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Title: Florida east coast.
Creator: PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Booklet produced by the Flagler Company describing destinations in Florida.
Date Issued: 1937
Identifier: AAB6364QF00001/18/200505/17/200719395BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, FCLA url 20050208xOCLC, 58803605, CF00001687, 2579910, ucf:18311
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001687.jpg

Title: Florida east coast illustrated: List of hotels and general information concerning the famous winter resort section of America.
Creator: Florida East Coast Railway, PALMM (Project), Florida East Coast Hotel Company
Abstract / Description: Photographs and descriptions of resorts and hotels along the Florida East Coast Railway, including Cuba and Nassau.
Date Issued: 1905
Identifier: AAB6368QF00001/18/200508/04/200515885BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, FCLA url 20050302xOCLC, 60544922, CF00001688, 2579995, ucf:18348
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001688.jpg

Title: Florida east coast: where the same sun shines on cottage and castle.
Creator: PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Commercial booklet distributed by the Florida East Coast Railway describing attractions in Florida including the Flagler hotels.
Date Issued: 19??
Identifier: AAB6366QF00001/18/200509/08/200512664BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, FCLA url 20050906xOCLC, 61451725, CF00001682, 2579488, ucf:18143
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001682.jpg

Title: Album of Florida & West Indies hotels.
Creator: Davis & Campbell (Miami Beach, Fla.), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Provides photographic views, with accompanying text, of hotel exteriors and interiors, including lobbies, dining rooms, beaches, pools, golf courses, parks, etc. Two airlines are also mentionned. Rate book contains an index, brief profiles of the cities and many advertisements for local businesses.
Date Issued: 1938
Identifier: AAA6242QF00004/30/200312/30/200321877BfamIa D0QF, ONICF150- 10, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20031224xOCLC, 53965980, CF00001593, 2568626, ucf:12300
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001593.jpg

Title: Florida East Coast Railway and hotels: "America's tropical kingdom".
Creator: Florida East Coast Hotel Company, PALMM (Project), Florida East Coast Railway
Abstract / Description: A series of photographs depicting hotels, golf courses, and steamships at the turn of the century.
Date Issued: 1901
Identifier: AAB6370QF00001/18/200508/04/200515899BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, FCLA url 20050210xOCLC, 58803990, CF00001689, 2580243, ucf:18453
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001689.jpg

Title: East coast of Florida: hotel list and information folder.
Creator: Florida East Coast Hotel Company, PALMM (Project), Florida East Coast Railway
Abstract / Description: Primarily textual descriptions of cities and towns along the east coast of Florida intersperced with small drawings. Includes an extensive list of Florida hotels, their managers, and their rates.
Date Issued: 1900
Identifier: AAB9282QF00008/24/200511/14/200612908BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20051129xOCLC, 75964285, CF00001710, 2583367, ucf:19198
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001710.jpg

Title: The Florida East Coast Hotel System.
Creator: Florida East Coast Railway, PALMM (Project), Florida East Coast Hotel System
Abstract / Description: Travel brochure illustrated with period photographs of hotels owned by the Florida East Coast Hotel System accompanied by pictures of available activities in the surrounding areas. Compare with the very similar brochure of the same title dated 1895.
Date Issued: 1897
Identifier: AAB9287QF00009/02/200511/14/200612477BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20051204xOCLC, 75964211, CF00001711, 2583450, ucf:19235
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001711.jpg

Title: Hotel Polk, Haines City Florida.
Creator: PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Small brochure promoting the Hotel Polk (built in 1926) and recreational activities in Haines City.
Date Issued: 1928
Identifier: AAC3723QF00002/02/200706/21/200714812BnamI D0QF, FHP C CF 2007-02-02, FIPS12105, FCLA url 20070528xOCLC, 144756897, CF00001746, 2704279, ucf:19980
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001746.jpg

