...Johan Bruwer; Justin Cohen Purpose Craft beer (CB) has gained prominence in the on-premise trade in the USA, which has become the world’s largest market for CB. Academically based research in the hospitality domain examining consumer behavioral psychology-based constructs in the situational...

... 290 amateur golfers in the USA. Findings – Data analysis results show that four attributes of a private country club (all except for food and beverage cart service) help to enhance brand prestige and, thus, aid in the creation of social value, brand attachment and brand loyalty. Lastly, brand...

... line. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Hospitality industry Trends Revenue Expenses USA Food and beverage revenues reached $2,444 per country club member in 2000, an increase of 24.8 percent over 1999. Overall, food and beverage revenues accounted for approximately 30 percent of total revenue...

... and future success. The findings indicate areas for individual manager preparation and organizational program development. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Competences Managers Hospitality industry USA The term “competency” can be defined in different ways. Common among the definitions...

... in the USA. Through a series of focus groups, club managers’ approaches to training are explored concentrating upon training subjects, methods used and challenges associated with the training process. Other writers have focused on the relatively scant amounts that the industry allocates to its training...

...Michael T. MacHatton; Thomas Van Dyke; Robert Steiner Reports on a survey of chain and independent restaurants in the USA designed to learn about current practices in selection and retention of managerial personnel; of 584 surveys sent out, 112 were returned for a response rate of 19.2 per cent...

... Vegas, Nevada, USA. Cards were assessed with regard to frequency and mode of availability, information content, service quality, card design, and management follow‐up. Although 81 per cent of the buffets made use of comment cards, problems were found with accessibility, comprehensiveness of information...

...J.S. Perry Hobson Suggests that violent crime has become an increasing problem in the USA. What academic work has been done on the issue of security, has tended to focus on the guest as opposed to the employee. Yet, recent statistics have revealed that the hospitality industry is among the most...

... opportunities separate from promotion fairness, a factor neglected in current job satisfaction measures. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Hotels Job satisfaction Organizational behaviour Staff turnover USA It is almost a truism among managers in the hotel sector that turnover is a problem. Relative...

... Hospitality industry USA Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The virus is in a group classified as retroviruses and is spread by engaging in unprotected sex, exchanging blood products (most commonly done by sharing...

...Ali Kara; Erdener Kaynak; Orsay Kucukemiroglu In recent years, a major food consumption trend in the USA and Canada is that more people are eating more meals outside their homes. It is predicted that this trend will accelerate in the future. As a result,fast‐food markets will offer greater growth...

... Restaurants Strategic management Strategy USA Entrepreneurial studies in the literature reveal that small organizations can be influenced dramatically by the type of leader in determining strategies and structure. There are various typologies that deal independently with each environment, structure...

... development Careers Catering industry Hospitality industry Hotel and catering Surveys USA Professionally managed food and beverage (F&B) operations are crucial to the success of a full service hotel. The F&B department in a full service hotel is required to generate revenue and profits...

...(ε_itε_it = σ²_j © MCB UP Limited 1994 Hospitality industry Hotel and catering Mergers and acquisitions Shareholders USA Wealth The period of the 1980s continues to be viewed as a decade unsurpassed by any other with respect to the level of acquisition...

...Muzaffer Uysal; Cary D. McDonald; Bonnie S. Martin Evidence suggests that the demand for outdoor recreation by visitors from overseas countries is increasing in the USA and is likely to continue in the near future. To offer international tourists opportunities for quality experience...

...Josef A. Mazanec Discusses consumer lifestyle attributes and psychographic data with respect to market segmentation and as systematized by“Eurostyles”. Describes a sample application of a neural network model to assist in the transfer of the Eurostyle typology to the USA. Europe Hospitality...

... industry and discusses strategies used by hospitality companies in response to the situation. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Construction industry Economy Financing Investment Strategy USA CURRENT ECONOMIC ISSUES FACING THE US LODGING INDUSTRY 3 Overbuilding in the lodging industry, the Gulf War...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1993 Business travel Hospitality industry USA 16 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT 5,3 Infrequent and frequent business travellers are compared in the light of what they consider important with regard to hotel service. Do American Business...

.... Greater Emphasis on Price Both the lodging and restaurant industries in the USA are pursuing a strategy of discounting on an uprecedented scale. Resort locations, for example, currently average around 25 per cent discounts on advertised room rates while city centre hotels and airport properties average 24...

... in the study. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Advertising Research Surveys USA Hotels MOTEL ADVERTISING: PRACTICES AND THEMES | 1 7 A dvertising practices in the motel industry are evaluated as a whole. Motel Advertising: Practices and Themes Larry S. Lowe and Allen Kruger International Journal...