Case Name :      Note on the Global Hotel Industry

Authors :           Gevork Papiryan

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            908M28

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    23 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

The hotel industry has experienced tremendous growth since the 1980s and has emerged as a global industry. During the expansion processess and rise of competition, multinational, multi-brand corporations, such as Hilton Hotels Corporation, were in the process of finding new markets and setting priorities. On the other hand in emerging markets, such as Russia, most of the national hotel industry had been formed under the pressure of foreign hotel chains. In addition to competing with foreign firms in their own markets, local Russian companines were also planning to enter international markets. In this environment where competition was strengthening within the global hotel industry, and new players were emerging, a number of questions and challenges existed: 1) How could firms effectively leverage their competencies and increase their competitiveness? 2) Would the multinational hotel corporations continue to expand their brand portfolios? 3) How could hotel chains maintain their integrity during the expansion on a global scale? 4) What strategies might apply to convince Western hotel companies to compete in emerging markets? 5) Which direction would further develop the hotel industries in emerging economies.