Title: The Florida East Coast Hotel System.
Creator: Florida East Coast Hotel System, Florida East Coast Railway, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Travel brochure featuring period photographs of hotels held by the East Coast Hotel System as well as activities available in the surrounding areas.
Date Issued: 1895
Identifier: AAB9286QF00009/02/200511/13/200613958BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20060328xOCLC, 75956574, CF00001720, 2584437, ucf:19676
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001720.jpg

Title: Florida East Coast Railway & hotels: as well as Nassau, Bahamas and Cuba.
Creator: Florida East Coast Railway, Florida East Coast Hotel Company, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Brief text accompanied by color postcard-like pictures of the Flagler hotels, including vignettes of activities available at each. Of special note is the foldout illustration titled "Air ship view of Florida Nassau and Cuba showing relative location of the famous East Coast Hotels."
Date Issued: 1905
Identifier: AAB9281QF00008/24/200511/13/200622437BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20060427xOCLC, 75960766, CF00001722, 2584768, ucf:19733
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001722.jpg

Title: Florida: the east coast and Keys.
Creator: Richardson, Joseph, Florida East Coast Railway, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: A mix of text and photographs illustrating recreational opportunities as well as agriculture products in Florida. Also contains several pictures of major hotels of the East Coast Hotel System.
Date Issued: 1895
Identifier: AAB9284QF00008/26/200511/13/200622169BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20060322xOCLC, 75960553, CF00001716, 2584120, ucf:19531
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001716.jpg

Title: The Seaside Resort Towns of Cape May and Atlantic City, New Jersey: Development, Class Consciousness, and the Culture of Leisure in the Mid to Late Victorian Era.
Creator: Ressetar, Tatyana, Lester, Connie, Crepeau, Richard, Larson, Peter, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: (")Victorianism(") is a highly controversial, sometimes ironic, term penned by historians throughout various works that has come to hold dramatic weight in both its meaning and its influence. Though the term is usually most closely associated with nineteenth century England, Victorianism was a highly influential movement in American culture simultaneously as well, specifically in the spheres of home, work, and play. Of those, (")play,(") or leisure, is undoubtedly the least explored,...
Show more(")Victorianism(") is a highly controversial, sometimes ironic, term penned by historians throughout various works that has come to hold dramatic weight in both its meaning and its influence. Though the term is usually most closely associated with nineteenth century England, Victorianism was a highly influential movement in American culture simultaneously as well, specifically in the spheres of home, work, and play. Of those, (")play,(") or leisure, is undoubtedly the least explored, especially before the latter decades of the twentieth century. Prior to this period, most literature about the Victorians, with the exception of a few works, only dealt with masculinity, religion, and the rigid dynamic of the nineteenth century household. Recently, historians like James Walvin, Pamela Horn, and Hugh Cunningham have attempted to draw attention to Victorian leisure with excellent works on pastimes and society during the nineteenth century, but they represent only a few. However, many works of this caliber focus on England, the (")birthplace(") of Victorianism. Thus, this work attempts to emphasize that the cultural phenomenon of Victorianism was just as present in the United States. Despite the recurring themes of the home and the workplace so often chosen by scholars, it is actually within the realm of leisure that the controversial issues of the Victorian period and its people can be best observed. Class, race, and gender were three major components of the Victorian culture that shaped the various forms of leisure and recreation, as well as the specific restrictions on those amusements. All of these factors had a shared, tremendous influence on the progress (or lack thereof) towards a more modern era and society that occurred at the turn of the twentieth century.In the pages to follow, the numerous contradictions and paradoxes of Victorian leisure in America will be examined, ultimately demonstrating how pastimes and recreation (and their outlets) in the mid to late nineteenth century were neither truly Victorian nor truly progressive, but indeed a combination of both. This creates further irony during this controversial period. However, before exploring these outlets, the term (")Victorian(") will be examined while placing it into the context of mid to late nineteenth century Americans who belonged to all classes of travelers. It will become apparent that American Victorians had much invested in their values, but were also willing to break the rules regarding certain amusements and pleasures. Moreover, the (")democratization(") of leisure will be highlighted as the upper and lower classes began to enjoy the same recreations. Marked innovations of the period will also be discussed, as to highlight their importance on Victorian leisure and its development, which will also be referred to throughout the chapters. These topics will be addressed before examining the specific Victorian leisure culture of two of America's oldest seaside destinations: Cape May and Atlantic City, both in New Jersey. The guests, accommodations and transportation, and offerings at these resort towns will act as a mirror into mid to late nineteenth century culture. There, the contradictory ideals and rules of Victorianism are exhibited as the resorts rose to prominence. The decline of (")elite-only(") leisure and the rise of the (")excursionist(") will be examined throughout the progression of the towns' growth and boom periods. Exploring the ironies of Victorian leisure through the proverbial lens of Cape May and Atlantic City proves effective, as the towns came to represent opposite ends of the (")socially acceptable(") spectrum after a short period, and were full of similar inconsistencies and paradoxes themselves. Additionally, their current fates remain a product of their polarized Victorian heydays, further proving the influence of seaside resort culture, the late Victorian period, and its ideals on the broader field of American leisure history.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: CFE0004157, ucf:49038
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004157

