Hospitality Industry Report: Sectors, Trends, and Business Strategies

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the hospitality industry, focusing on its various sectors, including lodging, food and beverage, travel and tourism, and entertainment. It begins with an introduction to the industry and then delves into a detailed analysis of the different sectors, their products, and services. The report also includes a PESTLE analysis of organizations operating in the hospitality industry, examining political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors. Furthermore, it presents a SWOT analysis for a specific business, highlighting its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and how these impact organizational decision-making. The report concludes by identifying current and potential trends within the hospitality industry, providing specific examples to illustrate these trends. The report uses the Hilton hotel as a case study and covers the key aspects of the industry to provide a well-rounded perspective.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
(a) An overview and explanation of the different sectors of hospitality and diversity of
products and services they offers................................................................................................3
b) Produce a PESTLE analysis of organisations operating in hospitality industry.....................6
c) SWOT analysis for specific business and its impact on decision making process of an
organisation...............................................................................................................................10
d) Identify current and potential trends within hospitality industry by providing a range of
specific examples......................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Hospitality industry is a wide field in business which offers desirable services to its
customers. This industry lads its main emphasis on enhancing the experience of customers by
satisfying their desired needs and requirements. This sector is very different from other business
industries as it heavily relies on free time and discretionary incomes (Bontis, Janošević and
Dženopoljac, 2015). This assignment is based on Hilton hotel which is a global brand offering
full service resorts and hotels to its customers. It was established in 1919 and headquartered in
Virginia, US. At present, company is successfully operating at 85 countries across six continents.
This report will cover an overview and explanation of various sectors associated with hospitality
along with products and services offered by them. Beside this, a PESTLE analysis will be carried
out in respect with hospitality industry. Also, a SWOT analysis will be performed in respect with
chosen organisation. At last, current and potential trends associated with hospitality industry are
mentioned in a detailed manner.
MAIN BODY
a) An overview and explanation of the different sectors of hospitality and diversity of products
and services they offers
Hospitality industry is one of the biggest industry in every nation, because of its diverse
structure and focus on fulfilling customer needs and wants on an optimised basis. Almost, 38
percent of the people in entire UK are connected with this industry, irrespective of sector such as
travels & tourism, hotel, restaurant, entertainment etc. Entire UK is very popular around the
world with major cities such as London, Manchester, Edinburgh and also Scotland and north
Ireland etc. These location are being blessed with its natural beauty and attraction, which has led
higher tourism and hospitality business (Brotherton, 2012).
Hospitality industry is not only a single entity, but it has different other sectors such as
travels & tourism, hotels or guest house, mortals, food & beverages etc. This sector covers a
broad range of companies which offers accommodation and food services. This entire industry is
divided into different sectors in accordance with the skill set which is required to perform
business operations. Sectors associated with hospitality involves entertainment, gaming,
recreation, visitor information, meeting and events, accommodation, tourism service, visitor
information etc. Different sectors associated with Hospitality industry are mentioned below:

Lodging-Accommodation: This sector in hospitality industry involves luxurious hotels,
camp-grounds and lavish resorts. Accommodation is considered as a wide sector in hospitality. It
ranges from bed and breakfast to other facilities which are needed by individuals during
accommodations. To make this sector more thriving, excellent customer service & facilities
along with high quality amenities must be offered to the guests so that their desire and
requirements can be fulfilled in an appropriate manner. There are some other sectors in
hospitality which overlaps with this lodging and accommodation sector such as transportation
and food category. Different kinds of hotel accommodations are stated beneath:
 Resorts: These are the most popular kind of accommodation sites for holiday makers and
travellers. These staying places are integrated with natural beauty and provides the guests
& customers rest from their daily lifestyle routine (Dimitropoulos, 2018).
 Suites: Other than general rooms and lodges to stay, hotels also offers luxurious suites to
the guests and visitors. These suits are more appropriate for business class and formal
stays as they are very expensive as compared with the regular room services.
 Lodging: When visitors and holiday makers travel to different places, they require a
place to sleep usually a room. Visitors needs that place to keep them safe from accidents,
thefts and atrocities of nature. Due to this, they reserve lodges for their stay.
Products and services offered by this sector are in room dining, valet parking, concierge
service, indoor pool, wireless internet, conference rooms, concierge assistance, three meals day,
alcoholic drinks, Mocktails, lobby bar, swimming pool, spa and health club centre, 24*7 room
service etc.
Food and beverage: It is another crucial sector which is associated with hospitality
industry and it incorporates several kinds of businesses. This sector in hospitality can ranges
from something simple such as a cafe to a expensive & luxurious high end restaurant. Different
catering services are also included in this sector. This sector include various sub-sectors such as
restaurants, popular catering, takeaway, retail stores, leisure attractions, industrial and transport
catering etc. In general, food and beverage sector is bifurcated into three parts which are
mentioned below:
 Quick-service establishments: These food service restaurants are commercial in
performing business operations and try to enhance its customer base by offering drink,
meals and quick snacks to the people. These places have less number of employees and

