The choice of a destination to enter

A thorough literature review has shown that although there are many theories to explain international trade, researchers are unanimous in affirming that hotel chains' internationalisation is influenced by pull factors, related to specific characteristics of the host country (contextual and transactional environment), and by push factors, related to specific characteristics of the companies and of their home country. This chapter aims to identify which factors influence hotel chains choosing a destination to invest over another. With this purpose, a theoretical model, that included six pull factors related to the contextual environment and five factors linked to the tourism industry, was developed. This model was validated through questionnaire surveys applied to foreign investors running accommodation units in mainland Portugal. Fifty three questionnaires were considered valid, representing 64% of the universe of foreign investors in Portugal (accommodation sector).

Conciliar o novo turista com destinos sol e praia

Um destino de sol e praia, nos dias de hoje, trava uma luta constante para manter ou criar atributos que sejam capazes de atrair turistas às suas costas; torna-se por isso importante conhecer o que permite deixar todos esses turistas “agarrados” ao destino promovendo a volta ao mesmo, tantas vezes quantas as possíveis. Explorar os níveis de lealdade apresentados por (Oliver, 1999) num destino como o Algarve numa tentativa de perceber a persistência deste tipo de destinos, focando neste caso os turistas não residentes, pela importância que este tipo de mercados representa para a sustentabilidade do destino. Pretende-se perceber o que influencia a duração da estadia e a relação do turista com o destino – compromisso - e como se relacionam com aquelas construções teóricas, recorrendo à Análise de Equações Estruturais para a sua concretização, tentando contribuir desta forma para a compreensão das dinâmicas que continuam a promover a escolha destes destinos nos dias de hoje.

The fundamental issue: documents and marginal notes on the University of California loyalty oath.

Cover-title.

The Voyage of Admiral George Carlton, in search of loyalty. : A poetic epistle.

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Estimation of an origin-destination trip table based on observed link volumes and turning movements. Executive summary. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Estimation of an origin-destination trip table based on observed link volumes and turning movements. Volume 1: technical report. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Estimation of an origin-destination trip table based on observed link volumes and turning movments. Volume 2: user's manual. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Estimation of an origin-destination trip table based on observed link volumes and turning movements. Volume 3: program manual. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Memorandums of the Loyalty Review Board : [Nos. 1 through 78.]

Memorandum no. 53 includes the Statement, regulations and directives of the Loyalty Review Board as adopted December 17, 1947 and revised through March 1, 1950.

Era of the oath; Northern loyalty tests during the Civil War and reconstruction.

Bibliography: p. [208]-222.

La destination du savant et de l'homme de lettres /

Mode of access: Internet.

Loyalty-security programs for Federal employees, a selected bibliography.

Mode of access: Internet.