Current literature suggests that the adversarial legal system may undergo some changes or may even be transformed by a recent influx of women lawyers into the profession. Such research indicates that women may approach ethical problems differently than men. This paper examines the responses of family law lawyers in Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding Lower Mainland to a hypothetical case which requires an assessment of professional responsibilities in light of potential conflicts in personal moral values.

Grand Hotel Abyss investigates the lives and afterlives of the critical theorists who formed the Frankfurt School.

This paper offers a new formulation of the “Hilbert's Hotel Argument” (HHA) which is superior to existing formulations because it (1) demonstrates that HH is logically impossible in the concrete world, (2) takes into account the need to consider the assumptions of HHA, and (3) offers a reply to an important objection concerning the validity of HHA. In addition, this paper contributes to the discussion by using the new HHA to defend a relevant difference between the past and the (...) future by demonstrating that the HHA applies to the former but not to the latter. Finally, this paper demonstrates the significance of metaphysical arguments such as the HHA for physical cosmology. (shrink)

This paper offers a new formulation of the “Hilbert's Hotel Argument” (HHA) which is superior to existing formulations because it (1) demonstrates that HH is logically impossible in the concrete world, (2) takes into account the need to consider the assumptions of HHA, and (3) offers a reply to an important objection concerning the validity of HHA. In addition, this paper contributes to the discussion by using the new HHA to defend a relevant difference between the past and the (...) future by demonstrating that the HHA applies to the former but not to the latter. Finally, this paper demonstrates the significance of metaphysical arguments such as the HHA for physical cosmology. (shrink)

Joe Schmid and Troy Dana have recently advanced several criticisms of the New Hilbert's Hotel Argument formulated by us. In this paper, we respond by undercutting their proposed defeaters. First, we argue that they fail to refute the claim that Hilbert's Hotel entails a logical contradiction in the concrete world. Second, we contend that they do not successfully undermine the argument that past-eternalism entails the possibility of Hilbert's Hotel. Finally, we show that their parody arguments targeting an (...) endless future are unsuccessful. (shrink)

This research intricately navigates the interplay between virtual hotel bookings and guest contentment, placing a specific lens on the distinctive hospitality milieu of Kashmir within the thriving online reservation sector. Employing an exhaustive case study methodology, the investigation endeavours to unearth the intricacies of online hotel reservations and their influence on guest satisfaction, casting illumination on the multifaceted factors contributing to a favourable guest experience. Utilizing a blended methodology, the study amalgamates quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques. A (...) quantitative survey encapsulates the preferences, expectations, and satisfaction levels of a diverse cohort of online hotel patrons in Kashmir. Simultaneously, in-depth interviews with hotel management and staff yield qualitative insights into the operational dynamics shaping the virtual reservation process. The research outcomes disclose a pronounced correlation between the efficacy of online reservation systems and guest satisfaction levels. Paramount influencers of guest contentment encompass the user-friendliness of booking platforms, pricing transparency, information precision, and the overall efficiency of the reservation process. Additionally, the study underscores the pivotal role of post-booking communication and customer support in sculpting the overarching guest experience. Furthermore, the research unveils regional subtleties that characterize the hospitality panorama in Kashmir. Cultural considerations, scenic expectations, and the infusion of local traditions into the virtual reservation experience emerge as influential factors distinctly shaping guest satisfaction in this picturesque locale. The implications of this study resonate with both academia and the hospitality industry, providing invaluable insights for scholars and practitioners alike. By unravelling the intricacies of online hotel booking and guest contentment in Kashmir, this research enriches the broader discourse on e-commerce in the tourism sector. It furnishes actionable recommendations for hoteliers aspiring to elevate the virtual reservation experience and, consequently, enhance guest satisfaction. Ultimately, the paper aspires to guide strategic decision-making in the evolving domain of online hospitality services, underscoring the significance of aligning virtual reservations with the authentic, culturally enriched expectations of guests in Kashmir. (shrink)

