Hospitality management Assignment 2

Floating Resorts: The Cruise Line Business Summarize the beginnings of the cruise industry, describe the birth of modern cruising, and describe the cruise industry of today. Explain how a cruise ship is organized. Explain how Seabourn Cruise Line, Carnival and Royal Caribbean got started, and describe its approach to providing quality service to passengers. An Introduction to the Meetings Industry List and describe types of meetings typically held in lodging facilities, explain the role of civic and government organizations in the meetings industry, and describe where most meetings are held. Outline the meeting planning process and summarize career opportunities in the meetings industry. Club Management Summarize background information about clubs; list and describe types of city clubs; and describe country, yacht, fraternal, and military clubs. 19 Audit of Cycle Infrastructure 1Specification This exercise requires an audit of a carefully selected site which demonstrates the design of cycling -focused infrastructure. The audit will include description, review and comparison with guidelines and standards. This assignment requires you to: •Identify from your own observation one example of cycle-specific infrastructure; •Describe your example, including a sketch, photographs or other illustrations; •Compare your example with cases identified in the literature or good practice guidelines to demonstrate evidence of good practice in design; •Provide a critical review including reference to design weaknesses and possible improvements. The specific objectives of this coursework assignment are: •To develop an awareness of transport engineering techniques and design issues which facilitate cycling; •To develop powers of critical analysis in the context of design practice. 2 Research resources Typical points which have emerged from previous student assignments are listed below, as general issues for comment. It is not suggested that you will need to comment on all of these for your own case. There may also be extra points which are relevant to your example, but which are not covered here. However, it is intended to give you an idea of the sort of discussion points which you may wish to consider as part of your own critical review Cycle lanes: • Widths; narrowings; by-passes; • Drainage • Advisory vs mandatory • Parked vehicles; bus stops • Maintenance; surface quality • Time of operation • Termination and start • Enforcement •Colour; materials • Signing; marking General • Continuity; network issues • Demand • Points of conflict Shared cycle/pedestrian facilities • Forward visibility • Obstructions • Cobbles; tactile surfaces • Segregation • Cross-section • Sign height; parapet height Crossings and junctions • Capacity • Level changes • Advanced stop line layout • Signal staging • Staggered stop lines; by-passes at junctions • Compliance 3 Output required The submission must be in MSWord format and should not exceed 1800 words (excluding photographs, illustrations, appendices and references). There should be an appropriate report structure with numbered sections and headings. References should be listed and cited according to the Harvard convention. . The case study Cross lane Street in Salford in Manchester As it can be seen in Google maps image, Cross lane is a street connecting Liverpool Street and Crescent Road NOTE I think that there is a serious risk that you will fail this assessment if you choose to continue to present your audit based on this proposed design, rather than on an existing example of cycle infrastructure, as requested in the brief. Basis of assessment Clear description of the chosen example including the specific cycle –related design features Evaluation of the design features (strengths and weakness) including a comparison with example of good practices Quality of the presentation Summary reflection on your feedback