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Submitted by s_bibbey on April 18, 2006
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McDonald's & Hotels
Written Case Analysis
By
Sean Bibbey
SWOT Analysis
External Environment
The external environment of the hotel industry in is very competitive and already well established. Trends in the market include promotional campaigns to customers using the "more bang for your buck," method. There are several different segments of the hotel industry including: luxury, upscale, mid-market with food and beverage, mid-market without food and beverage, economy, and budget. Each different segment offers certain amenities to appeal to consumers depending on what they are looking for in an over night stay away from home. As McDonald's looks at entering the hotel industry they have looked at several important issues dealing with an entry into this market. McDonald's would like to enter the market in the state of Illinois where the company's headquarters is. Illinois leads all other states in money spent on tourism totaling $61.1 million in the year 2000. Illinois also ranked fourth in the nation for leisure person trips in 2000. Hotel industry has several important barriers to entry including cost of entry, ability to differentiate from other hotels, and competition in every hotel segment.
Internal Environment
McDonald's was started in 1955 by Ray Kroc and has grown to more than 30,000 restaurants in 121 countries. McDonald's also had $10.1 billion in system-wide sales and $271.9 million in corporate profits on revenues of $3.7 billion in the year 2001.
McDonald's strengths are that is ranked as the ninth most valuable brand name in the world, it has experienced management, site development expertise, advanced operational systems, and unique global infrastructure. They want to use these strengths to break into the hotel industry.
McDonald's weaknesses are inexperience in the hotel industry and the fact that it has...
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