Critically analyse the current academic literature as it relates to hotel rooms division from but not limited to one of the topic areas listed below
This assignment consists of a research paper.
Paper Topic
Critically analyse the current academic literature as it relates to hotel rooms division from
but not limited to one of the topic areas listed below:
Topic Areas:
• Hotel, Front Office and/or Room Design
• Self Service Technology and Rooms Division
• Managing the Service encounter in Rooms Division
• Sustainability and Environmental Issues in Rooms Division
• Managing Quality in Rooms Division
• Service Excellence in Rooms Division
• Guest service recovery in Rooms Division
• Security in Rooms Division
• Risk Management in Rooms Division
• Social media marketing and Rooms Division
• Case study and analysis of the Rooms Division department of a Hotel (Primary
Research)
• Impact of COVID19 on the Rooms Division sector.
• Another relevant topic choice to be discussed and approved.
Note; the assignment should refer to a minimum of 6 refereed journal articles and book
sources in addition to other references (industry reports etc.). Submissions should be
supported with examples from industry.
Assessment Guidelines:
- Section headings.
- The paper should include:
• Title Page
• Table of Contents with page numbers
• Introduction
• Body of text with headings
• Conclusions and recommendations (if applicable)
• List of References / Bibliography - Pages should be numbered consecutively.
- Tables, diagrams and pictures for illustrative purposes may be used. Additional
material may be presented as an appendix to the paper. - The New Oxford English Dictionary should be used as a reference for all spelling
and hyphenations. - Referencing – Harvard System
