International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 6 Issue 6

Career Paths in American Luxury Hotels: Hotel Food and Beverage Directors

Eddystone C. Nebel, Carl G. Braunlich, Yihong Zhang

While much has been written on operational aspects of hotel food andbeverage functions, the literature on career paths and backgroundcharacteristics of successful food and…

Pricing a Motel’s Location

Adrian O. Bull

Looks at ways of extracting the maximum marketing advantages out of ahotel/motel′s location. Sets out a methodology for formally determiningthe value, and price of a hotel or…

Acquisitions, Shareholder Wealth and the Lodging Sector: 1980‐1990

Francis A. Kwansa

Examines the shareholder wealth effects of acquisitions in the lodgingsector during the 1980s. Using the event study method, estimates thesize of additional wealth accruing to…

Feng Shui: Its Impacts on the Asian Hospitality Industry

J.S. Perry Hobson

Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shui”) means literally wind and water and is atype of geomancy or divination from nature. It originated in China, andrelates to nature and the position…

Hospitality Education in Malaysia: Filling the Skill Gap

Alistair Goldsmith, Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari

The recent development of the visitor market in Malaysia has brought tolight an increasingly urgent need to supply adequate numbers of skilledpersonnel in the hotel sector…