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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
MODULE: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205]
REPORT TITLE:A Tale of Two Businesses -A Comparative Analysis ofTwo
Businesses ofSimilar Industry in DifferentGeographicalLocations
BUSINESS INDUSTRY: HOSPITALITY
LECTURER: MR.CHANG JAU HO
SUBMISSION DATE: 22 MAY 2015
LAU MAO HUA 0320249
WONG QIN KAI 0320024
LIM TING LE 0320028
LEE JIA KIAM 0320029
NABILA HANIM BINTI SALLEH@MAN 0321368
NADHIRAH BINTI MOHD ZAIN 0321366
NUR AZREEN BINTI SAMIU 0321370
CHIN KHANG WEI 0320728
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TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE NUMBER
COVER PAGE 1
TABLE OF CONTENT 2
KEY SUMMARY 3
BRIEF BIO OF THE BUSINESS 4-5
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESSES’ COMPETITIVE TRAITS 6-10
RECOMMENDATION 11-14
APPENDICES 15-26
REFERENCES 27
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KEY SUMMARY
In a group of eight people, we need to select two businesses with the history of 10 years and
above within the same industry in different geographical location for research purpose. We had selected
Hotel Continental and The 5 Elements Hotel as our businesses to study. Hotel Continental has 46 years of
experiences in Penang while The 5 Elements Hotel has 42 years of experiences in Kuala Lumpur. We
need to conduct preliminary research and conduct a personal interview with the hotel manager to get more
information about the business. In addition, we also need to conduct on-site observations of the
businesses we had selected. In this report, we will be discussing about the background information and
the competitive behavior of the two businesses in their respective markets.
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BRIEF BIO OF THE BUSINESS
A. Hotel Continental Penang
Hotel Continental is located at Penang Road, Penang. It was founded on 29 November 1969 by
Loh’s Family. When contacted with Mr.Fadzil, hotel manager, he said that the top management and
himself are not sure about the motivate of Loh’s Family to start this business. Mr. Fadzil believed that it is
because of the island which will attract visitors to come (personal communication, May 1, 2015). Hotel
Continental have approximately 80 peoples of employees including the top management which half of
them came from local citizens and another half came from foreign country. Hotel Continen tal provides a
total number of 231 rooms to the market which include superior room, deluxe room, super deluxe room
and executive suite room. Besides that, Hotel Continental also provides services facilities such as
restaurant, conference room, laundry service, car park, swimming pool and etc. The hotel can be fully
occupied during peak season. On the other hand, the hotel’s capacity can up to 60% to 70% during off-
peak season. Most of the customers come from corporate businessmen and private agent groups. In the
past 5 years, Hotel Continental had graded as a 3-star hotel by Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH)
and Coffee House is a qualified halal restaurant. Besides that, Hotel Continental had upgraded the
standard room to superior room and upgrading the amenities inside the room such as LCD television,
minibar, in-room movies channels and so forth. Mr. Fadzil believed that this hotel can sustain longer
because of the strategic location.
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B. The 5 Elements Hotel KL
The 5 Elements Hotel is located at Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur. It was founded in 1973 and it was taken
over by new management in year 2008. The key founder of this hostel is a Malaysian Chinese
businessman but currently it is in-charged by Tan Sri Lam’s daughter. The key founder start this business
with the motivation of the founder is operating property development company by that time and take this
opportunity to start the business and gain profit from it. The idea of The 5 Elements Hotel’s name is mainly
due to its location which had the traditional concept in it and they decided to use the five basic elements -
fire, metals, earth, wood and water as the concept of their name. The 5 Elements Hotel has approximately
30 employees which most of them came from foreign country. The 5 Elements Hotel has the total of 104
rooms which include standard single rooms, superior twin rooms, deluxe queen rooms, and themed suites.
During peak seasons, the hotel’s capacity can up to 60% to 70% which are about 4000 people. In contrast,
the hotel’s capacity can only up to 30% during off peak season which are around 2500 to 3000 people. 40%
of the customers come from online bookings such as Agoda and its own official website, while customers
from the travel agents and business cooperation worker contributes 30% each to the total amount of the
customers. Most of the customers are usually Malaysian and Singaporean families who have the income
around RM5000-RM10000. The hotel had been renovated in year 2013 due to the 35 years old building
and hence upgrading the hotel’s facilities and amenities. The 5 Elements Hotel had implemented modern
type of marketing to expand their market which provides online booking on its own website and Agoda.
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESSES’ COMPETITIVE TRAITS
A. Hotel Continental Penang
In Penang, there are around 450 until 500 businesses operating in hotel industry which include
budget hotels and homestays. Market shares of this business are quite small in Penang as there are
numerous competitors in this geographical location. Bayview Hotel, Hotel Malaysia and Cititel Hotel are the
businesses that operate in Penang Road which are also classified as the top competitors of Hotel
Continental. Bayview Hotel is qualified as a 4-star hotel in Penang by Malaysian Association of Hotels
(MAH). It offers a total of 333 rooms and suites to the customers which inclusive of standard rooms,
superior rooms, deluxe & grand deluxe rooms, family rooms, junior suites and premier floor’s rooms.
Meanwhile, Hotel Malaysia is one of the 2-star hotel in Penang by MAH. Hotel Malaysia provides 126
rooms to the customers who include standard rooms, superior rooms and deluxe rooms. Cititel Hotel
graded as one of the 4-star hotel in Penang by MAH. Cititel Hotel offers 451 comfortable rooms which
include standard rooms, superior rooms, deluxe rooms and executive suites. According to Mr.Fadzil, the
hotel competes with other businesses in term of providing good services. He said that he will find the
alternative way to receive suggestion and recommendation from the customers via internet and investigate
the problem and hence provide necessary training if applicable. Hotel Continental has a low pricing power
because there are too many competitors in Penang and the hotel had adjusted their rates four times due to
the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the rates of other businesses. According to Mr.
