Purpose

The purpose of this final project is to provide an opportunity for you to apply your knowledge from this course by analyzing the annual corporate report for the hospitality organization of your choice. In order to complete this project, you must select a publicly traded hospitality organization. This project should demonstrate your ability to critically think and apply the financial concepts discussed in this course, with emphasis on Chapter 6 - Ratio Analysis.

You will complete a written analysis on the organization of your choice to support whether you think the organization is successful or unsuccessful. Your discussion will include five ratios to support your perspective. The five ratios must be from at least three different ratios types as follows:

1. Liquidity Ratios
2. Solvency Ratios
3. Activity Ratios
4. Profitability Ratios
5. Investor Ratios
6. Hospitality-Specific Ratios

Format

The report should be between three to eight type pages in APA format with size 12 Arial font with 1 inch margins.

For more details on APA format, refer to:https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/noeaucenter/helpful- handouts/

Your paper should include the appropriate title page, headers, page numbers, abstract, and reference listing per APA formatting.

Contents

The report address following main points:

1. Introduction (no more than 2 paragraphs)
2. Explain which organization you selected
3. Brief background on your organization
4. Organization Success (no more than 1 paragraph)
5. Define success
6. Summarize why you think your organization is successful
7. Briefly explain which ratios you will discuss and how they support your definition
8. of success
9. Ratio #1 - Ratio #5 (each ratio should be 1 to 2 paragraphs)
10. For each ratio, explain how you calculated the ratio
11. i. Include references to your supporting data such as the organization's
12. annual report or other publicly available financial information or statements
13. Explain how ratio supports your definition of success for organization
14. Conclusion
15. Summarize your definition of success for your organization
16. Summarize how your ratios support your definition of success

Submission and Grading

Final Project

There are two due dates for the final project:

1. An outline of your final report is due at the end of Week 13 on Monday 11/25/19 11:55 PM in lieu of a weekly assignment or discussion post. The outline will be worth 15 points of your Final Project grade based on the following criteria (each criteria worth up to five points):
2. Accuracy - Did you calculate ratios and apply them appropriately?
3. Completeness - Did you address the required main points?
4. Level of Analysis - Did you critically apply the concepts discussed in class?
5. The final report is due at the beginning of Week 16 (Final Exam Week) on Sunday 12/8/19 11:55 PM. The final report is worth 30 points, based on the same criteria as your outline (each criteria worth up to 10 points)