...Nikolaos Iason Koufodontis; Stella Zounta; Maria Papagiouvanni Purpose This paper aims to offer new insights on how the adoption of contemporary international accounting standards can affect the financial performance of a hotel. It provides significant input for strategic decision making...

...Dina Marie Zemke; Yun Ying Zhong; Carola Raab Purpose Firms that serve customers in the service environment rely on a well-designed servicescape. This is particularly true in the hotel industry, where the hotel’s design is an important part of the product mix. However, despite design’s importance...

...Bakhter Ihsan; Adel Alshibani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify, assess, rank, and compare the most influencing factors in three-, four-, and five-star hotels in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach A combination of literature and interviewing of ten...

...Ahmed Hassanien Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an empirically‐based insight into the practice and perception of architects, interior designers and building contractors who make up the external parties involved in the hotel renovation process. Design/methodology/approach...

... stakeholder group, the lending institution. Lending institutions often provide financing to the buyer and the financing decision is often based on the hotel's valuation. Based on a questionnaire survey of hotel valuation stakeholders this study reports the findings as to the perceived suitability...

...Sherif Roubi Reviews the literature on the valuation of intangibles for hotel investments. Contrary to the sceptical outlook portrayed in the literature, demonstrates the effectiveness of ex‐post models and hedonic pricing models (HPM) as an objective and robust tool in separating...