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New Hotel Projects – Role of the owner’s representative
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GA, 2018 The owner representative represents the owner/board of directors and drives the project on behalf of the owner/board. The DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT can be sub-divided into the following stages; Objective of the projectInception (registration-legalize-article of association-joint venture agreement)Feasibility...
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Development Basic Fundamentals – 2017
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By Giovanni Angelini Successful hotels are the ones who are build and operate for the long term and the ones who continue to add value to their customers and have durable strategy of competitive advantage. We cannot get away from...
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Introduction to Development – 2014
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A – Basics Management Company (Operator): A company that manages hotels for owners typically in return for fees and/or a share of revenues. A management company may or may not have any of its own funds invested in a hotel...
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“China Marching On…..”
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(Submitted by G. Angelini for the 2013 Hotel Yearbook, École hôtelière de Lausanne) China Hospitality Industry is reaping the rewards of the current tourism boom with analysts reporting positive market performance and record hotel construction pipelines. Is this level of...
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21st Century Outlook and Road Map
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(Written by G. Angelini for a Professional Publication, China, March 2011) Franchising & Management Agreements Given the importance of branding and need of globalization, it’s not surprising that franchising and management agreements will continue to play a strong role in...
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Developing New Hotel Projects in China
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(Written by G. Angelini for the 2011 Hotel Yearbook Publication) FAR FROM BEING JUST THE «FLAVOR OF THE MONTH,»  DEVELOPING NEW HOTEL PROJECTS IN CHINA, AND TO SOME EXTENT IN INDIA, CAN BE REFERRED TO AS THE «FLAVOR OF THE...
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Developing a quality resort hotel in a remote / secluded place
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(GA 2012) (Some useful guidelines on the process and logistics) Financial viability: it is of the outmost importance for a developer to do an in-depth market survey and assess the business potential of the destination. Isolated resorts are expensive to...
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New Supply and Development Trends within Asia
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(Presentation at an Hotel Investment Conference in China, January 2011) Asia has seen an aggressive growth of new hotels over the 7-8 years and consequently a number of cities and destinations are over-supplied while few Cities within the Region could do with new developments and...
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Future Watch
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(Written by G. Angelini for the TTG-Asia Anniversary Issue, July 2009) MarketsTraditional market sources, i.e. North America, Japan and Europe, will remain available, but we will see strong growth from emerging markets, especially China, India and, to some extent, the...
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Can Asian Brands Go Global?
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(Interview, July 2009) Giovanni Angelini has been in the hotel industry for 48 years, “working in every position from the front door to CEO,” as he tells AHCT. His career has taken him from summer internships as a teenager to...
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