self-service is the basic norm here. Some of the examples associated with these
restaurants are subway, McDonald’s, pizza hut etc.
 Catering businesses: This category in food and beverage sector provide eatables &
meals during any special occasion and events (Gin Choi, Kwon and Kim, 2013). These
special occasions can be wedding, birthday celebration, official party or everting that
comes between them.
 Full service restaurants: These are considered as typical eateries or restaurants which
offers drinks, meals and other food services. In these places, individuals seats on a table
either individually or with someone's company. In full service restaurants, food orders
and food serving will be done by waiters. Range associated with these kins of hotels
include fine dining to themed restaurant to casual dining.
Other Services offered by this sector are lounge, coffee shop, banquet halls, bar, poolside
barbecue, room service etc.
Travel and tourism: It is a vast sector within hospitality industry and incorporates
different aspect associated worldwide. This sector involves airlines, cruise ships, trains etc. Other
sector related with hospitality industry widely depends upon travel and tourism industry for their
business operations and activities. This is because without travelling to a particular region or
location, other hospitality sector will not grow (Jones, Hillier and Comfort, 2016). This field is
not only limited to travel for fun and leisure. It also involves informal and formal travellings like
business trips, holidays, educational trips etc. to gain wide success, this industry is required to
give appropriate focus on the comfortableness and requirements of customers. Services
associated with this sector are recreational tourism, sports/adventure tourism, cultural tourism,
health, incentive and convention tourism.
Entertainment industry: It is a key sector in hospitality industry as it results in earning
high revenues and profitability to the businesses operating in this sector. Entertainment is
considered as an important aspect during travel and normal days. To enjoy our trips and holidays
to the fullest, fun and entertainment is required. In order to sun hospitality business in a
successful manner, it is important for business persons to adopt those activities that will results in
entertaining the customers and visitors in an appropriate manner. There are different services of
entertainment industry which can entertain the customers in a proper manner. Some of these
activities are stated below:

 Marinas: It is the one of the most popular place for partying. An individual can came
along with friends or family on a private ship or yacht to relax, play games, dance etc.
 Sports and Gaming: It is the basic thing expected by individuals during their trips and
visits. In this regard, swimming pools, casinos, play stations are widely popular among
young generation and teenagers. These entertainment places have became an
indispensable part in hospitality sector.
 Cruise: Other than marines, cruises are also becoming indispensable aspect in tourism
industry. People during their vacations and holidays, prefer to relax on luxury ships
which roams in blue ocean under vast sky (Kandampully, Zhang and Bilgihan, 2015).
 Nightclubs: These entertainment places provides break to people form their everyday
life and offer them quality time with their companions, friends and family with few
drinks & snacks.
 Bars: These are essential part of entertainment sector as sitting around table and having
drinks with friends is the best way to relax and refresh our mind.
Timeshare: This sector is not fully emerged but posses a considerable place within
hospitality industry. In this kind of scheme, individuals or group of people will go to a place to
enjoy and relax for a specific time duration in a year. Timeshares allows an individual to choose
their own facilities and preferences by purchasing a particular part of facility or a membership
plan. Different places associates with timeshare are mentioned beneath:
 Convention centres: These makes the basis of hospitality industry as it provides at
which group of people can gather for conventions, seminars, expos or some family
events.
 Villas and resorts: A person can also buy resorts and villas under timeshare for a
particular time period. This will helps an individual to share quality time with near and
dear ones.
b) Produce a PESTLE analysis of organisations operating in hospitality industry