Fadzil, it is hard for the new business to enter this market because there are too many competitors around
and they had to compete with each other by providing good amenities and facilities as well as providing a
reasonable rate. Hotel Continental is a monopolistic competitive firm because there are too many
competitors in the market. Many competitors are caused by weak barriers to entry which businesses are
easy to enter and exit the market. Due to the large number of competitors, businesses will be having a
weak pricing power and the competition among other businesses are strong in term of pricing and
advertising in order to get more customers.
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B. The 5 Elements Hotel KL
There are around 200 businesses operating in hospitality industry in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur.
The market shares of this business and its top competitors are quite equivalent as everyone facing the
same situation due to the drop in demand which caused by the decreasing number of tourists coming to
Malaysia due to the issues happening in Malaysia such as the flight incidents, safety of Sabah and also the
drop of economics in United Kingdom. Geo Hotel, Swiss Inn Hotel and Ancasa Hotel are the top
competitors of The 5 Elements Hotel because they are the hotels that operate within Chinatown. Geo Hotel
is a 3-star hotel which provides a total number of 180 rooms to serve its customers. Room types available
at Geo Hotel are standard rooms, deluxe rooms, family rooms and premier suites. Swiss Inn Hotel is a 3-
star hotel operating under Swiss-Garden International. Swiss Inn Hotel provides a total number of 151
rooms to the marketwhich include superior rooms, deluxe rooms and family rooms. Ancasa Hotel is a 3-
star hotels which provides 294 rooms which inclusive of standard rooms, superior rooms, deluxe rooms,
family suites, junior suites and Ancasa floor’s rooms. Ancasa Hotel also provided spa services for its
customers which enhance people to stay at that hotel for the enjoyment of the spa. According to Mr.
Frankie, every hotel is trying their best to provide good products and services to its customers so that the
customers have a good impression and will stay at the hotel next time. Hence, the main reason why these
competitors are so special is due to their pricing and marketing strategy. Mr.Frankie said that the hotels will
be running a various type of promotions through internet which mostof the people get the information from
and hence attract people from its competitors such as early bird promotion, buy three free one night
promotion and so on (personal communication, May 20, 2015). It’s hard for new business to enter this
marketbecause there are too many competitors in this market. Besides that, the new business must also
need to take the risk which it will not be gaining much profit due to higher number of supply in the market
while the marketdemand is lower. Every business needs to compete with each other to get the customers.
The 5 Elements Hotel is a monopolistic competitive firm because it has a large number of competitors in
that geographical location, weak barriers to entry which firm can easily enter and exit the market, sell
differentiated products and constantly advertising their products to the marketto gain more customers. The
5 Elements Hotel has around 200 of competitors which give the hotel a low pricing power because if the
hotel set a high price for its service to gain more profit, they will lose the customers. Every hotel wants to
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have its own customers and causes the competition among the hotels are big in term of pricing, advertising,
products and services provided by the hotel.
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Comparative Analysis Summary Table
Competitive Traits Hotel Continental The 5 Elements Hotel
1. Number of
Competitors
250 - 300 200 - 250
2.Barrier to Entry Weak
They just need around RM 5 million to
start the business. They have to do the
marketsurvey before entering the
market.
Moderate
Because their new business has to compete with
the existing business.
They have to purchase a land to start a hotel
business which is expensive.
3.Differentiated
Product
Accomodation
Executive Suite
Deluxe Room
Super Deluxe Room
Superior Room
Dining
Buffet Breakfast
Semi-Buffet Lunch
Accomodation
Standard Room
Superior Room
Deluxe Room
Themed Suite( Metal Suite, Water Suite, Fire
Suite, Wood Suite, Earth Suite)
Dining
Buffet Breakfast
4.Pricing Power Weak Price Taker. The competition
around is stringent. If they raise the
price, customer will turn away and go to
other hotel nearby.
Weak Price Taker. Many budget hotels around
have lower price range than them.
5.Other
Characteristics
1. Strategic Location - Penang City
Centre
2. Convenient Location - Many
restaurants, bus stop and convenient
shop around
3. Facilities - Have swimming pool
4. Have their own company website
5. Hospitality Offer
6. WiFi on every floors
7. In-room Astro Channel Offered
1. Have Tour Guide Services
2. Strategic Location - Near Chinatown
3. Have travel agent to bring in visitors
4. Direct Marketing - Online promotion
5. Have their own company websites
6. Not much 3-star hotel nearby, mostly budget
level nearby
7. Free WiFi on every floor
6.Verdict Monopolistic Competition Monopolistic Competition
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According to the analysis, Hotel Continental is more commercially successful because they earn more
yearly revenue than The 5 Elements Hotel. Compare to The 5 Elements Hotel in Klang Valley, Hotel
Continental has about 70% occupancy. Whereby, The 5 Elements Hotel has only about 30% for their off-
peak season. Moreover, Hotel Continental is more competitive and fiercer in Penang, with about 50 more
competitors in Penang. However, Continental Hotel is able to survive and their business is getting better
over years. Furthermore, Hotel Continental provides more characteristics compare to The 5 Elements
Hotel. Both of the hotels cannot put the price as they want, because there are many competitors among
them.
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RECOMMENDATION
A. Hotel Continental Penang
1) Do more marketing and advertising
Continental Hotel can do more advertising on the market and even social media sites. They can penetrate
the market with the platform such as “Trip Advisor”, “Hotel Finder” and so on to boost their existence. Also,
they can make a mutual agreement with Tourism Board within Malaysia. For example, Continental Hotel
can do a partnership with Penang Tourism Government and make the hotel available on the tourism
guidebook. Continental Hotel can give out free parking for their touring bus and discount for the tourism
company. This helps Continental Hotel to have secure customers in a long run.
