Ahmad Rasmi AlBattat

Emergency Preparedness for Disasters and Crises in the Hotel Industry

Safety and security are the most important issues to tourist while traveling and the first aspect they consider is to be protected from hazards. Emergency planning and preparedness for a crisis are the most significant components of dealing with disasters. Hospitality practitioners noticed a rising number of natural and man-made crises that harm the hospitality industry, regarding its vulnerability to crisis and internal and external hazards. By using secondary data, this study aims to shed some light on this issue, contributing to knowledge and awareness on emergency preparedness for the hospitality industry. Moreover, the study aims to explain the management’s commitment to adopt, develop, and update emergency plans. The results of this study explain that tourism as an international mobile industry must respond to internal and external hazards such as disease movement and terrorist attacks. Marketing safety is important to promote hotels and tourist destinations to the guests and holiday advisors. Hotels have a long history of being a soft target for terrorist attacks, as can be seen in several accidents that have shaken the hotel industry in the past few decades. Hotels invest a lot to install protective techniques, but terrorists are becoming more organized. Practitioners propose disaster management frameworks using several measurements. Recovery from crisis and learning help business retention that minimizes negative impacts and prevent losses. Finally, evaluation and feedback are very important to overcome the hazards and return to normal, as well as adopting new ideas to deal with emergencies. Single- and double-loop organizational learning should benefit proactive preparedness.

Human Resource Management Practices on Food and Beverage Performance a Conceptual Framework for the Jordan Hotel Industry

This study reviews the human resource management practices of food and beverage services. The performance is measured by the turnover rate for managerial and non-managerial employees, labor productivity, and its return on assets. This paper aims to review existing literature on HRM practices in the F&B departments of hotels analyzing, the impacts of the framework of HRM practices. This paper discusses the HRM practices model, and explains Cho`s HRM item`s framework of HRM practices in the area of F&B and its application to Jordanian hotels. The conceptual model suggests applications of the HRM practices in the F&B department and encourages hotels to improve its management to better satisfy their employees.