The word hospitality Industry can be explained as a wide concept of fields within service
industry which includes event planning, lodging, transportation, cruise line, theme parks, and
additional fields within the tourism industry. Hilton Industry Is a American multinational
hospitality company. It was founded by Conard Hilton in the year 1919. Company is now led by
Christopher J. Nassetta. This is a public company and is serving it's services in hospitality sector.
There are 5,284 locations worldwide and around 163,000 employees working across nation.
Business associates do pestle analysis to study the overall environmental factors like, political,
social, technological, ethical etc. for effective results. It is used by the organization to analysis
the macro environment factors that have an impact on an organization (Jones, Hillier and
Comfort, 2017). The word PESTEL stands for : Political factor, economical factor, social factor,
technological factor, ethical factor and legal factor. It directly or indirectly reduces the threat of
the business. By evaluating the political factor, social factor, economical factor etc. will help the
business associates to gain valuable advantages in future.
Pestle analysis of Hilton company can be done by the following ways which are as follows:
Political Factors: Political stability is the success ladder of any organizational and it is
applicable to hospitality industry ( Hilton) as well. Every small and big organization both types
of firm faces issues related to political factors. This cause can influence number of tourists and
business traveller's visits to a nation. For the Northern Ireland it's a matter of concern because of
the ongoing very light-handed political site. Political factors are not only concerned with
elections, but also related to government laws, tax policies, wages policies etc. which creates
impact on the enterprise while trading globally.
Positive impact: Political factor helps the organization to study in depth to avoid losses in
future, it helps to use full utilization of resource and motivates employees to give better services
to their customers. Hilton is working in hospitality industry where government norms need to be
followed like, laws related to wages, services offered, pricing of food commodity, health and
safety laws etc. to attract consumers and to increase goodwill in the eyes of the customers
(Knani, 2014).
Negative impact: A business can negatively affect society by their wrong decision which
directly result on the society practices. Many a times decision makers resort to unaccepted
practices for their own personal benefits. Firm in real terms refuses to changing beliefs and
cultures due to which customers preferences also change accordingly and as a result enterprise

also need to change the product, policies, strategies, terms and conditions as well as the goals
which incur huge investment also.
Technological factors: In the era of 21st century technology is playing a vital role in the
hospitality industry. The improvements in infrastructure technologies creates huge impact on
Hilton performance and also in productivity results. Innovations in technology has improved the
service level as compared to the previous services provided to the customers. Now the facility of
online booking has been implemented with the help of internet by following some simple steps
which helps to saves time and resources and money to some extend (Law, Buhalis and
Cobanoglu, 2014). As today's generation is more active on social platforms like, Facebook,
twitter, Instagram and websites like, trip advisor are helping both customers and hotel industry
tremendously in their own way.
Positive impact: Up-gradation in technology helps to reduce cost and increases
productivity as customers are more widely using online websites services for their work to be
done. Online innovation has reduced the cost in offline services.
Negative impact: As consumers are technology friendly they spend spare hours in
visiting different sites due to which customers gets confused regarding services and facilities
offered to them. Many of the consumers are not aware about the modern technology utilization
due to which many of the consumers back off to use the companies technology as many times
network error occurs, some applications are not functioning well etc. occur in the technology.
Legal Factors: Hilton company faced huge impact of legal factor on their business as the
changes in UK jurisdiction affected the catering industry in both indirect and direct ways.
Moreover there are many issues like Visa restrictions rules in many countries such as USA,
Australia, EU countries etc. which affect the smooth running of the business in the market. This
can also affect the mechanism through which the company is trading in the global market with
their customers. Some of the legal laws found affecting the business growth and expansion are as
follows, consumer law, employment law, Fraud law, Import/ export law, Health and safety law,
copyright law, Discrimination law etc. all these laws are framed to protect customers from fraud
and exploitation from the seller (Legrand, Chen and Sloan, 2013).
Positive impact: Hilton is following the legal laws accordingly it helps to create goodwill
and trust in the eyes of the customers. Firm can easily build loyal customers in short time
duration if the legal laws are taken care by the organization.

