrative component of the hotel market, this research seeks to understand the different types of resorts and the occupancy problems that are associated with each. In addition, methods of increasing the occupancy rate are examined. The scope of the research is limited to the United States.
Resorts are hotels that are destinations in and of ..."