ArgumentOne of the first high-altitude observatories was a hotel. Established in 1823, the chalet on Mount Faulhorn became a highpoint of nineteenth-century science. In this paper, I take this mountain as my entry point into the examination of the special attraction that mountains exerted on scientists. I argue that Mount Faulhorn stood for three different conceptions of the usefulness of the mountain in science: (1) in observation networks, stations were usually chosen for pragmatic rather than scientific reasons, but mountains (...) representedsingularspots in such networks, which deserved special attention; (2) the mountain also was amicrocosmwhere altitude differences were thought to capture essential features of latitude differences; (3) the mountain was sometimes no more than amacro-toolfor the pursuit of science, just a middle ground between the heaven and the earth. (shrink)

The study examines the ontological similarity between the concept of competitor orientation and questionable intelligence-gathering efforts. Respondents from the hotel industry were surveyed with self-administered questionnaires. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out to identify the structure underlying variables of market orientation and ethical judgment on questionable intelligence-gathering efforts. The results suggest that the surveyed hotel managers are unable to distinguish the legitimate tactics of competitor orientation from the questionable practice of industrial espionage.

The present study explores the discursive practice of the hospitality industry in addressing competence-based, benevolence-based, and integrity-based accusations of trust violation made by dissatisfied customers on TripAdvisor. Authentic negative online reviews written by dissatisfied customers and the corresponding responses by hotel management downloaded directly from TripAdvisor are analyzed qualitatively with Nvivo10. Results show that hotel management has the strongest preference for apology, followed by implicit denial and then explicit denial when dealing with the three different types of accusations (...) of trust violation. The findings will enhance our understanding of trust and its repair, and benefit hospitality practitioners responsible for handling online criticisms and complaints. (shrink)

This essay is an exercise in the phenomenology – and post-phenomenology – of reading in relation to Elizabeth Bowen’s The Hotel (1927), a novel that thematizes and reflects on the uncanny status of reading and provokes in response an experimental critical ABC. Special attention is given to the work of French psychoanalyst Charles Baudouin in foregrounding the role and effects of suggestion in reading. Engaging with the concerns of writing and reading fiction in the ‘Anthropocene’ (especially in the form (...) of what is here called twi-fi) and drawing on notions of literary anachrony, cryptaesthetic resistance, queerness and deferred effect, the essay offers a new critical appreciation of the singularity of Bowen’s novel. (shrink)

With the advancement of economic globalization and the booming tourism industry, the hotel sector, as a crucial component of the service industry, faces increasingly fierce competition. According to relevant data, the number of hotels has continued to grow in recent years, while market saturation has gradually increased. In 2023 alone, there were 343,545 accommodation facilities nationwide with over 15 rooms each, totaling 17,321,745 guest rooms. Under such market conditions, competition among hotels has intensified, making it imperative for every (...) class='Hi'>hotel operator to consider how to stand out among numerous competitors. In the fiercely competitive hotel market, service innovation has become the key to hotels gaining a competitive advantage. Customer satisfaction, as an important indicator for measuring the quality of hotel services and business performance, is directly related to the hotel's reputation, return rate, and market competitiveness. Service quality plays a crucial mediating role between hotel service innovation and customer satisfaction. High quality service is the foundation for achieving service innovation and the key to improving customer satisfaction. (shrink)

Some partitions of Natural Number set are built through recursive processesgenerating in this manner countable examples of countable and disjoint sets whose unionis a set also countable. This process is constructive, so the Axiom of choice is not used.We provide a PC program that generates one of these special partitions and shows howto generate infinite of them. This line of reasoning can have multiple applications in Settheory and Model theory. We proved that the number of ways to make these partitionsof (...) natural numbers is not countable, there are more of these partitions (named doublycountable) than natural numbers. For each natural number greater than 1, we show aneffective procedure that generates these partitions -/- . (shrink)

The study examines the employment experience of workers with intellectual disability (WWID) in the hotel sector in Australia. Through a qualitative case study, we interviewed managers and WWID, and held focus groups with supervisors and colleagues at three hotels. We have used the theoretical framework of corporate social responsibility to investigate HR practices that create an ethical climate which promote authentic work experiences for WWID. The study found that participative work practices provide evidence of how WWID fit in at (...) the workplace. When workers are confronted with work-related anxieties, the pragmatic nature of existential authenticity becomes a reality. Our findings reveal that managing workers ethically can lead to more authentic work experiences. In turn, this may promote social inclusion of WWID and improve their reported well-being. (shrink)

