Effect of Covid 19 on UK Hospitality Industry

This dissertation proposal aims to identify the effect of Covid 19 on the UK hospitality industry, specifically on catering, hotels, retail, sports centers, conference venues, theme parks, and casinos. It proposes to review the impact of Covid 19 and recommend effective measures to mitigate the challenges faced by the industry.

Dissertation Proposal Form
Student Name Supervisor
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Student
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Project title: Effect of Covid 19 on the UK hospitality industry that
is focusing on its impact on catering, hotels, and
retail to sports centers, conference venues, theme
parks, and casinos
Start and end
dates of
research:
Proposed activity – aims, objectives, research question(s), and state
how it is novel

It has been seen and find out that the covid-19 has created most drastic and
negative impact of the hospitality industry based on the sudden lockdown that
created decline in the productivity level of the catering, hotels, and retail to
sports centers, conference venues, theme parks, and casinos (Mensah, and et.
al., 2022). Thus, the topic of the project is the effect of COVID-19 on the
hospitality industry in UK. The research aims to identify the effect on
hospitality industry during the crisis as COVID has effected various industries.
The objectives of this research include;
 To determine about the specific challenge created and lead out by the
covid-19 on the hospitality industry of the UK that includes catering,
hotels, and retail to sports centers, conference venues, theme parks,
and casinos.
 To review about the overall impact of covid-19 on the hospitality
industry based on its effect on catering, hotels, and retail to sports
centers, conference venues, theme parks, and casinos.
 To recommend some effective ways and measures that can be opted
by the hospitality industry of UK to mitigate and reduce the challenges
of Covid-19.
It has been seen and evaluated that the conducting and undertaking current
study is rationale ad significant as it focused in determining about the overall
challenges of covid-19 on hospitality industry along with supporting with
better recommendation about ways to mitigate its research. beside this, it
tends to be a novel study as the impact of Covid-19 has seen on different
companies and industries but the effect of COVID-19 on the UK hospitality
sector has not been studied in detail which would be bring in and supported
by current project (Amore, 2022). Beside this, the current study is also
significant as it specifically provided the analysis of challenges of covid-19 on
catering, hotels, and retail to sports centers, conference venues, theme parks,
and casinos.
Methodology – rationale, data selection and collection, recruitment,
participant demographics, analytical process
Rationale

The selection of current topic is tending to be rationale as it has been seen that the spread of the
covid-19 has tend to create and lead out too many challenges and issues for the hospitality
Industry of UK that includes and comprises of the catering, hotels, and retail to sports
centers, conference venues, theme parks, and casinos. A decline in their
productivity is being seen because of the covid-19 based on sudden lockdown
and strict social distancing norms. Therefore, undertaking current
investigation on key challenge lead by covid-19 along with best possible way
to mitigate them is rationale and significant. Apart from thus, the undertaking
of current investigation also meets the personal interest of the researcher and
ensures better development and improvement with the key skill and
knowledge level. The specific research questions set out for current
investigation are provided as below:
Research questions
 Which are the specific challenge created and lead out by the covid-19 on
the hospitality industry of the UK that includes catering, hotels, and
retail to sports centers, conference venues, theme parks, and casinos?
 What possible impact of covid-19 is being seen on the hospitality industry
based on its effect on catering, hotels, and retail to sports centers,
conference venues, theme parks, and casinos.
 Which can be the effective ways and measures that can be opted by
the hospitality industry of UK to mitigate and reduce the challenges of
Covid-19?
To effectively evaluate and achieve the set research objective based on effective analysis and
review of set research questions following research method is proposed to carry out current
investigation in systematic manner.
Research philosophy- From the two main types of research philosophy i.e. positivistic and
interpretivisim making use of the interpretivisim is being propped for current project. The reason
behind making use of interpretivisim philosophy is based on fact that it supports better
generalisation of facts to effectively analysis and reviewed the set research objectives based on
detailed form of investigation (Park, Kim and Kim, 2022).
Research approach- Deductive and inductive are two main types of the research approach from
which the use of the inductive approach is being proposed for current investigation. The use of