2) Provide better services and catering
Service is the emphasis in hotel industry. Continental Hotel can improvise their room services, ushering,
and front desk registration. If the customers are satisfied with their services, they will recommend the hotel
to their friends and come back to visit Continental Hotel in the future. Every customer is entitled to get a
free breakfast for staying in Continental Hotel, hence the food served must be clean, hygienic and tasty.
This can attract the customers to have and pay for their lunch and dinner at the same place. By doing this,
Continental Hotel can boost their extra revenue on lunch and dinner. Since most of the customers are not
familiar with Penang area, Continental Hotel can also provide tour guiding services for those who
requested. In a short run, people are more likely to visit Continental Hotel for their convenient tour guiding
and indirectly make revenue out of it.
3) Increase facilities
Continental Hotel can provide better facilities such as a gym, better air conditioners, more channels in their
television and so on. Moreover, they should provide free Wi-Fi service in the room. Leisure travellers would
rather have a good connection to scroll through social media updates or keep in touch with family and
friends instead of other treats such as robes and slippers in the room or coffee or tea available in the hotel
lobby upon arrival. Modern travellers are hyper connected and cannot bear to be offline, while business
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travellers need to be able to check their email and take online conference call. This can help them to give
maximum comfortto the customers.
4) Keep the environment clean and provide a better view.
The surrounding and building of Continental Hotel have to always keep clean and preserved. This can
increase people’s confidence in visiting Continental Hotel. It should not have rubbish around and the paint
on the building should always look new. Small renovation might be needed to replace the wall with a
transparent glass so that the customers can enjoy the Penang’s view and the beach outside the hotel.
5) Have more parking bays
Parking is always a problem in a hectic city like Penang. Customers will sometimes prefer to stay in
Continental Hotel for their sufficient parking bays. This provides convenience to the customers as well.
Having sufficient transports will also prevent traffic jam around Continental Hotel, customers will not park
their cars everywhere and block the traffic around the area.
6) Cut down unnecessary workers and hire more professions in hotel management
We realize that most of the workers in the hotel have no actual experience in managing hotel. If
Continental Hotel can remove some of those excess workers, they can cut down their cost. At the same
time, they should hire more people with hotel management degree who are professional in hotel
management to run the hotel. They can give motivational talk or workshop to boost the speed, efficiency
and productivity of the existing workers as well. As a result, they can have a good record and reputation in
customers’ eyes. After all, reputation is a vital for a business.
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B. The 5 Elements Hotel , Kuala Lumpur
1) Social media
The hospitality industry should be using social media to reach consumers. One of the most recent
strategies is location-based marketing, in which to contact a consumer via a short message service (SMS)
text. But this text is only sent to potential customers who have entered a cer tain location. With hotels, they
could “geofence” airports or convention centers in your city to send a message to people, telling them of
their services. Apart from that, consumers nowadays shop much differently than they did in the past, they
will gather information from the internet before making a purchase. It also applies to hotel stays. Starting a
hospitality or travel blog can increase the quality content on their website, which drives the online presence
and improves their website search rank. If The 5 Elements Hotel ends up on the first page of search
results, people are more attracted to make a reservation. But stick with articles that are informative, as
opposed to promotional.
2) Reimbursement
The hotel can offer reimbursement for the fees that guests pay airlines for their checked bags. They can
set a limit on the number of bags and the timing of this offering to attract more guests. By having this
reimbursement attract more foreign tourist since they can get discount out of their luggage. This novel idea
is coming from Loews Hotels.
3) Promotion and offer more package deals
Some people are flexible with their travel schedule and might want to stay an extra night. If offer them 50%
off on the third night when they pay the regular rate for the first two nights, many will take the offer and this
will generate incremental revenue. Besides that, in order to attract guests to the hotel and increase their
occupancy, they can offer package deals. For example, a “girl’s weekend” package would include
complimentary wine, chocolates, a massage at the hotel or with a partnering practitioner and a gift basket
with spa-themed toiletries. Hoteliers can price these packages slightly higher than normal rates, as the
complimentary items add value to the overall experience.
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4) Make a few rooms pet friendly
Many travellers would love to take their pet along. So, pet-friendly hotels are the best and attractive option
for families who want to avoid the stress and expenses of kenneling a dog or finding a babysitter. If the
hotel make it pet-friendly, they are not only attracting different segment of traveller, but also charging them
more for the rooms.
5) Network with other nearby business
Networking with other area businesses that tend to attract travellers and tourists such as amusement parks,
museums and restaurants to increases revenue for the hotel and the business partner, and at the same
time, benefits the customer. A hotel could offer discounted tickets to local attractions that benefit current
hotel guests. Business can be driven to the hotel if the hotel offers a special rate for anyone who books a
room and shows a ticket or receipt from the hotel’s networking partner.
6) Add some entertainment
Give the guests a little something extra to look forward to with some free or inexpensive entertainment. For
example, they could have a local musician play his guitar out by the pool or have Bingo at 7:00 pm at the
lobby.
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IMM_ZcHprdc
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APPENDICES
A. Hotel Continental Penang
i) Interview Question
1) When was the business founded?
The business is founded on 29 November 1969
2) Who are the key founders?
Key founders is Loh’s Family
3) What prompted/motivated the founders to start this business?
I am not sure what was the motive of Loh’s family to start this business. I asked the top management,
they are also not sure about it. But the possibility is about the island.
4) What are the main products or services provided?
Hospitality and the room service
5) Who are the customers? (e.g. Age group, income-level, education-level, etc.)
Our major customers are from corporate businessmen and private agent groups
- about 70% come from businessmen 20% from private agents and 10% from F.I.T
6) What is the business’ annual revenue figure?
Gained about 9 mil last year
7) What is the current estimated number of customers during peak season and off-peak season ?
Non-peak season around 60% to 70%. Peak season will be 99% or even 100% occupied.
8) How many branch offices/stores do you have?
Actually we only have one branch. Actually among all the family members, they have a lot of hotels and
factories in China and other country. But in Penang is only one. Sometimes people think that we are
merged with other coordinator.
