Sentimental Identity, History and Politics in Daniel Cortezón’s "A vila sulagada"

The novels of Daniel Cortezón, which have not attracted as much critical attention as his theatrical productions, are of contemporary interest as they develop his ideas on identity, history and politics. The purpose of this article is to show, through an analysis of the complex arrangement of the above three concepts, how A vila Sulagada is a metaphor for the historical failure of Galicia.

As Empresas de Serviços Contábeis e a Utilização dos Compostos de Marketing: estudo exploratório no bairro da Vila Prudente em São Paulo

O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar os elementos dos Compostos de Marketing utilizados pelas Empresas de Serviços Contábeis (ESCs), visando contribuir com a compreensão do uso das ferramentas do Marketing de Serviços pelas ESCs, a partir da definição dos seus Compostos de Marketing. O presente estudo é de natureza exploratória e se propôs a estudar o envolvimento das empresas com a prática do marketing. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com os gestores das ESCs. Ao final, pode-se constatar que as ESCs pesquisadas adotam a prática de algumas técnicas de marketing identificadas nos Compostos de Marketing aplicados nos serviços contábeis, tais como: Produto, Preço, Promoção e Praça, Pessoas, Ambiente e Processos. A prática de marketing é influenciada pelo porte das empresas-clientes dessas ESCs. Constatou-se que as ESCs, focadas no atendimento a clientes de grande porte, já adotam algumas práticas de marketing, mesmo que de forma embrionária, o que não acontece com as ESCs que prestam serviços para micros e pequenas empresas.

Riscos de Pobreza na População de Idade Avançada na Vila de Cucujães

Riscos de Pobreza na População de Idade Avançada na Vila de Cucujães

Branding Hotels

[Excerpt] The hotel business has become a business of brands. Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates that there are over 300 hotel brands today with no one brand dominating the market. Every major brand management issue (brand extensions, global brand expansion, re-branding, un-branding, co-branding, brand portfolio development, brand acquisitions, new brand development, etc.) is being explored. An understanding of the competitive context and intra-and inter-brand dynamics will help owners, operators, asset managers, suppliers and litigators, as well as new entrants into the business make better and more informed brand management decisions.

Second Quarter 2016: Slowdown for Large Hotels Continues; Small Hotels Have Now Slowed as Well

Our Standardized Unexpected Price (SUP) metric continues to show a decline in the price of large hotels, and now also the price of small hotels has eased—even though hotel transaction volume has increased. Although debt and equity financing for hotels remain relatively inexpensive, we are concerned that the total volatility of hotel returns is greater relative to the return volatility for other commercial real estate. If this trend continues, lenders will eventually start to tighten hotel lending standards. Our early warning indicators all continue to suggest that the downward trend in hotel prices should continue into the next quarter. This is report number 19 of the index series.

Espaço e sentidos: uma topoanálise de “vila dos confins”

vol. 19, n. 2, p. 211-223, jul./dez. 2015.

Third Quarter 2016: Hotels Exhibit Positive Momentum

Our Standardized Unexpected Price (SUP) metric showed an uptick in the price of large hotels during the third quarter of 2016, with a continued decline in the price of small hotels. Although debt and equity financing for hotels were still relatively inexpensive during this quarter, we remain concerned that the increasing relative riskiness of hotels compared to other commercial real estate suggests that lenders will eventually start to tighten hotel lending standards if this trend continues. Our early warning indicators continue to suggest an eventual downward trend in large hotel prices. This is report number 20 of the index series.

Group Forecasting Accuracy in Hotels

Yield management helps hotels more profitably manage the capacity of their rooms. Hotels tend to have two types of business: transient and group. Yield management research and systems have been designed for transient business in which the group forecast is taken as a given. In this research, forecast data from approximately 90 hotels of a large North American hotel chain were used to determine the accuracy of group forecasts and to identify factors associated with accurate forecasts. Forecasts showed a positive bias and had a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 40% at two months before arrival; 30% at one month before arrival; and 10-15% on the day of arrival. Larger hotels, hotels with a higher dependence on group business, and hotels that updated their forecasts frequently during the month before arrival had more accurate forecasts.

Textroutinen: Erwerb, Förderung und didaktisch-mediale Modellierung. Themenbereich I der 39. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik e.V. (GAL) vom 16.–18. September 2009 in Karlsruhe

Tagungsbericht zum Themenbereich I der 39. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik e.V. (GAL) vom 16.–18. September 2009 in Karlsruhe.

Occupational exposure to particles during hotel´s rooms cleaning

Background: The majority of studies investigated ambient particles, although in most industrialized countries people spend most of their time indoors and significant emissions of fine and ultrafine particles leading to human exposure are caused by various indoor tasks, including cleaning tasks. Objective: To characterize the occupational exposure to particles during cleaning of hotel's rooms. Methodology: Measurements of mass concentration and particle number concentration were performed before and during cleaning tasks in two rooms with different floor types (wood and carpet) with the equipment Lighthouse, model 3016 IAQ. Results: Considering mass concentration, particles with higher were responsable for higher leves of contamination, particularly PM5.0 and PM10.0. However, considering the particle number concentration, the smaller particle size obtained the higher values. Conclusion: It was observed higher number of particles of the smaller size in all tasks, which is associated with worse health effects. It was observed that the room with wood in the floor has lower values when compared to the room with carpet. The tasks with greater exposure were the 'vacuuming' and 'clean up powder'.

O departamento de revenue management de um grupo hoteleiro: análise dos tivoli hotels & resorts

O presente relatório relata o contacto com a indústria hoteleira nacional por meio da realização de um estágio curricular no departamento de Revenue Management do grupo Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, assentando por base sob as funções desempenhadas na área em estudo. Trata-se de um relatório que apresenta como finalidade a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão e Direção Hoteleira, curso lecionado na Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar, através da realização de um estágio curricular entre Julho 2014 e Maio 2015. Foram definidos diversos objetivos com a realização do presente estágio, tais como adquirir conhecimentos e competências nas técnicas de Revenue Management utilizadas nos Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, bem como adquirir conhecimentos nas técnicas utilizadas para maximização de receita, quer a nível de clientes individuais, quer a nível de grupos. Outro dos objetivos passava por adquirir experiência na análise de estatísticas e técnicas de monitorização, acompanhando a sua correta aplicação por parte das unidades hoteleiras. O grupo hoteleiro sobre o qual incide o relatório, a Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, é uma cadeia hotelaria nacional que conta com doze hotéis localizados em território nacional e outras duas unidades localizadas no Brasil, e que se destaca ao oferecer um vasto leque de serviços ao cliente que dinamizem a sua estada. Este trata-se portanto do Unique Selling Proposition (USP) da marca Tivoli: vender experiências e não simples estadas – Experience More. Ao longo do relatório será feito desta forma referência ao grupo Tivoli Hotels & Resorts bem como especificamente ao departamento de Revenue Management, incidindo o relatório sobre em que consiste esta técnica de gestão e quais as tarefas diárias de um revenue manager.