International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 3 Issue 4

Do Corporate Failure Prediction Models Work?

Debra J. Adams

During periods of recession or rapid expansion the need to monitorclosely the performance of a business is essential and there arefinancial techniques available to do this. One…

Hospitality Internationalisation: An Empirical Investigation

Rachel M. Beattie

An analysis of the extent of internationalisation within theEuropean hotel industry is presented. Porter′s industry mappingtechnique is applied to 62 sample companies to identify…

IT Connectivity and Pan‐European Hospitality Marketing

Paul R. Gamble

Much of the focus on information technology has been on thetechnology rather than the information. Developments in computing andcommunication systems have sharply accelerated the…

International Marketing and Competition in European Markets

Simon Crawford‐Welch

This places the industry within the dynamic environment provided bythe push towards the free movement of goods and overall marketliberalisation within the European Community as…

Structural Changes: The International Hospitality Industry and Firm

Michael D. Olsen

Increasing competition in the hospitality industry in Europe anddownsizing of head‐office staff in corporate firms will require thedevelopment of new unit‐level management skills…

Macro Analysis Techniques: An Appraisal of Europe′s Main Hotel Markets

David Litteljohn, Paul Slattery

The analysis concentrates on the underlying economic anddemographic factors that drive hotel demand in the five main markets ofthe European Community: France, Germany, Italy…

Resources in the International Hotel Industry: A Framework for Analysis

Stuart Horsburgh

Given the increasingly competitive nature of the internationalhotel industry, understanding sources of competitive advantage is likelyto become a critical management task in the…

From à la Carte to Cafeteria‐style Management Development

Sandra Watson

The advent of large international hospitality organisations and thepressures for leaner organisational structures brings into questiontraditional forms of developing management…

Developing Hotels in Europe: Some Reflections on Progress and Prospects

Richard Teare

As UK and American hospitality firms seek to extend theiroperations across Europe, this article focuses on some of the keyconcerns which are currently occupying the time and…