Essay guidelines:
Choice of hotel to support the individual essay Choose one of the following hotels:
– Hotel used for the Group project, or
– A hotel used as a case study in another of your courses,
for which you can compute realistic (though estimated)
financial figures, or
– A hotel where you have a professional experience and
can compute realistic (though estimated) financial figures
1) Task 1: Describe this hotel (scale, room number, location, services…) to provide the right context of your chosen case study
Task 2: Identify the three primary environmental and three primary social adverse side effects associated with this hotel. Provide justifications for each of these six selections based on the unique context of this hotel.
Cognitive Skills
Information literacy
Transferable skill –
Learning how to learn
Task 3:
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Select one of these externalities.
For the chosen externality, outline three to five potential strategies for reducing its impact.
Within the range of available solutions, perform a comparative analysis of at least two options. This analysis should encompass:
The operational adjustments required, along with their associated expenses and potential savings.
The opportunities and challenges each solution presents, including their impact on both revenues and costs.
The primary reasons an owner of the hotel might resist implementing a particular solution.
Conclude by identifying the most suitable solution.
Cognitive Skills
Information literacy
Numeracy skills
Transferable skill –
Learning how to learn
Structure :
– Title section with first and last name, date, hotel name
– Table of content with list of figures and tables (if any)
– Part 1 : Hotel description (appr. 200 words)
– Part 2 : Environmental and social externalities analysis
(appr. 800 words)
– Part 3 : Comparative study of solutions (appr. 600 words +
relevant tables and figures)
– Conclusion on the feasibility and choice of solution(s) (appr
300 words)
– Appendix (optional)
– References