Negative impact: Following too many laws in an organization restrict the growth and
expansion of the business at times. Legal factors affect the mechanism by which the trading with
foreign countries are done due to which customers break down and profitability decreases.
Environmental Factor: Distinguish market has different environmental factor which
impact the profitability and efficiency of an organization. Company Hilton should study the
environment of the market before entering with new product or services, it indirectly provides a
rough idea about it's sustainability in the market. Example: Most of the European countries
provides health tax breaks to those enterprises who deals in renewable fields. There are various
environmental factors that impact the functioning of the firm as well as the outcomes of the
company (Lub and et. al., 2012). In united states the taxes and Florida have distinguished
obligation clauses in case of mishaps or environmental disaster. Some of the environmental
factors affecting the organizations functioning are as follows, climate change, laws regulating
environment pollution, recycling, waste management in service sector, attitudes towards green or
ecological products, endangered species, attitudes towards and support for renewable energy etc.
Positive factor: Hilton company deals in diverse environment and environment factor
sometimes turn out to be positive for the company as changes in cultures and beliefs attract more
customers to their services and revenue generation can be done accordingly.
Negative Impact: Frequently changing cultures creates monetary loss for the firm as huge
investments is required to adopt the changing scenario.
Social Factor: Every company is affected by the culture and it's social factor running in
the society, as the product sustainability depends on the society norms. Attitudes and shared
beliefs of society plays a critical role in how marketers at Hilton incorporations will study or
understand the customers of the society or marketing messages for lodging consumers industry.
Some of the social factor which Company Hilton should keep a aye are, skill levels of the
society, class structure and power structure in the society, culture (gender, social practice),
leisure interest etc. all this factor affect the firms efficiency and effectiveness of the outcomes. It
directly affect the market share and product sustainability in the global market (Manning, 2018).
Positive impact: Due to social causes enterprise is more concerned about the right
strategies path or method like, cost of the rooms, facilities availability, feasibility of the location,
pricing, quality and quantity of the services offered etc. adopted by business associates as it puts
direct impact on customers and they turn out to be loyal consumers in the near future.

Negative impact:A business can negatively affect society by their wrong decision which
directly result on the society practices. Many a times decision makers resort to unaccepted
practices for their own personal benefits. Firm in real terms refuses to changing beliefs and
cultures due to which customers preferences also change accordingly and as a result enterprise
also need to change the product, policies, strategies, terms and conditions as well as the goals
also.
Economical Factor: The word economic factor includes inflation rate, foreign
exchange, interest rate and economic cycle determine the collective demand and aggregative
investment in an economy. Hilton worldwide company holding incorporations can use country's
economic factor such as, inflation rate, growth rate, consumer spending and lodging industry
growth rate etc. to determine the expansion rate of trajectory of not only sectoryname sector but
also of that particular firm. Here are some of the economic factors faced by Hilton organization
while doing pestle analysis some of them are as follows, type of economic system operating in
the country, illiteracy level in the country, Labour cost, skilled workers in the industry, business
cycle stage (recession, recovery, prosperity), financial stability, Inflation rate, interest rates etc.
all this factor are the major reason to evaluate in the early stage to run enterprise at a safer side.
Positive impact: If there are gradual economic changes like inflation rate, foreign
exchange rate etc. than seller can cope up and can generate profit from the customers and can
explore business to diverse sector.
Negatively Impact: If the changes are frequent in the economic zone than business is
affected with a huge loss as trading of services affected and consumers are unsatisfied.
c) SWOT analysis for specific business and its impact on decision making process of an
organisation
SWOT analysis is a powerful tool which helps an organisation in formulating an effective
business strategy so that high revenues and profitability can be attained without facing any
complex situations. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. Strengths and
weaknesses of a company depends upon the internal working atmosphere. These factors are

