Competitive analysis of residence hotels market

The aim of this thesis is to analyze market of residence hotels. With help of publicated and semi-publicated sources it explores macroeconomic development of the market and analyses chosen competitive set of residences. Further it focuses on e-commerce and information technologies in lodging industry. After introductory chapter follows chapter which describes basic principles of competitive intelligence and strategic management. Third chapter discusses Czech and global macroeconomic development of tourism and lodging industry. Fourth chapter analyses Czech market of residence hotels. It describes contemporary state of the market and all specifics of industry rivalry, which is for example hospitality revenue & yield management. With question survey among the customers and model of 5 Porter forces it explores competitive environment of the market. Detailed analysis for chosen competitive set of residences follows in fifth chapter. Except for comparsion of all competitors and their economic indicators, it focuses also on usage of e-commerce. Sixth chapter integrates all gained information and provides advices for the market of residence hotels. With use of SWOT analyses it specifies business strategy for chosen company on the market. The last chapter summarizes all thesis