9) How many number of employees do you have for this business?
We have about 79 employees including admins and top management. 50% of our employees are
foreigners and another 50% are local.
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10) Can you provide us a brief history of your business and its mostrecent developments?( accomplished
change in past 3-5 years )
I’m not really sure about the history even my top manager is not really sure about how they founded
the hotel. The main propose why the hotel can stand for long is because of the strategic location.
11) Do you have many competitors? Who are they? Who are your top 3 competitors and what made them
so special when compare to this business?
Our main competitors are Bayview Hotel, Cititel Hotel and Hotel Malaysia. We have given good
services to them and let them feel more valuable for this service (hospitality).
12) How big is your marketshare as well as your top competitors?
Marketshare is small because 80% of hotels are located in Georgetown. We have roughly 200 to 300
hotels in Penang.
13) Is the business constantly facing strong competition from other competitors? What strategies have
they used to compete with you?
Mainly is the facilities and the hospitality. Doing online service and Wi-Fi service are provided in every
room. We got a swimming pool in our hotel which can counted as main factor of our strategies.
14) How much capital is required to start this business? Any specialized field of knowledge needed to run
this business?
More than 5 mil because of the facilities and all the setups.
15) Generally, do you feel it is easy or hard to enter this market? Why? What obstacles they may face
when they enter to this market?
In Penang, you can start a hotel business but there will be a risk because there are lot of competitor.
New businesses must be dare to take the challenge and be smart. Before entering to this business,
businesses need to do more survey about the market to fulfill the needs.
16) How do you compete with your competitors i.e. what strategies do you employ to divert customers
away from your competitors in term of pricing, advertising, product variety and promotion?
Provide good service to the customers. Facilities in the room, online promotion on our own website.
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ii)Contact Details of Interviewee
Name: Mohd Fadzil
Position: Hotel Manager
Email: hm@hotelcontinental.com.my
Contact Number: 016-4180183
Website: www.hotelcontinental.com.my
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hotelcontipg
ii) Accommodation and Facilities
Superior Room Deluxe Room
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Super Deluxe Room Executive Suite
Coffee House Reception Counter
Swimming Pool Lift Lobby
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Decoration- Indoor Water Fountain Hotel View
iii) Competitors
Cititel Hotel Bayview Hotel
Hotel Malaysia
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B. The 5 Elements Hotel KL
i) Interview Questions
1. When was the business founded?
Founded in 1973 but started a new managementin 2008
2. Who are the key founders?
Malaysian Chinese businessman. Currently,Tan Sri Lim’s daughter is in-charge of the business.
3. What prompted/motivated the founders to start this business?
Because of property management
4. What are the main products or services provided?
Hospitality services
5. Who are the customers? (E.g. Age group, income-level, education level, etc.)
Mostly are Malaysians (family). Also tourists from Singapore & Indonesia. Customers with middle income
(RM5-10K)
6. What is the business’ annual revenue figure?
Around RM 3 million (hotel only) . But last 4 months in 2015, the businesses experienced a bad drop.
7. What is the current estimated number of customers during peak season and off-peak season?
Peak season : 60% -70 %. (4000 people)
Off-peak season : can go as low as 30% (2500-3000 people)
8. How many branch offices/stores do you have (if applicable)?
1 branch only
9. How much number of employees do you have for this business?
30 workers (administrative, front desk, café, maintenance, housekeeping). Mostly are foreign workers with
permit.
10. Can you provide us a brief history of your business and its most recent developments? (Accomplished
change in past 3-5 years)
- Changed to new managementin 2008.
- Started direct marketing
- Modern way of marketing (online marketing-40%) –Agoda
- By agents (30%) –tourists from China & Indonesia
11. Do you have many competitors? Who are they? Who are your top 3 competitors and what made them
so special when compare to this business?
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Many competitors.Top competitors are Geo Hotel, Swiss Hotel, Ancasa Hotel
Pricing, good services and rooms and also PR(human relations)
12. How big is your marketshare as well as your top competitors?
Quite equivalent: Everyone is having the same situation (40% of capacity during the month)
13. Is the business constantly facing strong competition from others competitors? What strategies have
they used to compete with you?
Yes. Pricing, marketing strategy(online)
Other business got 60% from online bookings while The 5 Elements Hotel has only 30%.
14. How much capital is required to start this business? What, if any, specialized field of knowledge do you
need to run this business?
Buildings only: RM100 million
Land: RM150-200 million
To renovate, cost around 20-30 million
15. Generally, do you feel it is easy or hard to enter this market? Why? What obstacles they may face
when they enter to this market?
Very hard as there are around 200 hotels (competitors) around Chinatown
- Less tourists coming to Malaysia, demand drops so bad. Especially last year around 15K(Europe
economy, Sabah, MH). Tourists in Thailand and Bali are also dropping.
- Marketsmall (suppliers more, demand less)
16. How do you compete with your competitors i.e. what strategies do you employ to divert customers
away from your competitors in term of pricing, advertising, product variety and promotion? How successful
do the business are?
Promotion through online such as buy 3 free 1 night, flexible date (e.g: in June)
17. Are your pricing decisions strongly affected by your competitors? Why or why not?
Yes. Very strong because there are too many competitors.