This study addresses the issue of intelligent energy forecasting in the hotel industry, with the primary objective of delivering accurate predictions of hotel energy demand to enhance the efficiency of energy resource planning and management systems. The anticipated benefits include a reduction in energy consumption, a decrease in associated greenhouse gas emissions, and an improvement in the sustainability metrics of hotel operations. The forecasting algorithm is based on the application of advanced intelligent methods, specifically designed to provide (...) 24-hour energy consumption predictions with a 24-hour forecast horizon. The algorithm utilizes Long Short-Term Memory and Gated Recurrent Unit networks to achieve this goal. By incorporating key variables that influence energy consumption, the algorithm demonstrates significant capabilities that offer improvements over existing approaches. Notably, the proposed model is capable of online adaptation to changing conditions while maintaining an optimal balance between accuracy and simplicity. The evaluation of this method was conducted in a luxury hotel located in the Canary Islands, and the results indicate its potential for real-time implementation in an energy management system. Results also illustrate the impact of the forecasting model to improve the load displacement strategy when considering flexibility capacity in the hotel. (shrink)

This book aims to recover the disruptive nature of the dialectical tradition by means of a severe critique of the dominance of an anthropology of the individual identity in contemporary theories of recognition. This critique implies a thorough rethinking of basic concepts such as desire, negativity, will and drive, with Hegel, Lacan and Adorno being our main guides."--Back cover.

This paper's purpose was to identify the key sources when formulating competitive advantages of hotel chains. The research assessed the financial activities performance included in annual hospitality industry reports and on their official websites; questioning of loyal and potential customers; the five-point Likert scale and the Pearson correlation coefficient were applied to understand the possible consumer reaction to a certain competitive advantage or its absence. The paper confirms the effectiveness of key sources used by management to win and retain (...) competitive advantages: despite strong dependence on the economic cycle phase etc., after the devastating crisis of 2007, 2008, but also to achieve sustainable growth. All the networks examined over the last decade have expanded their presence in international markets, diversified the portfolio of brands, increased the number of jobs and profits. It was also proved that the opinion of the final consumer is still not sufficiently taken into account in the assessment of the Pearson correlation coefficient (the latter allowed the authors to propose their own definition of the competitive advantage in the industry). The paper attempts for the first time to consider the competitive advantages of hotel chains from the point of view not only of theorists and business practitioners, but also with the view of the opinion of the services consumer; there were identified the discrepancies, which consideration would allow to increase the level of guest satisfaction and, accordingly, the efficiency of the hotel business. In future papers, the authors plan to verify the existence of a correlation between the degree of guest loyalty to a particular hotel network and the main financial results of its activities. (shrink)

I argue that there is a problem for a wide class of theories of art that arises from counterexamples drawn from everyday artistic activity, rather than high artworld artistic activity. I explore how the counterexample functions. Part of the point is to reflect on methodological issues concerning the use of examples when considering theories of art. We will also see why thinking about everyday cases is theoretically significant.

Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2019, Page 216-220.

Tourists, Travellers and Hotels in Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem. By Shimon Gibson; Yoni Shapira; and Rupert L. Chapman III. The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual, vol. 11. Leeds: Maney Publishing, 2013. Pp. xv + 286, illus. $78. [Distributed by the David Brown Book Co., Oakville, Conn.].