controllable where as opportunities and threats are external. They include those aspects which
are taking place outside the company. To get competitive advantage over rival companies, an
firm is required to take advantages of opportunities and protection against threats as avoiding
them is inevitable (Peters and Kallmuenzer, 2018).
Strengths Weaknesses
 Hilton hotel comprises 13 brands under
it and serves more than 140 million
guests within a year. This large scope
of bushiness operations benefits the
company in achieving economies of
scale.
 Hotel offers best loyalty schemes to its
customers under Hilton HHonors
program. Program includes aspects like
digital check-in, late check-out,
discounted price etc.
 Hilton has achieved high service
customatisation with the help of
technological integration. It involves
business partnership with Uber for
providing desired travelling experience,
digital hotel room keys etc.
 Over-dependence on its home market
i.e. United States is major weakness for
Hilton hotel. At present, company is
generating 80 percent of its revenue for
US and 6 percent from Asia pacific
market.
 High debt is another major weakness
associated with Hilton hotel. Although
company is earning good revenues but
this debt can harm the future growth of
company.
 Operations initiated by hotel
management are considerably impacted
globally because of different
government parameters and policies.
This has resulted in loss of profitability
due to high tax and custom duties.
Opportunities Threats
 New trends and concepts in customer
behaviour can helps the company in
gaining increased revenues and sales.
By this brand reputation of company
will enhance considerably.
 Modern and advanced technology will
offers an opportunity to Hilton hotel for
formulating differentiated pricing
 Demands related with high profitable
products is based upon seasons and
climate. Occurrence of unlikely events
during peak seasons can effect the
profitability of the organisation.
 Enhancing trend of isolationism in
American culture can affects the

strategies in new market. By this
customer base of company will increase
in a considerable manner (Prebensen,
Chen and Uysal, 2018).
 Lower inflation rates has resulted in
gaining more stability in market which
can benefit hotel in enabling credit at
lower interest rates.
 Investing money in online and digital
media will open up new sales channel
for company.
international sales of company.
 Competition is very high within
hospitality industry. Potential rivals of
hotel are Marriott hotel, Holiday Inn
etc. are giving tough competition within
marketplace.
 Change in requirements and preference
of customers can be a potential threat to
the revenues and profitability of the
company.
 Political instability in the regions where
company is operating is business can
results in loss of revenues and market
shares.
Review of SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is a techniques that helps an organisation in understanding different
aspects which can be advantageous and disadvantageous for business growth. In case of Hilton
hotel, main strength is the enhanced customer base of company. As customer are highly satisfied
with the services offered by hotel, company is earning high revenues and profitability. To satisfy
customers in a more desired manner, manager of hotel is required formulate those strategies
which will enhance the satisfaction level of customers. To enhance the interest of customers
within hotel and its operational activities, manger in Hilton needs to initiate different loyalty
programs and schemes so that customers will prefer more repeat visits. This will enhances the
sales and profit margins of company if programs will be formulated & implemented in an
efficient manner. To overcome the dependence on home market, management in Hilton hotel is
required to expand its business operations in those regions which promises high business growth
such as Asia and Africa. In this regard, manager is required to take those decisions which are
help the company in expanding business presence (Radojevic, Stanisic and Stanic, 2015).

To overcome debt, hotel management is required to enhance its sales by satisfying the
needs of customers in an appropriate manner. To reduce the impact of governmental rules and
regulations, management of Hilton hotel is required to analyse market conditions and regulations
in an precise way so that all the norms and rules associated with a nation can be followed
properly. By this, company will not have to pay heavy taxes and duties while performing
business activities. Company can enhance its customer base by adopting new trends and services,
in this regard manager in organisation is required take decisions like regular feedback and
surveys so that perception of customers can be acknowledged on a regular basis. Other than that
company can invest high in digital media, so that customers can feel more ease in payments and
booking during their stay in hotels. To reduce the impact of rival companies, workforce in Hilton
hotel is required to deliver their best performance. Along with this, required changes should be
adopted by company on a timely basis so that expected outcomes can be achieved that will
benefits in increasing the brand reputation and profitability of organisation.
d) Identify current and potential trends within hospitality industry by providing a range of
specific examples
Current trends in hospitality sector: There are different current trends which are associated
with hospitality sector. Some of these are mentioned below:
 Current trend associated with hospitality industry is the renovation of old properties. In
UK, it has been analysed that there are several hotels and resorts which have encountered
a decline in their customer base. Main reason behind this sharp decline is the poor
infrastructure. For example, hotels and accommodation sectors are emphasizing on the
development of their infrastructure and old properties. This will helps them in enhancing
their customer base along with sustaining their already existing customers without facing
any downfall. This is because customers prefer to visit those places which are well
maintained and beautifully decorated.
 As people are becoming more and more concerned about their health they are changing
their preference towards organic food and healthy eating. For example, customers in UK
are avoiding fast food which is prepared by harmful ingredients and unsaturated oils.
With the invention of new kinds of technologies and machines, life of people have
became much easier (Raub and Robert, 2013).