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ii) Contact Details of Interviewee
Name: Frankie Ng
Position: Hotel Manager
Email: frankie@the5elementshotel.com.my
Contact Number: 012-7169280
Website: www.the5elementshotel.com.my
Facebook: www.facebook.com/the5elementskl
iii) Accommodation and Facilities
Standard single Superior twin
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Deluxe Queen Metal Suite
Earth Suite Water Suite
Fire suite Wood Suite
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Entrance Reception Counter
Waiting Area Lift Lobby
Restaurant Decoration- Indoor Water Fountain
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Decorations inside the hotel area Hotel View
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iv) Competitors
Swiss Inn Kuala Lumpur Geo Hotel
Ancasa Hotel
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  • 1. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 1 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT MODULE: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] REPORT TITLE:A Tale of Two Businesses -A Comparative Analysis ofTwo Businesses ofSimilar Industry in DifferentGeographicalLocations BUSINESS INDUSTRY: HOSPITALITY LECTURER: MR.CHANG JAU HO SUBMISSION DATE: 22 MAY 2015 LAU MAO HUA 0320249 WONG QIN KAI 0320024 LIM TING LE 0320028 LEE JIA KIAM 0320029 NABILA HANIM BINTI SALLEH@MAN 0321368 NADHIRAH BINTI MOHD ZAIN 0321366 NUR AZREEN BINTI SAMIU 0321370 CHIN KHANG WEI 0320728
  • 2. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 2 TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE NUMBER COVER PAGE 1 TABLE OF CONTENT 2 KEY SUMMARY 3 BRIEF BIO OF THE BUSINESS 4-5 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESSES’ COMPETITIVE TRAITS 6-10 RECOMMENDATION 11-14 APPENDICES 15-26 REFERENCES 27
  • 3. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 3 KEY SUMMARY In a group of eight people, we need to select two businesses with the history of 10 years and above within the same industry in different geographical location for research purpose. We had selected Hotel Continental and The 5 Elements Hotel as our businesses to study. Hotel Continental has 46 years of experiences in Penang while The 5 Elements Hotel has 42 years of experiences in Kuala Lumpur. We need to conduct preliminary research and conduct a personal interview with the hotel manager to get more information about the business. In addition, we also need to conduct on-site observations of the businesses we had selected. In this report, we will be discussing about the background information and the competitive behavior of the two businesses in their respective markets.
  • 4. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 4 BRIEF BIO OF THE BUSINESS A. Hotel Continental Penang Hotel Continental is located at Penang Road, Penang. It was founded on 29 November 1969 by Loh’s Family. When contacted with Mr.Fadzil, hotel manager, he said that the top management and himself are not sure about the motivate of Loh’s Family to start this business. Mr. Fadzil believed that it is because of the island which will attract visitors to come (personal communication, May 1, 2015). Hotel Continental have approximately 80 peoples of employees including the top management which half of them came from local citizens and another half came from foreign country. Hotel Continen tal provides a total number of 231 rooms to the market which include superior room, deluxe room, super deluxe room and executive suite room. Besides that, Hotel Continental also provides services facilities such as restaurant, conference room, laundry service, car park, swimming pool and etc. The hotel can be fully occupied during peak season. On the other hand, the hotel’s capacity can up to 60% to 70% during off- peak season. Most of the customers come from corporate businessmen and private agent groups. In the past 5 years, Hotel Continental had graded as a 3-star hotel by Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) and Coffee House is a qualified halal restaurant. Besides that, Hotel Continental had upgraded the standard room to superior room and upgrading the amenities inside the room such as LCD television, minibar, in-room movies channels and so forth. Mr. Fadzil believed that this hotel can sustain longer because of the strategic location.
  • 5. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 5 B. The 5 Elements Hotel KL The 5 Elements Hotel is located at Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur. It was founded in 1973 and it was taken over by new management in year 2008. The key founder of this hostel is a Malaysian Chinese businessman but currently it is in-charged by Tan Sri Lam’s daughter. The key founder start this business with the motivation of the founder is operating property development company by that time and take this opportunity to start the business and gain profit from it. The idea of The 5 Elements Hotel’s name is mainly due to its location which had the traditional concept in it and they decided to use the five basic elements - fire, metals, earth, wood and water as the concept of their name. The 5 Elements Hotel has approximately 30 employees which most of them came from foreign country. The 5 Elements Hotel has the total of 104 rooms which include standard single rooms, superior twin rooms, deluxe queen rooms, and themed suites. During peak seasons, the hotel’s capacity can up to 60% to 70% which are about 4000 people. In contrast, the hotel’s capacity can only up to 30% during off peak season which are around 2500 to 3000 people. 40% of the customers come from online bookings such as Agoda and its own official website, while customers from the travel agents and business cooperation worker contributes 30% each to the total amount of the customers. Most of the customers are usually Malaysian and Singaporean families who have the income around RM5000-RM10000. The hotel had been renovated in year 2013 due to the 35 years old building and hence upgrading the hotel’s facilities and amenities. The 5 Elements Hotel had implemented modern type of marketing to expand their market which provides online booking on its own website and Agoda. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IMM_ZcHprdc
  • 6. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 6 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESSES’ COMPETITIVE TRAITS A. Hotel Continental Penang In Penang, there are around 450 until 500 businesses operating in hotel industry which include budget hotels and homestays. Market shares of this business are quite small in Penang as there are numerous competitors in this geographical location. Bayview Hotel, Hotel Malaysia and Cititel Hotel are the businesses that operate in Penang Road which are also classified as the top competitors of Hotel Continental. Bayview Hotel is qualified as a 4-star hotel in Penang by Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH). It offers a total of 333 rooms and suites to the customers which inclusive of standard rooms, superior rooms, deluxe & grand deluxe rooms, family rooms, junior suites and premier floor’s rooms. Meanwhile, Hotel Malaysia is one of the 2-star hotel in Penang by MAH. Hotel Malaysia provides 126 rooms to the customers who include standard rooms, superior rooms and deluxe rooms. Cititel Hotel graded as one of the 4-star hotel in Penang by MAH. Cititel Hotel offers 451 comfortable rooms which include standard rooms, superior rooms, deluxe rooms and executive suites. According to Mr.Fadzil, the hotel competes with other businesses in term of providing good services. He said that he will find the alternative way to receive suggestion and recommendation from the customers via internet and investigate the problem and hence provide necessary training if applicable. Hotel Continental has a low pricing power because there are too many competitors in Penang and the hotel had adjusted their rates four times due to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the rates of other businesses. According to Mr. Fadzil, it is hard for the new business to enter this market because there are too many competitors around and they had to compete with each other by providing good amenities and facilities as well as providing a reasonable rate. Hotel Continental is a monopolistic competitive firm because there are too many competitors in the market. Many competitors are caused by weak barriers to entry which businesses are easy to enter and exit the market. Due to the large number of competitors, businesses will be having a weak pricing power and the competition among other businesses are strong in term of pricing and advertising in order to get more customers.