Purpose. The aim of this study is to determine the role of emotional design as a strategic management tool in the hotel and restaurant business and to analyse its impact on decision-making efficiency, organizational behaviour adaptability, and cognitive engagement of personnel. Methodology of research. The study applies an interdisciplinary approach combining qualitative content analysis of academic publications, case studies of hotel and restaurant enterprises, cognitive analysis of management patterns, and visual ethnographic research of the spatial-sensory environment. The conceptual (...) foundation is based on the design-based strategic management approach, which enables the assessment of how spatial design solutions influence strategic thinking and behavioural models. Findings. The research revealed that emotional design influences key aspects of management in the hotel and restaurant business: it accelerates decision-making in critical situations, reduces cognitive load on staff, fosters a positive emotional environment for customers, and increases customer loyalty. It was proved that spatial design can act as a latent regulator of team behaviour, supporting self-organization and effective interaction without administrative pressure. Originality. The study proposes an interpretation of emotional design as a framing element of strategic management in service businesses. For the first time, the functional multi-level structure of emotional design (visceral, behavioural, and reflective levels) is generalized and its impact on the cognitive engagement of both staff and clients is defined. Practical value. The recommendations developed for integrating emotional design into hotel and restaurant management strategies can be used to improve service efficiency, enhance internal communication, and establish a sustainable emotional connection with customers. The findings are relevant to both physical and digital service environments. (shrink)

Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on practice is generally acknowledged as a defining characteristic. There is, however, a general tension within pragmatist thought concerning practice, for pragmatism may emphasize the theorizing of practice. It is, then, distinguished from other theories in International Relations (IR) such as neo-realism or constructivism as a contender in their midst. We delineate a pragmatist theory of IR in the first part of this article, but insist on going (...) beyond merely establishing the next paradigm, for pragmatism may also emphasize the practice of theorizing. Theories are, then, considered different tools useful for dealing with the social world. This will be corroborated in the second part by a close reading of William James. Finally, we submit that instead of a paradigm war, a metaphor such as that of the Papini hotel is needed in IR — a metaphor that accounts for theory competition without neglecting the limitations set by the practice of theorizing itself. (shrink)

The article is devoted to the problems of introducing the SMART-education technology in the training and development of personnel of hotel complexes and business activities in the field of hotel business. The methodological and organizational bases for the application of SMART-education in staff training were identified; the leading qualitative features and development trends of this type of entrepreneurial educational activity were outlined. The principles of SMART-education of staff in the field of hotel business and its applied features (...) in the service sector were developed. A model of SMART- education of hotel complex staff was developed based on solving case problems and practical mastering of professional content. (shrink)

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) continues to attract interest from tourism businesses, and many hotel companies are now substantially engaged in social and environmental responsibilities. This paper investigated local community perceptions of hotels undertaking CSR activities in provincial areas of Thailand. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with local community members. Results show a hotel’s CSR activities had been perceived to affect local communities’ quality of life (QOL), which influences their perception of the hotels and CSR activities.

The hotel industry has been showing their responsibility towards sustainability by employing green practices in their daily operations. The area of sustainability in hospitality relates to incorporating sustainability in operations and focusing on practices like saving energy, using renewable energy, and recycling waste. The hotels are showing their commitment to sustainability indicators like social, economic, and environmental concerns and communicating about the same to their customers. With the help of sustainability measures, hotel practitioners can think beyond providing the (...) attractive physical features and create an elegant atmosphere. Sustainability can be used as an asset to improve the brand loyalty of the customers. The attitude and perception of consumers can be further enhanced with the help of indicators of sustainability. The focus of this paper is to provide an insight into the process of implementing sustainability practices in general and specifically about environmental initiatives in hospitality. In a developing nation like India, one of the driving forces for the hotel companies to start sustainability initiatives was compliance; however, now, the companies are using these sustainable practices in branding and developing a competitive advantage. (shrink)

Although previous studies have acknowledged that leaders’ such environmental behaviors and environmental issues are becoming critical for long-term development, little research has focused on why, how and when perceived environmentally specific servant leadership contributes to employees’ workplace environmentally friendly behavior in the hotel industry. This paper aims to fill this research gap by using social identity theory to test employees’ green role identity as a mediator and their perceived corporate environmental responsibility and perceived coworkers’ work group green advocacy as (...) moderators in the relationship between perceived environmentally-specific servant leadership and workplace environmentally friendly behavior. Using a sample of 527 leader-follower dyads from six hotels in mainland China at two points in time, we found that employees’ green role identity mediates the positive relationship between perceived environmentally specific servant leadership and employees’ workplace environmentally friendly behavior. Moreover, employees’ perceived corporate environmental responsibility and perceived coworkers’ work group green advocacy were found to positively moderate the relationship between perceived environmentally-specific servant leadership and green role identity and between green role identity and workplace environmentally friendly behavior, respectively. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. (shrink)

Harold Hotelling’s articles in mathematical economics from the 1930s are classics. Some are keystones of entire sub-disciplines of economic theory such as location economics [Hotelling...

