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<title>Hotel Management</title>
<cid>BITM-W-04</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P440-0065</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>itm2</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>4</hours>
<type>SU</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>5</cp>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory>no</mandatory>
<language>German/English/French/Spanish</language>
<exam>Project (can be repeated annually)</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBTO-W-03</cid>
<branch>International Tourism Management</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFITM-W-04</cid>
<branch>International Tourism Management</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>BITM-W-04</cid>
<branch>International Tourism-Management</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>BITM-W-04</cid>
<branch>International Tourism-Management</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>BITM-W-04</cid>
<branch>International Tourism-Management</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>BITM-W-04</cid>
<branch>International Tourism-Management</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
<prerequisite>
<pfcid>BITM-111</pfcid>
<pftitle>Principles of the Tourism Sector</pftitle>
</prerequisite>
<prerequisite>
<pfcid>BITM-240</pfcid>
<pftitle>Marketing and Market Research in Tourism</pftitle>
</prerequisite>
<prerequisite>
<pfcid>BITM-320</pfcid>
<pftitle>Management in the Tourism Industry</pftitle>
</prerequisite>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Prof. Dr. Achim Schröder</convenor>
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<lecturers>
<lecturer>Prof. Dr. Achim Schröder</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>asc</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module students will:
- be able to define basic concepts and terms from the hotel business/industry,
- be able to characterize bidding structures and product concepts in the international hotel industry,
- be able to illustrate the interrelationships in hotel management between business and real estate,
- be able to develop a marketing concept for an accommodation business or something similar in a team (and, if necessary, togther with third parties) using suitable marketing tools and creatively modeling the marketing mix resp. be able to systematically and scientifically work on a problem from the hotel and catering sector, and
- document the most important results from the project, communicate them to the group (and, if necessary, to external parties) and make recommendations for action.
</objectives>
<content>- Basic principles of the hotel business/industry
- The hotel business and its services
- Special service features in the hotel business
- Location factors in the hotel industry
- Hotel management and operation
- Suppliers and product concepts in the hotel industry
- Hotel management and hotel real estate Ownership and contractual structures
- Marketing management of hotels
- Environmental management in the hotel industry 
- Developments and trends in the hotel industry

</content>
<media>- Seminaristic lecture
- Case studies (excursion, if necessary)
- Project (independent development of a concept and its presentation)

</media>
<literature>- Dettmer, H. (Hrsg.): Organisations-/Personalmanagement in Hotellerie und Gastronomie, Hamburg, 2005
- Dreyer, A., Dehner, C.: Kundenzufriedenheit im Tourismus, München, latest edition
- Freyer, W. (Hrsg.): Tourismus. Einführung in die Fremdenverkehrsökonomie. München, latest edition
- Gardini, M. A.: Grundlagen der Hotellerie und des Hotelmanagements im Tourismus, Oldenbourg, München, latest edition
- Hänssler, K. H. (Hrsg.): Management in der Hotellerie und Gastronomie, Oldenbourg, München, Wien, latest edition 
- Henschel, U. K.: Hotelmanagement, Oldenbourg, München, latest edition
- Henselek, H., Hotelmanagement. Planung und Kontrolle, Oldenbourg, München, latest edition
- Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA): Hotelmarkt Deutschland. latest edition
- Knirsch, J.: Hotels - Planen und Gestalten. Leinfelden-Echterdingen, latest edition
- Reid, R.: Hospitality marketing management, Hoboken, latest edition
- Soller, J. (Hrsg.): Finanzierungsleitfaden Mittelstandshotellerie: Strategien und Konzepte für dauerhaften Erfolg, Berlin, latest edition

Statistics:
- DEHOGA: Jahresberichte
- Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA) e.V. online: http://hotellerie.de/home/index.html
- Statistisches Bundesamt: Statistik in Zahlen

</literature>
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