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Family hotel businesses: strategic planning and the need for education and training

Author(s) -

Mike Peters,

Dimitrios Buhalis

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

education + training

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743

H-Index - 65

eISSN - 1758-6127

pISSN - 0040-0912

DOI - 10.1108/00400910410569524

Subject(s) - tourism , business , marketing , hospitality , training (meteorology) , hospitality industry , destinations , hotel industry , small business , hospitality management studies , strategic planning , family business , geography , meteorology , archaeology

Small businesses dominate the tourism and hospitality industry worldwide and are of critical importance for the competitiveness of destinations. Small/family hotel businesses are characterised by a number of specific business processes which generate particular training and educational needs. It is increasingly clear that small businesses are not miniature versions of larger once, but they have different structures, priorities and strategic objectives. This paper investigates a number of management areas, such as: planning, strategy development and behaviour in these enterprises, to determine skill and competency gaps. A survey of small family hotel businesses in Austria was carried out in 2003. Performance, growth and internal management procedures were assessed to analyse problem areas and to identify the lacking skills in the tourism industry. The results demonstrate areas of tourism training and education for family hotel businesses.

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