the inductive approach is suitable for current study as it in line with the interpretivisim
philosophy and also supports better scanning and review of the theoretical set of data to
effectively achieve the set objective.
Research strategy- The use of systematic literature review would be made as the research
strategy that supports a systematic and effective way to analysis and review the pre-existing set
of data and literature that tend to lead a better base and framework for undertaking and
creating knowledge (Richardson, 2022).
Choice of method- There are two main methods of undertaking and carryout a research work
that comprises and includes of the quantitative and qualitative research method out of which the
use of the qualitative method of research is proposed for current study as it offers detailed and
in-depth set of data to generalise and meet the set objective.
Data collection- Out of the two main sources of the data collection I.e. primary and secondary
use of the only secondary source of data analysis has been proposed for current study. Use of
primary source of information is not made as it is complex and time conducing in nature that
involves collection of data directly from participants. Further, the justification for making use of
only secondary source of data is based on fact that it is cost and time efficient in nature and
supports better review of objective based on pre-existing set of data. Use of online sources of
data such as online journals., books, articles etc. would be made for collection of data (Datta and
Mitra, 2022).
References
Mensah, C., and et. al., 2022. COVID-19, Financial Anxiety and the Psychological Well-
being of Hotel Workers. International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism
Administration, pp.1-24.
Amore, A., 2022. COVID-19 & Travel Impacts, Responses and Outcomes. European
Journal of Tourism Research, 30, pp.1-3.
Park, E., Kim, W.H. and Kim, S.B., 2022. How does COVID-19 differ from previous
crises? A comparative study of health-related crisis research in the tourism and
hospitality context. International Journal of Hospitality Management, p.103199.
Richardson, J., 2022. Has homeless rough sleeping in the UK and Europe been solved in
the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic?. In Power, Media and the Covid-19
Pandemic (pp. 237-248). Routledge.
Datta, P.K. and Mitra, S., 2022. Identifying Impact of Sanitation and Environmental
Safety in Hospitality Sector to Identify the Spread of COVID-19 Using Polynomial
Function Simulation. In Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Applications (pp. 79-
89). Springer, Cham.

Project management
Table: Project timeline and key outputs
Month Activity
1-September-2020 Prepare research title by researching
2-September-2020 Finding literatures and material
3-September-2020 till 21-
September-2021
Preparing research proposal
Will start collecting data and
Will start writing dissertation
22-September-2021 Ethical consideration will be signed
by professor before collection of
data.
25- September-2021 Completion of data collection
process
evaluations the results and finding
26- September-2021till 30-
September-2021
Reviewing the research
21- October-2021 Submission of dissertation.
Supervision Meetings
Research Data Management Plan (Describe the data you expect to acquire or
generate during this research project, how you will manage, describe, analyse, and store the
data and what mechanisms you will use to share and preserve your data.)
Only secondary sources of data would be acquired and generate within
current study based on analysis and review of the online set of article and
journals. Further, use of technical resources such as e-library, internet, Ms
word, etc. would be made to manage and store the data. Beside this, data
would only collected from authentic and reliable sources through making use
of authentic search engines such as google scholars to ensure and maintain
the reliability and relevancy of facts.
Planned outputs/publications/research
datasets/impact/dissemination

The planned outcome and findings of current study would comprise of detailed study about the
key challenges lead out by the covid-19 within the hospitality industry of UK along with
determining and investigate about effective ways to overcome and mitigate these challenges.
If successful, I undertake to carry out
the research according to the
University’s Ethics code of Practice
and will be required to complete an
Ethics checklist – see relevant forms
detailed under Primary Research
(Applicant’s signature required)
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Date and signature of Supervisor
approval ………………………………………………….
Date and signature of Employer
approval (required for Apprentices
only)
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supervisor for approval
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final approval
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application should be sent to your supervisor with your research proposal and any
supporting documentation such as a recruitment invitation letter or guide, recruitment flyer
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Secondary Research Only (Answer up to and including
Question 3)
Complete information up to and including Question 3 if you are conducting ONLY secondary
research and can answer YES to the following question:
This investigation will NOT involve the collection of data from human participants,
though it may collect data about individuals from published matter (e.g., previously
published interviews or behavioural data).
Once the application and research proposal are reviewed and approved by your Supervisor,
it will be sent to the Module Leader (ML)/Programme Team Leader (PTL) for final approval.
You cannot collect data until final approval has been provided by the ML/PTL.
Please complete the information below.
Date submitted: 6th December 2021
Course being studied:
Module Title:
Student Name: Amat ul Rahman
Supervisor Name:
Project Title:

Effect of COVID-19 on the UK hospitality industry
Project Summary:
The project aims to define the effect of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry of the UK. Use
of the secondary sources of data would be made for current project. Along with this,
implication of systematic literature review would be made for analysis of relevant data from
authentic set of online article and journals.
Please circle Yes or No to the following questions and where indicated please provide
further information
1. Are you required to use a professional code of ethics and conduct relevant to your
profession (e.g. British Psychological Society, Health Care Professions Council
National Health Service, Ministry of Defence, the Law Society)
No
2. If yes, have you read the relevant professional code of ethics and conducts?
not applicable
3. Are you sourcing secondary data? (e.g. Information from web sites, journal articles,
archives)
YES
The secondary sources of the data will be collected by previous literature,
websites, journals, books, articles and other reports that are available on online

websites to have a better and deep understanding about the topic of the Effect
of Covid 0n the UK Hospitality industry.
(THIS IS THE END OF THE FORM TO BE COMPLETED
IF YOU ARE UNDERTAKING SECONDARY RESEARCH)