Considering the vulnerable climatic conditions in most parts of the planet, a successful transition toward a carbon-free future is a critical challenge worldwide. In this respect, around 35% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emission is associated with the power sector. To this end, a vast of electrical energy has been used by the people in buildings. Specifically, a significant amount of energy in buildings is used for heating, cooling, and ventilation. While the available literature highlights the importance of neat, (...) clean, and green electrical energy for the decarbonization of society, a critical gap exists in such literature. That is, most of the literature under this stream deals with the supply side of electrical energy, while the demand side was neglected. To bridge this critical knowledge gap, this study investigates how the CSR engagement of a hotel organization can promote the energy-related pro-environmental behavior among the employees with the intervening effect of employees’ environmental commitment and Green intrinsic motivation. Further, the conditional indirect role of altruistic values was also tested in this study. The data were collected from different hotel employees in Pakistan with the help of a self-administered questionnaire. We tested the hypothesized relationship through structural equation modeling. The results confirmed that CSR can be a potential motivator to impact the ERPEB of employees, while EMEC and GRIM mediated this relationship significantly. The findings of this study also confirmed the conditional indirect role of altruistic values. These findings offer various theoretical and practical contributions which are conversed in detail. (shrink)

Previous research on consumers’ willingness to choose a green hotel has yielded mixed results, with some studies indicating a positive relationship with the hotel’s CSR initiatives, while others suggesting that there is no booking advantage for hotels going green. The present research seeks to understand the social nature of green hotel booking decisions and proposes a conceptual framework elucidating three primary factors that underlie consumers’ propensity to choose a green hotel. The study findings indicate that, importantly, (...) a consumer’s social relationship situation with other consumers, self-affirmation, and the option popularity jointly influence consumers’ willingness to choose a green hotel. The authors adopt a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial experimental design to test the proposed hypotheses. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. (shrink)

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been a mere victim of climate change in recent years. The country needs emergency measures at every level to mitigate environmental dilapidation. The role of enterprises in the country’s environmental efforts is critical. In this regard, the hotel sector is known for its outsized carbon footprint. Knowing this, the current study aims to improve a hotel enterprise’s environmental performance as an outcome of corporate social responsibility. The study also considers the mediating role (...) of pro-environmental behavior of employees and the moderating role of altruistic values. A hypothesized model was developed, which was validated by employing the structural equation modeling technique. The empirical results confirmed that CSR, directly and indirectly, positively induces the ENP of a hotel enterprise. Whereas the conditional indirect role of ALT was also found significant. The study offers different implications for theory and practice, among which one important takeaway for the hotel sector is to realize the importance of employees to spur ENP of a hotel enterprise through their eco-friendly behavior. At the same time, the current work also advances the theory by highlighting the moderating role of ALT between the indirect relationship of CSR and ENP. (shrink)

The article explores the phenomenon of visual and aesthetic thinking as an emerging managerial competence and an integral component of management culture in the hospitality industry. Moving beyond traditional rational approaches, the study conceptualizes visual-aesthetic thinking as a form of managerial intelligence that integrates cognitive, sensory, and cultural dimensions of decision-making. It emphasizes that visual perception, color, composition, and spatial design function as non-verbal management tools capable of structuring team behavior, stimulating creativity, and reinforcing brand identity. Based on content analysis (...) and comparative review of international and Ukrainian research, the authors identify four structural dimensions of this phenomenon: visual culture as a channel of managerial communication, the cognitive-aesthetic nature of decision-making, the aesthetic environment as a managerial instrument, and visual-aesthetic thinking as a marker of advanced leadership culture. The study demonstrates how managers in hotels and restaurants utilize visual codes, design elements, and aesthetic cues to create multisensory service environments that enhance staff motivation, improve customer experience, and promote emotional coherence within teams. The authors argue that the aestheticization of management contributes to organizational stability, cognitive economy, and the emotional sustainability of service personnel. The findings expand theoretical understanding of aesthetic intelligence in management and suggest practical implications for leadership development, staff adaptation, and the design of emotionally engaging service spaces in the hospitality sector. (shrink)

