Accounting
Starwood & Marriott
Introduction
Purposes of analyzing Starwood & Marriott
This paper analyses and compares two major global hotel chains, Marriott International, Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Both chains have extensive investments in and outside the US. They have very strong brand names and are quite competitive. However they differ in their strategies, like the market segment each one targets, the role of technology in the business, the financial efficiency of their systems etc. The paper also analyses the benefits and demerits each chain faces as a result of the individual strategy they had adopted. They also analyzed the effect the recent financial recession had on each of the groups and how well or not they were placed to deal with it.
General background and current trends of hotel industry
Characteristic of hotel industry
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initial and ongoing investment support (reflected in the material upkeep of facilities and the luxuries located therein), and particular themes adopted by the marketing arm of the organization in question (such as a restaurant called the 51st fighter group that has a WW2 theme in music and other environmental aspects). Very important is also the characteristics of the personnel working in direct contact with the customers. The authenticity, professionalism, and actual concern for the happiness and well-being of the customers that is communicated by successful organizations is a clear competitive advantage.
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