Hong Kong's hotel industry: The post-hand-over blues

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 86-95

  Hsu, William ^a  

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EID: 0032187223     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001088049803900514     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. 1 William Hsu and Robert O'Halloran, "The Hong Kong Hilton - The Case of the Disappearing Hotel," Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 4 (August 1997), pp. 46-55.
2. 2 Industry-wide, room occupancy for Hong Kong hotels was estimated to be 93 percent in 1997. See: Hong Kong Tourist Association, "Boom Days for Territory," South China Morning Post (Hong Kong Review), January 13, 1997, p. 30.
3. 3 Edward Peters, "The Year of Holiday Handouts," South China Morning Post (Travel Section), January 2, 1997, p. 17. Note: 1,000 million equals one U.S. billion.
4. 4 Economic Times, March 10, 1998, p. 21.
5. 5 Ibid.
6. 6 Hsu and O'Halloran, pp. 46-55.
7. 7 South China Morning Post, January 23, 1997, p. B3.
8. 8 Hsu and O'Halloran, pp. 46-55.
9. 9 Akiko Kato, reporting in Mainichi Shimbun, October 17, 1997, pp. 3-4.
10. 10 Charmaine Chan and Vivian Chiu, "The Great Tourist Rip-off," Sunday Morning Post (Agenda), October 19, 1997.
11. 11 At the same time, Korean visitors to Hong Kong dropped by some 74 percent. See: Alison Smith, "No Great Place for Bargains, but the Trams Are Fabulous," South China Morning Post, April 26, 1998, p. B4.
12. 12 Peninsula Occupancy at 10-year Low, South China Morning Post, March 9, 1998, p. B2.
13. 13 Andrew Chetham, "Shangri-La Turnover Up 7,9 Percent as Profit Dips," South China Morning Post, March 26, 1998, p. B3.
14. 14 Rachael Clarke, reporting in South China Morning Post, March 25, 1998, p. P19.
15. 15 "Crunch Time Comes for Expo 2001," South China Morning Post, June 8, 1998, p. P3.
16. 16 As reported in: South China Morning Post, March 4, 1998, p. 3.
17. 17 See: "Tourist Fares Slashed," South China Morning Post, November 15, 1997, p. P5; and "Cathay Offer Hit by Flu Fear," South China Morning Post, January 8, 1998, p. P6.
18. 17 See: "Tourist Fares Slashed," South China Morning Post, November 15, 1997, p. P5; and "Cathay Offer Hit by Flu Fear," South China Morning Post, January 8, 1998, p. P6.
19. 18 Kcith Willis, "Cathay to Slash Staff by Another 1,000," South China Morning Post, May 3, 1998, p. B1.
20. 19 Apple Daily, June 16, 1998, p. A24.
21. 20 Economic Times, April 29, 1998, p. A21.
22. 21 CNN News (on the internet), May 7, 1998.
23. 22 US$1:147.35 yen; New York Stock Exchange and AP News Service.
24. 23 South China Morning Post, June 23, 1998, p. P1.
25. 24 "Sandwich class" housing refers to dwellings aimed at families with monthly household incomes of no more than HK$70,000 (or about US$9,000) and total assets of less than HK$1.5 million.
26. 25 Oriental Daily, June 29, 1998, p. A20.
27. 26 As reported in: South China Morning Post, June 3, 1998, p. 8.