  • 7. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 7 B. The 5 Elements Hotel KL There are around 200 businesses operating in hospitality industry in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur. The market shares of this business and its top competitors are quite equivalent as everyone facing the same situation due to the drop in demand which caused by the decreasing number of tourists coming to Malaysia due to the issues happening in Malaysia such as the flight incidents, safety of Sabah and also the drop of economics in United Kingdom. Geo Hotel, Swiss Inn Hotel and Ancasa Hotel are the top competitors of The 5 Elements Hotel because they are the hotels that operate within Chinatown. Geo Hotel is a 3-star hotel which provides a total number of 180 rooms to serve its customers. Room types available at Geo Hotel are standard rooms, deluxe rooms, family rooms and premier suites. Swiss Inn Hotel is a 3- star hotel operating under Swiss-Garden International. Swiss Inn Hotel provides a total number of 151 rooms to the marketwhich include superior rooms, deluxe rooms and family rooms. Ancasa Hotel is a 3- star hotels which provides 294 rooms which inclusive of standard rooms, superior rooms, deluxe rooms, family suites, junior suites and Ancasa floor’s rooms. Ancasa Hotel also provided spa services for its customers which enhance people to stay at that hotel for the enjoyment of the spa. According to Mr. Frankie, every hotel is trying their best to provide good products and services to its customers so that the customers have a good impression and will stay at the hotel next time. Hence, the main reason why these competitors are so special is due to their pricing and marketing strategy. Mr.Frankie said that the hotels will be running a various type of promotions through internet which mostof the people get the information from and hence attract people from its competitors such as early bird promotion, buy three free one night promotion and so on (personal communication, May 20, 2015). It’s hard for new business to enter this marketbecause there are too many competitors in this market. Besides that, the new business must also need to take the risk which it will not be gaining much profit due to higher number of supply in the market while the marketdemand is lower. Every business needs to compete with each other to get the customers. The 5 Elements Hotel is a monopolistic competitive firm because it has a large number of competitors in that geographical location, weak barriers to entry which firm can easily enter and exit the market, sell differentiated products and constantly advertising their products to the marketto gain more customers. The 5 Elements Hotel has around 200 of competitors which give the hotel a low pricing power because if the hotel set a high price for its service to gain more profit, they will lose the customers. Every hotel wants to
  • 8. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 8 have its own customers and causes the competition among the hotels are big in term of pricing, advertising, products and services provided by the hotel.
  • 9. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 9 Comparative Analysis Summary Table Competitive Traits Hotel Continental The 5 Elements Hotel 1. Number of Competitors 250 - 300 200 - 250 2.Barrier to Entry Weak They just need around RM 5 million to start the business. They have to do the marketsurvey before entering the market. Moderate Because their new business has to compete with the existing business. They have to purchase a land to start a hotel business which is expensive. 3.Differentiated Product Accomodation Executive Suite Deluxe Room Super Deluxe Room Superior Room Dining Buffet Breakfast Semi-Buffet Lunch Accomodation Standard Room Superior Room Deluxe Room Themed Suite( Metal Suite, Water Suite, Fire Suite, Wood Suite, Earth Suite) Dining Buffet Breakfast 4.Pricing Power Weak Price Taker. The competition around is stringent. If they raise the price, customer will turn away and go to other hotel nearby. Weak Price Taker. Many budget hotels around have lower price range than them. 5.Other Characteristics 1. Strategic Location - Penang City Centre 2. Convenient Location - Many restaurants, bus stop and convenient shop around 3. Facilities - Have swimming pool 4. Have their own company website 5. Hospitality Offer 6. WiFi on every floors 7. In-room Astro Channel Offered 1. Have Tour Guide Services 2. Strategic Location - Near Chinatown 3. Have travel agent to bring in visitors 4. Direct Marketing - Online promotion 5. Have their own company websites 6. Not much 3-star hotel nearby, mostly budget level nearby 7. Free WiFi on every floor 6.Verdict Monopolistic Competition Monopolistic Competition
  • 10. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 10 According to the analysis, Hotel Continental is more commercially successful because they earn more yearly revenue than The 5 Elements Hotel. Compare to The 5 Elements Hotel in Klang Valley, Hotel Continental has about 70% occupancy. Whereby, The 5 Elements Hotel has only about 30% for their off- peak season. Moreover, Hotel Continental is more competitive and fiercer in Penang, with about 50 more competitors in Penang. However, Continental Hotel is able to survive and their business is getting better over years. Furthermore, Hotel Continental provides more characteristics compare to The 5 Elements Hotel. Both of the hotels cannot put the price as they want, because there are many competitors among them. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IMM_ZcHprdc:
  • 11. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 11 RECOMMENDATION A. Hotel Continental Penang 1) Do more marketing and advertising Continental Hotel can do more advertising on the market and even social media sites. They can penetrate the market with the platform such as “Trip Advisor”, “Hotel Finder” and so on to boost their existence. Also, they can make a mutual agreement with Tourism Board within Malaysia. For example, Continental Hotel can do a partnership with Penang Tourism Government and make the hotel available on the tourism guidebook. Continental Hotel can give out free parking for their touring bus and discount for the tourism company. This helps Continental Hotel to have secure customers in a long run. 2) Provide better services and catering Service is the emphasis in hotel industry. Continental Hotel can improvise their room services, ushering, and front desk registration. If the customers are satisfied with their services, they will recommend the hotel to their friends and come back to visit Continental Hotel in the future. Every customer is entitled to get a free breakfast for staying in Continental Hotel, hence the food served must be clean, hygienic and tasty. This can attract the customers to have and pay for their lunch and dinner at the same place. By doing this, Continental Hotel can boost their extra revenue on lunch and dinner. Since most of the customers are not familiar with Penang area, Continental Hotel can also provide tour guiding services for those who requested. In a short run, people are more likely to visit Continental Hotel for their convenient tour guiding and indirectly make revenue out of it. 3) Increase facilities Continental Hotel can provide better facilities such as a gym, better air conditioners, more channels in their television and so on. Moreover, they should provide free Wi-Fi service in the room. Leisure travellers would rather have a good connection to scroll through social media updates or keep in touch with family and friends instead of other treats such as robes and slippers in the room or coffee or tea available in the hotel lobby upon arrival. Modern travellers are hyper connected and cannot bear to be offline, while business
