Deze scriptie is gericht op het ontwerpen van een passend serviceconcept gericht op hospitality binnen de hotellerie. Deze scriptie is afgebakend tot de hotellerie binnen Hoek van Holland en het Westland. Tevens is het gericht op het faciliteren van een zo’n prettig en gastvrij mogelijke omgeving voor …

This research was created as a contribution to the internationalization strategy of RAI Amsterdam. The company wants to bring more international conferences, and exhibitions to Amsterdam. One of the objectives of this strategy is to create an ‘international standard’, which complies with the basic services, …

Turn the tide means learning from the past. Old school hard edge coastal management since 1834 created subsidence, salinization and low subterraneous water levels. By implementing natural tides at the center of the island of Ameland, a sustainable future can be created. Dynamic coastal management can …

Purpose – In many organizations, a major part of the daily activities is perceived as concentrated work (53% in this study). Hence, a lack of privacy at the workplace may be considered as a serious environmental stressor. Activity-based work environments usually provide non-assigned private rooms, to …

Bachelor-studenten van de Hotel Management School Maastricht beginnen hun opleiding Hoger Hotelonderwijs met een semester Hotel Orientation. De module Hotel Orientation was ten tijde van het onderzoek opgebouwd uit blokken van drie weken waarin studenten zich theoretisch oriënteren en gedurende steeds …

This dissertation increases our insight into the role of the service employee’s intercultural competences in the service to culturally diverse customers. Investigating the effect of the intercultural competences of service employees is of major importance because, as a consequence of globalization, the …

Worldhotel Grand Winston, onderdeel van Worldhotels is een zakenhotel in Rijswijk waar jaarlijks meer dan veertienduizend zakelijke gasten verblijven. Sommige van deze gasten zijn niet tevreden over hun verblijf zoals blijkt op hotelbeoordelingsinternetsites. Het management van het hotel wil weten waar …

Bachelor students of Hotel Management School Maastricht, part of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, start their educational program with a semester of orientation on Hotel Operations in theory and practice. The teaching staff was curious about students’ perception of what they learn …

This manifesto describes the notion of sustainable development according to its basic appeal for economic, social and environmental value-creation, together with the implications of its meaning at the level of the individual (the manager), the organisation (the business) and society. As sustainable tourism …

Chapter 39 in Health, Tourism and Hospitality: Spas, Wellness and Medical Travel, 2nd Edition takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the growing health, wellness and medical tourism sectors in a global context. The book analyses the history and development of the industries, the way in which they …