William Lane Craig's defence of the kalam cosmological argument rests heavily on two philosophical arguments against a past-eternal universe. In this article I take issue with one of these arguments, what I call the – namely, that the metaphysical absurdity of an actually infinite number of things existing precludes the possibility of a beginningless past. After explaining this argument, I proceed to raise some initial doubts. After setting those aside, I show that the argument is ineffective against proponents of presentism. (...) The remainder of the article considers and rejects possible replies on Craig's behalf. (shrink)

Neste estudo examinaremos de que modo a condição de sujeito errante e anônimo no romance Hotel atlântico (1989), de João Gilberto Noll, pode ser interpretada como uma metáfora da exclusão social e da falha do Estado na garantia da Dignidade da Pessoa Humana. A metodologia adotada foi qualitativa e bibliográfica, ancorada no diálogo entre a análise textual da obra e os conceitos jurídicos de Dignidade da Pessoa Humana e Direitos da Personalidade, contando com o suporte teórico-filosófico de Giorgio Agamben (...) (2002) para conceituar a “vida nua”. Como resultado, demonstrou-se que o protagonista, ao ser despojado de nome, morada e laços sociais, atinge uma condição de desamparo que o transforma na figura alegórica da “vida nua” (zoē), um ser que foi politicamente excluído da proteção da vida qualificada (bios). A marginalidade ficcional de Noll funciona como um poderoso contraponto negativo ao arcabouço da Constituição Federal de 1988, pois expõe a distância abissal entre a promessa normativa do Direito e a realidade da exclusão social. Conclui-se que a obra é um documento artístico fundamental para a crítica constitucional, revelando que o vazio existencial do protagonista é a manifestação da falha do Estado em conferir proteção e ancoragem ao cidadão, consolidando-se como um instrumento essencial para a reflexão sobre a aplicação real do princípio da Dignidade da Pessoa Humana. (shrink)

This paper employs a case study to discuss the relationship between the management system and operation capability of Marriott International Hotel and H World. The study analyzes four key management areas: Operations Management, Customer Relationship Management, Human Resources Management, and Marketing Management. By comparing the management models and practices of the two hotel groups in four different fields, it is found that Marriott has outstanding performance in global operation and standardized Management. In contrast, H World has an advantage (...) in the Chinese market through a flexible localization strategy and efficient customer relationship management. This paper further discusses how management strategies affect the operation ability of hotel groups, how to enhance the market competitiveness of enterprises through innovative management modes, and provides feasible suggestions for the management optimization of other enterprises in the hotel industry. (shrink)

This study investigated how green absorptive capacity influences employee perceptions of a green work climate and their engagement in green innovative behavior. It also examines the moderating role of green leadership support in shaping these relationships. Guided by the resource-based view, the research explores how environmental knowledge capabilities and supportive organizational conditions contribute to sustainability-focused innovation. Survey data were collected from employees at twelve four- and five-star hotels in the United Arab Emirates and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation (...) modeling. The findings show that green absorptive capacity significantly enhances perceptions of a green work climate, which in turn leads to increased green innovative behavior. The results further reveal that green leadership support strengthens the effect of green work climate on green innovative behavior. These insights extend the resource-based view by demonstrating that organizational resources must be integrated with a supportive climate to achieve innovation outcomes. The study offered practical recommendations for firms aiming to embed sustainability into their core operations by investing in environmental knowledge systems, cultivating green workplace values, and reinforcing leadership support for environmental initiatives. (shrink)

This study examines the effects of transformational, transactional, and non-transactional leadership on hotel employees’ outcomes including extra effort, perceived efficiency, and satisfaction with managers. Employees from eleven 4-star hotels in Spain provided the collected data. A series of statistical analyses identify the elements of three leadership styles using a multi-factor leadership questionnaire ; examine the effect of leadership styles on employees’ outcomes. The results of this study indicate that “idealized attributes” of transformational leadership and “contingent reward” from transactional leadership (...) are the most important factors that positively affect all three outcomes ; and to assess the moderating effect of different types of ownership of hotel properties on the relationship between styles of leadership and outcomes of employees’ activities other than these two elements, the significant factors indicating positive or negative relationships vary depending on the types of individual outcomes as well as ownership of hotel properties. The discussion sections indicate theoretical and practical implications of the findings. (shrink)