  • 12. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 12 travellers need to be able to check their email and take online conference call. This can help them to give maximum comfortto the customers. 4) Keep the environment clean and provide a better view. The surrounding and building of Continental Hotel have to always keep clean and preserved. This can increase people’s confidence in visiting Continental Hotel. It should not have rubbish around and the paint on the building should always look new. Small renovation might be needed to replace the wall with a transparent glass so that the customers can enjoy the Penang’s view and the beach outside the hotel. 5) Have more parking bays Parking is always a problem in a hectic city like Penang. Customers will sometimes prefer to stay in Continental Hotel for their sufficient parking bays. This provides convenience to the customers as well. Having sufficient transports will also prevent traffic jam around Continental Hotel, customers will not park their cars everywhere and block the traffic around the area. 6) Cut down unnecessary workers and hire more professions in hotel management We realize that most of the workers in the hotel have no actual experience in managing hotel. If Continental Hotel can remove some of those excess workers, they can cut down their cost. At the same time, they should hire more people with hotel management degree who are professional in hotel management to run the hotel. They can give motivational talk or workshop to boost the speed, efficiency and productivity of the existing workers as well. As a result, they can have a good record and reputation in customers’ eyes. After all, reputation is a vital for a business.
  • 13. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 13 B. The 5 Elements Hotel , Kuala Lumpur 1) Social media The hospitality industry should be using social media to reach consumers. One of the most recent strategies is location-based marketing, in which to contact a consumer via a short message service (SMS) text. But this text is only sent to potential customers who have entered a cer tain location. With hotels, they could “geofence” airports or convention centers in your city to send a message to people, telling them of their services. Apart from that, consumers nowadays shop much differently than they did in the past, they will gather information from the internet before making a purchase. It also applies to hotel stays. Starting a hospitality or travel blog can increase the quality content on their website, which drives the online presence and improves their website search rank. If The 5 Elements Hotel ends up on the first page of search results, people are more attracted to make a reservation. But stick with articles that are informative, as opposed to promotional. 2) Reimbursement The hotel can offer reimbursement for the fees that guests pay airlines for their checked bags. They can set a limit on the number of bags and the timing of this offering to attract more guests. By having this reimbursement attract more foreign tourist since they can get discount out of their luggage. This novel idea is coming from Loews Hotels. 3) Promotion and offer more package deals Some people are flexible with their travel schedule and might want to stay an extra night. If offer them 50% off on the third night when they pay the regular rate for the first two nights, many will take the offer and this will generate incremental revenue. Besides that, in order to attract guests to the hotel and increase their occupancy, they can offer package deals. For example, a “girl’s weekend” package would include complimentary wine, chocolates, a massage at the hotel or with a partnering practitioner and a gift basket with spa-themed toiletries. Hoteliers can price these packages slightly higher than normal rates, as the complimentary items add value to the overall experience.
  • 14. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 14 4) Make a few rooms pet friendly Many travellers would love to take their pet along. So, pet-friendly hotels are the best and attractive option for families who want to avoid the stress and expenses of kenneling a dog or finding a babysitter. If the hotel make it pet-friendly, they are not only attracting different segment of traveller, but also charging them more for the rooms. 5) Network with other nearby business Networking with other area businesses that tend to attract travellers and tourists such as amusement parks, museums and restaurants to increases revenue for the hotel and the business partner, and at the same time, benefits the customer. A hotel could offer discounted tickets to local attractions that benefit current hotel guests. Business can be driven to the hotel if the hotel offers a special rate for anyone who books a room and shows a ticket or receipt from the hotel’s networking partner. 6) Add some entertainment Give the guests a little something extra to look forward to with some free or inexpensive entertainment. For example, they could have a local musician play his guitar out by the pool or have Bingo at 7:00 pm at the lobby. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IMM_ZcHprdc
  • 15. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 15 APPENDICES A. Hotel Continental Penang i) Interview Question 1) When was the business founded? The business is founded on 29 November 1969 2) Who are the key founders? Key founders is Loh’s Family 3) What prompted/motivated the founders to start this business? I am not sure what was the motive of Loh’s family to start this business. I asked the top management, they are also not sure about it. But the possibility is about the island. 4) What are the main products or services provided? Hospitality and the room service 5) Who are the customers? (e.g. Age group, income-level, education-level, etc.) Our major customers are from corporate businessmen and private agent groups - about 70% come from businessmen 20% from private agents and 10% from F.I.T 6) What is the business’ annual revenue figure? Gained about 9 mil last year 7) What is the current estimated number of customers during peak season and off-peak season ? Non-peak season around 60% to 70%. Peak season will be 99% or even 100% occupied. 8) How many branch offices/stores do you have? Actually we only have one branch. Actually among all the family members, they have a lot of hotels and factories in China and other country. But in Penang is only one. Sometimes people think that we are merged with other coordinator. 9) How many number of employees do you have for this business? We have about 79 employees including admins and top management. 50% of our employees are foreigners and another 50% are local.
