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Unit description

Examines the socio-cultural, economic and global drivers of operational effectiveness across  contemporary hotel structures. An exploration of tourist, guest and customer requirements will enable students to adapt to the complex dynamics of globalisation and diversity, through destination image, marketing segmentation, supply chain management, quality control, and technology.

Unit content

This unit has 6 topics:

1. Introduction to hotel landscapes: the big picture

2. Contemporary issues for hotel structures

3. Marketing and the globalised hotel guest

4. Managing the hotel supply chain

5. Planning, operations and control in the contemporary hotel

6. Global hotel futures

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1Critically review the key drivers that have shaped the hotel landscape
2Analyse the impact of destination image on local hotel businesses
3Investigate future trends for hotel portfolios
4Apply key concepts and theories to real world scenarios

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Critically review the key drivers that have shaped the hotel landscape
  2. Analyse the impact of destination image on local hotel businesses
  3. Investigate future trends for hotel portfolios
  4. Apply key concepts and theories to real world scenarios

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

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