Increasingly it is recognised that the background characteristics of employees in the hotel industry affect their ethical behaviour in the service delivery process. In particular, the gender of employees in the hotel industry has been shown to affect the ethical conduct of employees. Despite this recognition, few empirical studies in Ghana have examined the relationship between the gender of employees in the hotel industry and their ethical behaviour. Based on a cross-sectional survey of 320 randomly sampled (...) class='Hi'>hotel employees in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana, this paper will investigate the relationship between the gender of hotel employees and ethical behaviour in the performance of their daily service delivery roles. Data will be analysed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. Findings suggest that there are more male employees than females in the hotel industry in Kumasi. More males than females also occupy managerial positions. However, females were more likely to exhibit ethical conduct in the service delivery process than their male counterparts. The implications of these findings will be discussed. Conclusions will be drawn and recommendation for further research will also be indicated. (shrink)

This essay examines Meera Margaret Singh’s exhibition Nightingale in the time and place of the liminal space we call “hotel.” In intertexual dialogue with Wayne Koestenbaum’s Hotel Theory, the author not only reviews Singh’s intimate photographs of her mother, she reads the images with and against the architecture in which they are exhibited. The Gladstone as exhibition space redoubles Singh’s emphasis on the tense connectivity of apparent binaries: youth and age, public and private, artist and model, object and (...) spectator, living and dying. The quotidian activities of hotel living—guests’ arrivals, departures, and returns—become inextricable pieces of Singh’s site-specific installation. The author theorizes what Freud calls the “foretaste of mourning” in this work, grappling with what will be but is not yet the death of the mother. Singh’s Nightingale proposes that we do not “work through” mourning: mourning is a perpetual way of being in the present. (shrink)

The research aims to assess the extent of Green Business Standard implementation in hotels, determine the efficiency and effectiveness of Green Business Standard implementation in hotels, and define the influencing factors affecting GBSI in hotels. The research was conducted with 132 hotel representatives from six provinces and one municipality, five DoT officials, and 119 people who have experience of staying in hotels. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. To analyze the data, SPSS statistical tools were employed, including simple (...) regression, multiple regression, and descriptive statistical tools. Content analysis was employed to analyze qualitative data. -/- First, the Green Business Standard was implemented to a high degree in hotels regarding energy consumption with the use of efficient energy equipment, water consumption through efficient water materials and equipment, and air quality management, while the GBSI in hotels is low regarding the promotion of green products and local economic development, environmental protection, and local cultural promotion. Second, the practice of GBSI in hotels reduced water use, energy consumption, costs, and guest and profit margins. Third, the GBSI in hotels was predicted by customers’ support, government regulations, perceived benefits, hotel managers' or owners’ behavior, and staff support. -/- Keywords: green business standards, efficiency, effectiveness, and influencing factors of GBSI in hotels . (shrink)

In a world facing hunger and limited natural resources, food waste represents a major environmental and economic challenge. Large quantities of food are wasted annually, leading to the inefficient use of water, energy, and agricultural land, while intensifying climate change through greenhouse gas emissions. In Iraq, food waste has emerged as a pressing issue, with waste levels exceeding global averages, particularly within the restaurant and hospitality sector. In recent years, a growing proportion of the Iraqi population consumes a significant share (...) of their meals outside the home, alongside the rapid expansion of fast-food restaurants. Most excess food is disposed of in landfills, where it decomposes anaerobically and generates methane, carbon dioxide, and other greenhouse gases. Addressing food waste requires coordinated efforts among individuals, businesses, and governmental institutions to promote more sustainable consumption and management practices. This study is a narrative review that aims to analyze the causes and environmental and economic impacts of food waste in Iraq, as well as to evaluate international strategies that could be adapted to the Iraqi context. (shrink)