  • 16. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 16 10) Can you provide us a brief history of your business and its mostrecent developments?( accomplished change in past 3-5 years ) I’m not really sure about the history even my top manager is not really sure about how they founded the hotel. The main propose why the hotel can stand for long is because of the strategic location. 11) Do you have many competitors? Who are they? Who are your top 3 competitors and what made them so special when compare to this business? Our main competitors are Bayview Hotel, Cititel Hotel and Hotel Malaysia. We have given good services to them and let them feel more valuable for this service (hospitality). 12) How big is your marketshare as well as your top competitors? Marketshare is small because 80% of hotels are located in Georgetown. We have roughly 200 to 300 hotels in Penang. 13) Is the business constantly facing strong competition from other competitors? What strategies have they used to compete with you? Mainly is the facilities and the hospitality. Doing online service and Wi-Fi service are provided in every room. We got a swimming pool in our hotel which can counted as main factor of our strategies. 14) How much capital is required to start this business? Any specialized field of knowledge needed to run this business? More than 5 mil because of the facilities and all the setups. 15) Generally, do you feel it is easy or hard to enter this market? Why? What obstacles they may face when they enter to this market? In Penang, you can start a hotel business but there will be a risk because there are lot of competitor. New businesses must be dare to take the challenge and be smart. Before entering to this business, businesses need to do more survey about the market to fulfill the needs. 16) How do you compete with your competitors i.e. what strategies do you employ to divert customers away from your competitors in term of pricing, advertising, product variety and promotion? Provide good service to the customers. Facilities in the room, online promotion on our own website.
  • 17. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 17 ii)Contact Details of Interviewee Name: Mohd Fadzil Position: Hotel Manager Email: hm@hotelcontinental.com.my Contact Number: 016-4180183 Website: www.hotelcontinental.com.my Facebook: www.facebook.com/hotelcontipg ii) Accommodation and Facilities Superior Room Deluxe Room
  • 18. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 18 Super Deluxe Room Executive Suite Coffee House Reception Counter Swimming Pool Lift Lobby
  • 19. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 19 Decoration- Indoor Water Fountain Hotel View iii) Competitors Cititel Hotel Bayview Hotel Hotel Malaysia
  • 20. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 20 B. The 5 Elements Hotel KL i) Interview Questions 1. When was the business founded? Founded in 1973 but started a new managementin 2008 2. Who are the key founders? Malaysian Chinese businessman. Currently,Tan Sri Lim’s daughter is in-charge of the business. 3. What prompted/motivated the founders to start this business? Because of property management 4. What are the main products or services provided? Hospitality services 5. Who are the customers? (E.g. Age group, income-level, education level, etc.) Mostly are Malaysians (family). Also tourists from Singapore & Indonesia. Customers with middle income (RM5-10K) 6. What is the business’ annual revenue figure? Around RM 3 million (hotel only) . But last 4 months in 2015, the businesses experienced a bad drop. 7. What is the current estimated number of customers during peak season and off-peak season? Peak season : 60% -70 %. (4000 people) Off-peak season : can go as low as 30% (2500-3000 people) 8. How many branch offices/stores do you have (if applicable)? 1 branch only 9. How much number of employees do you have for this business? 30 workers (administrative, front desk, cafĂ©, maintenance, housekeeping). Mostly are foreign workers with permit. 10. Can you provide us a brief history of your business and its most recent developments? (Accomplished change in past 3-5 years) - Changed to new managementin 2008. - Started direct marketing - Modern way of marketing (online marketing-40%) –Agoda - By agents (30%) –tourists from China & Indonesia 11. Do you have many competitors? Who are they? Who are your top 3 competitors and what made them so special when compare to this business?
  • 21. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 21 Many competitors.Top competitors are Geo Hotel, Swiss Hotel, Ancasa Hotel Pricing, good services and rooms and also PR(human relations) 12. How big is your marketshare as well as your top competitors? Quite equivalent: Everyone is having the same situation (40% of capacity during the month) 13. Is the business constantly facing strong competition from others competitors? What strategies have they used to compete with you? Yes. Pricing, marketing strategy(online) Other business got 60% from online bookings while The 5 Elements Hotel has only 30%. 14. How much capital is required to start this business? What, if any, specialized field of knowledge do you need to run this business? Buildings only: RM100 million Land: RM150-200 million To renovate, cost around 20-30 million 15. Generally, do you feel it is easy or hard to enter this market? Why? What obstacles they may face when they enter to this market? Very hard as there are around 200 hotels (competitors) around Chinatown - Less tourists coming to Malaysia, demand drops so bad. Especially last year around 15K(Europe economy, Sabah, MH). Tourists in Thailand and Bali are also dropping. - Marketsmall (suppliers more, demand less) 16. How do you compete with your competitors i.e. what strategies do you employ to divert customers away from your competitors in term of pricing, advertising, product variety and promotion? How successful do the business are? Promotion through online such as buy 3 free 1 night, flexible date (e.g: in June) 17. Are your pricing decisions strongly affected by your competitors? Why or why not? Yes. Very strong because there are too many competitors.
  • 22. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 22 ii) Contact Details of Interviewee Name: Frankie Ng Position: Hotel Manager Email: frankie@the5elementshotel.com.my Contact Number: 012-7169280 Website: www.the5elementshotel.com.my Facebook: www.facebook.com/the5elementskl iii) Accommodation and Facilities Standard single Superior twin
  • 23. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 23 Deluxe Queen Metal Suite Earth Suite Water Suite Fire suite Wood Suite
  • 24. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 24 Entrance Reception Counter Waiting Area Lift Lobby Restaurant Decoration- Indoor Water Fountain
  • 25. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 25 Decorations inside the hotel area Hotel View
  • 26. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS [ECN30205] 26 iv) Competitors Swiss Inn Kuala Lumpur Geo Hotel Ancasa Hotel
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