Title: GENERAL MANAGERS‟ PERCEPTIONS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FLORIDA HOTELS.
Creator: Holcomb, Judith, Pizam, Abraham, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The objective of the study was to identify and measure the magnitude of the gap that may exist between the corporate level Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) culture and its ensuing policies and their equivalent at the property level. This gap was hypothesized to be a function of a number of personal characteristics of the General Managers (GMs) coupled with the organizational profile of the hotel. The data were collected via an online survey based on a CSR scale developed by Turker (2009)...
Show moreThe objective of the study was to identify and measure the magnitude of the gap that may exist between the corporate level Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) culture and its ensuing policies and their equivalent at the property level. This gap was hypothesized to be a function of a number of personal characteristics of the General Managers (GMs) coupled with the organizational profile of the hotel. The data were collected via an online survey based on a CSR scale developed by Turker (2009) in combination with other original and previously used smaller scales. The study‟s population consisted of general managers of hotels that were managed by a corporate office and were members of the Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. In total, 564 hotel GMs were contacted by email by their perspective associations and invited to participate in the study. A total of 123 surveys were returned which equated to a 22% response rate. The results indicated that the gaps for all factors were very small. This suggested that based on the GMs‟ perceptions, there was not much variation between their corporations‟ CSR policies and their properties‟ CSR policies. Hence, because of this small variation, it can be speculated that, in this study, hotel GMs were committed to follow precisely the corporate CSR policies and initiatives at their property levels. Notwithstanding the above, the results supported three hypotheses as follows: (a) the more GMs were involved in the community, the less they were committed to CSR policies relating to the government; (b) the more hours per week GMs spent in community volunteerism, the higher was their commitment to overall CSR policies; and c) the higher was the demonstrated commitment of GMs to their corporation‟s CSR policy regarding responsibility to employees, the more they were rewarded through non-monetary perceived personal success. This study and its ensuing results were of significant importance to the general CSR body of knowledge and unique in terms of their contribution to CSR in the hotel industry. The practical implication from this study was that it sets a number of benchmarks relating to CSR corporate and property level policies and initiatives in a given sector of the hotel industry. In addition, due to the fact that few, if any, gaps were found between the corporate and property level cultures, corporate officers can at least feel fairly comfortable that from the GMs‟ perspectives, CSR initiatives are being implemented at the property level in accordance with corporate policy.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: CFE0003466, ucf:48960
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003466