 With the advancement of aspects like liberalisation and globalisation, hospitality industry
is impacted in a considerable manner. Due to globalisation, different businesses are
planning different strategies so that they can expand their business presence worldwide.
In this regard, businesses associated with hospitality industry are also planning
international expansion by providing services to people according to their needs and
demands. In this regard, Hilton hotel is also investing high in international market so that
high sales and profitability can be attained.
 Another current trend associated with hospitality industry is the consumer spending.
Individuals are trending in to spend heavy amount of money as a disposable income. This
is because people in UK are earning well and prefer to spend more in return of enjoying a
relaxed and quality time with their families & friends. Hilton hotel can take advantage of
it, by providing services to customers in accordance with their choice. By this,
satisfaction level of customers will increase and they will prefer to visit hotel again and
again during their trips and vacations (Ryan, 2015).
 Hospitality sector is solely based on the quality of products and services which are
offered to its customers. A satisfied customer will acknowledge other individuals about
the standardised services and facilities offered by an organisation. This is a good way by
which business services of a business operating in hospitality sector can be promotes and
advertised. But opposite situation can results in generating negative impacts. For
example, If customers are not satisfied then they will not recommend Hilton hotel to
other individuals, due to which revenues of company will reduces. Hence, it is essential
for manager in Hilton hotel to give appropriate consideration towards the needs and
preferences of customers so that a positive brand image of company can be sustained in
marketplace.
Potential trends in hospitality sector: To achieve desired outcomes and results, it is very
essential for the business persons to identify the potential trends which can emerge in hospitality
sector. This will helps the organisation in gaining competitive advantage over rival companies by
satisfying the needs and desires of customers in a proper manner. Potential trends associated with
hospitality industry are mentioned below:
 Online booking of different hospitality services: In global context, number of visitors
and travellers which prefer to book and reserve hotels via digital media is enhancing at a

rapid rate. It is analysed that in future almost entire population will prefer to make
reservations for transportation, stay and other activities with the help of internet and
online platform. For example, manager in Hilton hotel is required to invest high in digital
and online media. This will helps them in sustaining their already present cusomter base
along with gaining attention of new customers due to ease of paying, booking and check-
in out within minutes.
 Focus on mobile based bookings of hospitality services: At present, people prefers to
use internet on laptop, computers and iPads for bookings & reservations. But use of
smartphone is enhancing considerably. It is predicted that smartphones will become mini
computing devices without taking any longer time. Focusing on mobile based booking
will also benefits Hilton hotel in curtailing their cost of operations that will results in
increased revenues and market shares.
 Uneven distribution of demands: due to recessions that take place some time back,
entire hospitality sector had faced a slow down. But with time, industry is progressing
quite well. It is analysed that places like night club, bars, pubs are performing their
business activities in an appreciable manner as people prefer to visit them more as
compared to hotels. To overcome this, manager in Hilton hotel is required to offer
occasional discounts and offers to its customers so that constant sales can be maintained
in future without facing any decline (Williams, 2012).
 Focus on sustainability: Businesses associated with hospitality industry such as resorts,
hotels and pubs put more emphasis on the sustainability aspect. It is associated with
protecting the environment by eliminating those practices which can adversely impact the
nature. For example, As people are becoming more aware about nature, it can be a
potential trend that they will prefer those organisations which will not adversely impact
nature to perform business operations.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be concluded that company is successful in analysing
Pestle as it covers all the positive and negative impact of social, technological, economical,
political, legal and environmental factors. In hospitality sector distinguished organization are
having diverse customers so they should use diversified ways or services to satisfy their loyal
and trusted customers. Business associates does SWOT analysis to find out their strength and

weaknesses as well to study the upcoming threats which can affect the functionality and
sustainability of an enterprise. On the other hand hotel focuses on the opportunities that can be
used to fulfil the targets and objectives. Firm is continuously evaluating the potential and current
existing trends in the hospitality sector which is beneficial for them to retain strong position in
market.

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