Assignment To assume role of Chris Mell, CMA, and prepare a report for the President and CEO Andrew Mayd. This report will advise him on how to address issues facing organization and items discussed at the management meeting. Executive Summary GR Hotels Mission is to provide clean, comfortable rooms, good quality services to business and pleasure travelers in Toronto and Montreal at competitive prices. The Vision is to be the hotels of choice for travelers in Canadian cities. The Goals are to increase occupancy rates, focus on business travellers and provide at least a 15% after tax return on any proposed investment.
A lot of the buildings that were built in the early 1800’s still remain New York fixtures. City Hall was built in 1812, and is still used today. In this time period, New York City boomed thanks to the European settlers in the 1830s. Businessmen became very wealthy thanks to stock trading. As a result many men built grand mansions along “millionaire’s row” on lower Fifth Avenue, which is still a very wealthy part of New York today.
The Canadian governments website boast, “Canadian businesses are ‘getting connected’ more than ever before, exploiting advances in communications technology to reach out into the global marketplace in search of buyers for their products. Though we have always been a nation looking outward for markets, Canadian trade continues to grow beyond our borders” (The Government of Canada, economy overview). According to Robert Pastor, the head professor of international relations at Emory University, trade between the United States and Canada has historically been high. Writing about the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) impact international trade in Canada, Pastor writes, “Although two-way trade between Canada and the United States had always been high, it had stagnated for the decade before the Free Trade Agreement; then it doubled” (Pastor 70). After signing NAFTA, Canada experienced a major boom in the economy.
Such supplies ranged from ammunition to clothes and so forth. To sustain the growing economy, the immigration policies had to be reviewed in order to increase the human capita. Canada found itself with a more open immigration policy in the decades after WW2 due to an increase economic output and need of skilled workers. The immigration policy saw many reviews due to the constant economy changes and needs. The influx of immigrants accepted had many positive effects on the Canadian economy and society but as any positive effect, there were some negative effects associated with accepting the large number of immigrants.
For instance, Canada’s four main emerging products could be associated to with different sections of the Chinese economy ranging from ores to manufacturing, from wood to residential construction and from vegetable oil and seeds to domestic consumer consumption. In 2012, 31 percent of Canada’s ores were exported to China, making China its biggest customer for ores. Furthermore, export of wood and oil seeds increased by 74 percent and 167 percent respectively, in 2012. As China’s demand for more sophisticated products increases, Canadian exporters will have a unique opportunity to capitalize on this by providing more services related to their products. Although there is shift in China’s economic policies, its massive domestic market will
Executive Summary As the biggest chain of company-owned and -operated budget motels in the United States, Motel 6 has a number of advantages that will provide continued success into its future in motel industry. Services is the biggest strength of the motel and is evidenced by the loyal customers. Motel 6’s profits have been fluctuating up and down between 3 to 4 percent of annual revenue per room since 1995, and the company expects that will be gradually increasing by entering the extended-stay market. The study of traditional budget motels were losing customers to extended-stay properties, and the growing acceptance of the extended-stay concept could make it easier for Motel 6 to enter the market. However, Motel 6 has some disadvantages.
CVS Caremark is designing a global expansion strategy to target areas that are profitable and promising demographically. CVS Caremark will select United Kingdom as a country to enter and establish a solid relationship. Background of company and of country CVS Pharmacy was established over 40 years ago in 1963 in Lowell, Massachusetts by Sid Goldstein, Stanley Goldstein and Ralph Hoagland and originally sold health and beauty products. The corporation headquarters is currently in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and employs over 200,000 as of December 2012. In the last 40 years CVS has experienced tremendous growth.
They also sponsor many parties on St Jean baptise. Marketing - There marketing is very strong, they have commercials during each of the major sporting events, which is watched by millions of people. Tradition – Labatt has a big tradition of family and using the best Canadian product to make the beer for example; using gains from Canada. Strong Research and Developing – Labatt has a strong Research and Developing facility for making the best beer, they are continuously improving their taste of beer and technology of their equipment for efficient and effective use. Weakness Innovation – Labatt has one of the strongest R&D facilities especially since they are funded by Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V.
COMPANIES SAY HAVING A DIVERSE WORK FORCE IS GOOD -- NOT JUST RESPONSIBLE -- BUSINESS DIVERSITY ROCKS; [FOUR STAR Edition] GREG SCHNEIDER AND DINA ELBOGHDADY, THE WASHINGTON POST. Pittsburgh Post - Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Aug 3, 2003. pg. J.1 Abstract (Summary) "Because our population is diverse, and because of the increasingly global reach of American business, the skills and training needed to succeed in business today demand exposure to widely diverse people, cultures, ideas and viewpoints," the companies -- which included Microsoft, 3M Co., Eastman Kodak Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Pfizer Inc. -- wrote in the court brief. "Employees at every level of an organization must be able to work effectively with people who are different
Las Vegas, city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Revenue from hotels (including most of the world’s largest), gambling, entertainment, theme parks, resorts, and other tourist-oriented industries forms the backbone of the economy. The nightclubs, casinos, and championship boxing matches are world famous, and entertainment enterprises have led to an increasing array of music, sports, gambling, and amusement centers up and down the main «strip,» as the city succeeded in the 1990s in redefining itself as a family resort, complete with monorail (opened 2004).