Role of Interior Design in Hospitality Industry (a Case Study Cutting Wrought Iron)
CHAPTER ONE
Objective of Study
The research is to examine the effect and prospect of interior design in the hospitality industry and how interior has faired in the wake of its problem and whether interior design would be able to harness these challenge into opportunities that ensure growth and development.
To accomplish these aims, the study shall focus on the following objectives:
(a) To examine critically on the present development in interior design in hospitality industry
(b) To examine the effect and social contribution of interior design in hospitality industry
(c) To evaluate the profit income that interior design has brought into the hospitality industry
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
Our focus in this chapter is to critically examine relevant literature that would assist in explaining the research problem and furthermore recognize the efforts of scholars who had previously contributed immensely to similar research. The chapter intends to deepen the understanding of the study and close the perceived gaps.
Precisely, the chapter will be considered in two sub-headings:
- Conceptual Framework
- Chapter Summary
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Origin of the Hotel Industry
The hotel industry is undergoing many changes the demand for hotels is affected as the economic fortune of countries, region, cities rise and fall. Each year companies and hotel change ownership and new companies & brands enter the market place. Brand names that are popular today may not be there in the next decade.
No one knows exactly when the first inns opened: but certainly the first inns were private homes that offered accommodations to travelers. By 500 BC ancient cites in Greece, Egypt, China, had a number of establishment that offered food and drink as well as beds to travelers. In France, large building that had rooms to let by the day, week, or longer were called ‘hotel garni’. The word ‘hotel’ was first used in England in about 1760 by the Fifth Duke of Devonshire to name a lodging establishment in London. In 1794 the first hotel in the United States opened – the 70-room city hotel in Broadway in New York City. Over the decades, names like, Cesar Ritz (France), Ellsworth Statler, Conrad Hilton, Ernest Henderson (of the Sheraton chain), Kemmons Wilson (of the Holiday Inn chain) are anonymous with the growth and development of the hotel industry. While development were in full swing in the new world, India still under the British rule was ignorant to all these progress but for one man. JRD Tata founded the first hotel in India with the opening of ‘Taj Mahal’, Mumbai in 1904. MS Oberoi on the other hand launched the Oberoi chain under East India Company and in independent India chains such as ITC Windsor Sheraton, the Leela group, ITDC, The Park, The Grand, Clarke group; Mahindra hospitality pioneered the hospitality sector.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
AREA OF STUDY
Imo State is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, located in the southeast region of the country. Formed in 1976 when it split from the former East-Central State, Imo State is bordered by Abia State on the east, Delta State to the West, Anambra State on the north, and Rivers State to the south.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of fifty seven (57) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which fifty (50) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 50 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
Introduction
This chapter summarizes the findings on the role of interior design in hospitality industry using cutting wrought iron as case study. The chapter consists of summary of the study, conclusions, and recommendations.
Summary of the Study
In this study, our focus was to the role of interior design in hospitality industry using cutting wrought iron as case study. The study specifically was aimed at examining critically the present development in interior design in hospitality industry, examining the effect and social contribution of interior design in hospitality industry and evaluating the profit income that interior design has brought into the hospitality industry.
The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A total of 50 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are staff of the three selected hotels in Imo State.
Conclusions
The efficiency and effectiveness of the hospitality industry depends on how the interior design is been packaged. This study examined the role of interior design in hospitality in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the industry. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher concluded that interior design has contributed to the development of hospitality industry.
Recommendation
Based on the findings of this research, the study recommends that interior design cannot be ignored in hospitality industry.
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