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Unit of Study HOTL5001 - The Global Hotel Landscape (2020)

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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

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Brisbane - The Hotel School
Session1,2,3
Session1,2,3
Melbourne - The Hotel School
Session1,2,3
Session1,2,3
Online
Session2,3
Session2,3
Sydney - The Hotel School
Session1,2,3
Session1,2,3

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Identify and describe the key drivers of the contemporary hotel
2 Identify the impact of destination image on local hotel businesses
3 Compare elements shaping hotel portfolios
4 Integrate the global hotel landscape concepts and theories within a real-world scenario

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

  1. Identify and describe the key drivers of the contemporary hotel
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. Identify the impact of destination image on local hotel businesses
    • GA4:
  3. Compare elements shaping hotel portfolios
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. Integrate the global hotel landscape concepts and theories within a real-world scenario
    • GA1:
    • GA5:

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