Assignment Content

For this case study you are to research (search the Internet) a real life security or emergency management event that affected a hotel (or group of hotels). It must be an event that resulted in injury, loss of life, damage to property or disruption of normal hotel services (e.g., terrorist attack, fire, earthquake, protesting, power outage, flooding, bomb threat, criminal activity, COVID-19, etc.). The event can be recent or could have occured several decades ago. It does not matter when it a happened or in what country. The event has to have occured in a traditional traditional hotel/motel environment andNOThome sharing (e.g., Airbnb).

You are to answerallthe following questions:

1) What happened and why did it happen (if applicable)?5 marks(Give some introduction background and context such as where is the hotel located, how big was the hotel, it in an urban or rural area, etc).

2) How did the hotel respond to the event? Was the event foreseeible or preventable?5 marks(Based on media coverage how well did the hotel staff respond to the event? If it isn't obvious of how the hotel responded just give your opinion on whether you think the hotel was prepared for the event. Explain whether the hotel should have been prepared for this event and if it was foreseeible or preventable).

3) Pretend you are a security consultant and explain how you would help the hotel to be more prepared and better able to respond to the event in the future.5 marks(I am looking forlinkages and references to course materials and lecture contentsuch as theories, concepts, etc)

Required Reading: course materials

AlBattat, A.R., Som, M., Puad, A. (2013).Emergency Preparedness for Disasters and Crises in the Hotel Industry.SAGE OPEN, 3(3), 1-10.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244013505604

Albattat, A.R., Som, M., Puad, A. (2019).Disaster Planning and Preparedness In the Hotel Industry. Emerald Publishing Limited. [Read Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2.6 Emergency Planning and Preparedness in the Hotel Industry, Chapter 2.10 Inclusive Management in Emergency Planning]

Baumann, M.A. (2002).Hotels Use Crisis Management, Communication To Ensure Safety During Emergency Situations.Hotel & Motel Management2017(14), p139

https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/content/38272

You can answer the questions inoneformats:

1)Writen:format in Microsoft Word or plain text on Blackboard. Minimum 600words (excluding title, above question and references).

Remember to use APA 7 referencing for all citiations. Review policy onplagarism.. Which ever format you use, youmust upload or attach at least one URLof a website where you obtained your source information (So I can confirm your case study event). The2017 Las Vegas Hotel Mass Shooting, theKim Kardashian hotel robbery, and the2014 Marriott hotel data breachare allEXCLUDEDas case studies as they have been covered in depth within the course.

RUBRICS:

Ideas, Arguments, & Analysis

6 possible points (40%)

Exemplary

Ideas include original thought and substantial depth. Strong, logical thinking and analysis. Construction of new meaning and insights are evident.

Direction Connection to Course Materials

6 possible points (40%)

Exemplary

Strong, direct connections are made to course materials and are clearly stated.

Writing Quality / Communication

3 possible points (20%)

Exemplary

Well written and clearly articulated using standard English with correct grammar, punctuation, spelling etc. Frequently uses course terminology in discourse of analysis.