Create a narrated PowerPoint highlighting details of your hotel. Be sure to include the following:
- Franchise or Independent hotel
- Hotel description (name, number of rooms, etc)
- Decor / Furnishings
- Amenities
- Geographic Location
- Competition
- Marketing Plan
- Hotel Departments
- Your Hotel Experience
- Security Features
- Revenue Management
- The Course Project Presentation (due Week 8) will be a maximum of 15 slides. This does not include the title and references slide. Please include the sections above in the same sequence as listed above in your course paper.
- Even though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment, and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative, outside references are required. (Anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable.) These should be listed on the last page titled works cited.
- APA format and citations are required.
- This project overall is worth 280 total points and will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of APA citations, grammar, and sentence structure.
The following are the best practices in preparing this paper.
- Cover Page: Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared, and the date.
- Table of Contents: List the main ideas and section of your paper and the pages in which they are located. The illustrations (if any) should be included separately.
- Introduction: Use a header on your paper. This will indicate you are introducing your paper.The purpose of an introduction or opening is as follows.
- Introduce the subject and why the subject is important.
- Preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered.
- Establish a tone of the document.
Include in the introduction a reason for the audience to read the paper. Also, include an overview of what you are going to cover in your paper and the importance of the material. (This should include or introduce the questions you are asked to answer on each assignment.)
- Body of Your Report: Use a header titled with the name of your project. Example: “The Development of Hotel X – A World Class Resort.” Then proceed to break out the main ideas. State the main ideas, state major points in each idea, and provide evidence. Break out each main idea you will use in the body of your paper. Show some type of division, like separate sections that are labeled, separate group of paragraphs, or headers. You would include the information you found during your research and investigation.
- Summary and Conclusion: Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the body of your report. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the lodging industry. Additional hints on preparing the best possible project follow.
- Apply a three-step process of writing: plan, write, and complete.
- Prepare an outline of your research paper before you go forward.
- Complete a first draft and then go back to edit, evaluate, and make any changes required.
- Use visual communication to further clarify and support the written part of your report. Examples include graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts, maps, drawings, animation, video clips, pictograms, tables, and Gantt charts.
- Works Cited: Use APA format.
