Introduction This paper centres on exploring customer behaviour among Chinese consumers when making hotel bookings. The researcher chose the Chinese as a specific sub-group of the global hotel market because many studies have not explored their online booking preferences, despite their growing significance in the global tourism market. Three research...
Introduction High street travel agents have played a critical role in the growth of the tourism sector in the United Kingdom. According to Kurubacak and Altinpulluk (2017), tourists and business travellers have been relying on these agents to access hospitality and other relevant services conveniently. The growth of the local...
Introduction Contemporary society has greatly influenced the family structure during recent decades. The divorce rates increase rapidly and make single parent families a normal issue. Single parenting that used to be primarily narrowed to low-income communities and minorities, has become a wide-spread problem. Moreover, the situations when a woman decides...
Background The significance of the hospitality industry in the context of the UAE market cannot possibly be underrated. According to the report recently published by the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (2017), despite a recent slight drop in performance rates, the hospitality industry maintains its status of the most...
Introduction As mankind continues to socialise, the need to ensure continuity and interaction has created a series of ties that has made the process continuous across the globe. Basically, the interaction has become an instrumental part for exchanging ideas through hospitality, cultural events, festivals, and tourism. The benefits of the...
The discourse in this paper is about outsourcing facility management in the hospitality facilities design, management and maintenance. It includes a case study about outsourcing facilities in a national perspective of the hotel industry. Outsourcing facilities management in a business such as a hotel industry is a strategy which moves...
Establishing rapport Helping a child is an important element of a parent’s role. Parents are challenged to nurture a child as they grow up. A parent should accept that a child has a unique individuality or characteristic that will remain consistent. A parent may understand their child by watching them...
Abstract Parents’ influence on a child is an important aspect of a child’s life. A parent can influence a child’s cognitive development from childhood to adulthood. Various categories of parents for instance: uninvolved, authoritative, authoritarian, and indulgent have different influences on child development as discussed below (Tiller, Garrison & Block,...
The family is an important unit that provides economic and social support to its members. It nurtures and inculcates good morals into young ones and encourages them to emulate their practices. Families create the ground on which children develop their future skills and foundation for success (Pedro-Carroll 11). However, not...
The study utilized the questionnaire design after a survey of existing literature managing resident’s views of tourism development in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia. The survey is comprised of 20 questions carefully, designed to align with the research topic. This comparative study depends on the responses to seven socio-demographic and 20 Likert...
Many families with children suffering from disabilities are often faced with the problem of dealing with sibling issues about the same. In the past few decades, most of the treatment philosophies employed in handling disability have shifted from the traditional medical approach to a more comprehensive therapeutic approach (Dyke, Mulroy,...
The case study under consideration provides the overview of the new tourism niche — medical tourism (MT). It comprises 2% of general World’s Tourism (Horowitz, Rosensweig, & Jones, 2007). According to Nakra (2011), medical tourism concerns people who look for treatment abroad. The Medical Tourism becomes popular due to the...
Introduction Dubai embraces tourism as a core component in the goal to diversify its economy. The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has invested in luxurious facilities and conducted massive and extensive marketing campaigns to reach potential tourists (Bagaeen, 2007). Indeed, Dubai is witnessing an exponential growth in the...
Feasibility Assessment of a Winter Holiday Destination Introduction It often challenges families that are looking for a holiday destination to find a perfect tourist destination that will be suitable for family members of different ages. According to Mancini (2008), the safety and the happiness of everyone during the family holidays...
History: Key Legislation Gay and lesbian advocacy groups began mobilizing as early as the 1970s (Dautrich and Yalof 111). The goal of the advocacy groups was to achieve equality in same-sex marriage issues. In 1973, homosexuals Jack Baker and Michael McConnell failed to acquire a marriage license in Minnesota (Dautrich...
Introduction Same sex marriages involve unions of individuals of same sexes adopting a marriage life just like the normally realized heterosexual marriages. This paper seeks to discuss same sex marriage. The paper will look into some of the issues, social, legal and even political surrounding same sex marriages. Same sex...
Features of Tourism Development Planning at Different Levels Tourism is one of the most important economic activities in Montenegro. According to Bramwell (2004), this destination has a variety of attractions that have seen tourists visiting the country all year round. Tourism development planning would majorly be analyzed at the local...
The family situation In the Angel family, the state of affairs shows quite a number of dynamic dangers that affect the well-being of the family unit or members. For instance, the risk factors experienced in the family include household violent behaviors. The domestic violence might result from drunkard spouses, and...
Destination Inventory The market destination inventory provides a number of products and services for the tourist, based on competitive intelligence information. Typically, a number of tourist destinations exist all over the world. In the context of the current project, the target tourist destination is one of the East African countries,...
Introduction The question of quality services remains to be one of the most crucial in the sphere of management, and there are many sophisticated researchers and developers are eager to offer their own ideas on how to contribute the chosen field. In this report, the article ‘Exploring Service Quality in...
Introduction This research is aimed at examining the debate about same-sex marriage and conceptions of masculinity and femininity. In particular, it is necessary to explain why homosexual people are denied the right to marriage and why this issue is so often debated. This question can be discussed with the help...
Introduction Sustainability is an important determinant of success in virtually every industry. Apart from achieving financial success, companies are expected to engage in activities that have little or no negative effects on the environment. In the hospitality industry, protection of the environment is very important since it determines the long-term...
Introduction In the course of social evolution and globalization, nations form a consensus that certain practices can no longer be acceptable. An example of such practices is using violence to discipline children. Much progress has been made to end violence as a form of correction among children. Those who oppose...
Introduction Civil unions and marriages are some of the main topics that attract numerous controversies in the United States of America. Although they are mostly likened to marriages, civil unions are slightly different because they are not religious. They are usually partnerships permitted and controlled by state governments (Isenberg par....
Introduction The economy of the United Arab Emirates operates on the free market module. The policies designed by the government are meant to encourage commercial enterprises within the stringent mores of the Islamic religion. The lager part of the economy of the UAE comes from oil and its derivatives trade...