Title: DISCOUNTING: AN EMPIRICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS VALUE IN THE LODGING INDUSTRY.
Creator: Semrad, Kelly, Croes, Robertico, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The central focus of this study is to provide an empirical explanation regarding the efficacy of the managerial expectation formation process as it contributes to the understanding of discounting room rates as a rational strategic phenomenon in the lodging industry. The study assesses the nature of the relationship between discounting hotel room rates and hotel financial performance when considering the non-stationary conditions of a time series data set. The study was rooted in an...
Show moreThe central focus of this study is to provide an empirical explanation regarding the efficacy of the managerial expectation formation process as it contributes to the understanding of discounting room rates as a rational strategic phenomenon in the lodging industry. The study assesses the nature of the relationship between discounting hotel room rates and hotel financial performance when considering the non-stationary conditions of a time series data set. The study was rooted in an operational based perspective with regard to the challenges presented by the perishable nature of room night sales - the loss of which may impact a managerÃ‚Â's fundamental responsibility: to generate maximum revenue from the existing hotel room capacity. Of critical importance to this study is whether the incremental use of discounting room rates could work to correct for temporal periods of decreased demand and thus increase short-term hotel financial performance. There is limited research regarding the empirical relationship between discounting room rates and hotel financial performance, as well as the internal process that a hotel manager uses to determine an accurate room rate that corresponds to seasonal lodging market demand conditions. An empirical foundation for this practice is lacking in the extant hospitality literature. Literature reveals that, although the lodging industry commonly incorporates discounting as a pricing strategy, recent research implies that high occupancy levels at discounted room rates do not necessarily lead to an increase in hotel financial performance. The contrast then between what is practiced and the recommendations from pricing strategy studies has led to lack of consistent agreement in current lodging literature regarding how discounting of hotel room rates relates to hotel financial performance. This study is at the forefront in its use of the methodological procedures that support a theoretical framework capable of providing explanations regarding managersÃ‚Â' internal process of discounting as an effective pricing strategy that could compensate for times of decreased room demand. An econometric case study research design was used in conjunction with a cointegration analysis and an error correction model (none of which are otherwise appropriated as assessment tools in the lodging industry). These applications provide a means to understand the expectation formation process of managersÃ‚Â' room price setting strategies. They also assess the empirical nature of the relationship between the variables by accounting for the erratic variations of room demand over time as induced by random error fluctuations. A non-deterministic system was assumed and supported through the analysis of the stationarity conditions of the time series data set under investigation. The distinguishing characteristics of a dynamic system that are recognized as traits of the lodging industry are further supported by the theoretical framework of the rational expectations theory and the cobweb model. The results of the study are based on secondary financial data sets that were provided by a midscale independently owned leisure hotel in the Orlando, FL market and that is located on Walt Disney World property. The results of this study delineate from the current normative economic recommendation based on descriptive research that claims discounting hotel room rates does not increase hotel financial performance. The current study does not draw an association between the variables from the presupposition of a deterministic marketplace, nor does it recommend to managers to hold a constant average daily rate over time. Based on the findings of the statistical procedures performed and the theoretical framework, the study contends that previous research may have incorrectly modeled room price expectations; elected to use inappropriate statistical tests; and, therefore, may have entertained misleading conclusions regarding the relationship between discounting of hotel room rates and hotel financial performance. Through use of an error correction model, the major findings of this study imply several concepts: that residuals may be treated as a variable within the studyÃ‚Â's model in order to better understand the short run dynamics that may lead to equilibrium correcting room price positions over the long run of time; that discounting room rates works in the short run; and, that managers use a rational price setting strategy to set future room rates. All of the aforementioned concepts fall within accordance of the rational expectations theory. The study concludes that while the constant room rate adjustments observed in the lodging industry may display what appears to be a random structure that deviates from the expected systematic, or stable, financial performance of a hotel over time, the deviations in performance are actually a rhythmic synthesized process of market information from past and current times. Hence, hotel managers appear to be using a backward looking model to forwardly project optimal room rates to match uncertain consumer demand. The empirical assessment employed in this study supports this determination.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: CFE0003430, ucf:48411
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003430

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