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- 28 Jul 2019
- News
6 Vacation Habits That Defend From Future Burnouts
- March 2017 (Revised August 2021)
- Teaching Note
HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry
By: Rory McDonald and Matt Higgins
Teaching Note for HBS No. 615-036. View Details
- May 2016 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
Hillside Beach Club: Delivering the Ultimate Family Vacation in the Mediterranean
By: Rajiv Lal and Gamze Yucaoglu
In 2015, Edip Ilkbahar, HBC’s founder and CEO, was looking over the plans for a new branch in Cyprus. Since the inception of the company by the Alarko Group of companies in 1994, Ilkbahar’s company had enjoyed high occupancy, high guest satisfaction, and high... View Details
Keywords: Customer Experience; Customer Service; Hotel Industry; Emerging Market; Customer Focus; Leading Growth; Feedback Culture; Employee Empowerment; Employee Engagement; Employee Training; Staffing; Operations Management; Quality Management; Service Management; Service Quality; Continuous Improvement; Hillside; HBC; Turkey; Vacation; Customer Relationship Management; Quality; Employee Relationship Management; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Customer Satisfaction; Selection and Staffing; Service Delivery; Competitive Advantage; Emerging Markets; Growth and Development; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Turkey
Lal, Rajiv, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Hillside Beach Club: Delivering the Ultimate Family Vacation in the Mediterranean." Harvard Business School Case 516-110, May 2016. (Revised September 2016.)
- December 2014 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry
By: Rory McDonald, Feng Zhu and Cheng Gao
In less than 10 years, cofounders Brian Sharples and Carl Shepherd had transformed HomeAway from just another Internet startup into the world's leading vacation-rental marketplace—a global online platform that links customers seeking vacation-home rentals to the... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Innovation; Technology; Acquisitions; Operations Management; Digital Platforms; Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Disruptive Innovation; Disruption; Accommodations Industry
McDonald, Rory, Feng Zhu, and Cheng Gao. "HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry." Harvard Business School Case 615-036, December 2014. (Revised August 2024.)
- 27 Jun 2012
- News
Real Vacations Are Good for You: Take Them and Turn Off
- 21 Aug 2012
- News
We dare you to take a real vacation
- 18 Jun 2013
- News
3 Ways to Really Put the "Vacate" into Vacation
- 17 Jun 2016
- News
The Secret Economic And Career Benefits Of Taking Vacation
- 25 May 2023
- News
‘Work From Anywhere’ Weeks Are a Vacation From Return-to-Office Push
- 22 Jul 2024
- News
America's Vacation Culture Is Dying. Here's How to Revive It.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Social Attachment to Place and Psychic Costs of Geographic Mobility: How Distance from Hometown and Vacation Flexibility Affect Job Performance
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Ohchan Kwon
Using a natural experiment and field interviews, this paper studies how social attachment to place imposes psychic costs on workers who experience geographic mobility. This is especially salient when workers are assigned to locations far from their hometown, which may... View Details
Keywords: Distance From Hometown; Social Attachment To Place; Psychic Costs; Worker Performance; Natural Experiment; Geographic Location; Familiarity; Employees; Performance; India
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Ohchan Kwon. "Social Attachment to Place and Psychic Costs of Geographic Mobility: How Distance from Hometown and Vacation Flexibility Affect Job Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-010, August 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- July 27, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Have Your Most Fulfilling Vacation Ever
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Have Your Most Fulfilling Vacation Ever." The Atlantic (July 27, 2023).
- August 31, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Pick the Right Sort of Vacation for You
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Pick the Right Sort of Vacation for You." The Atlantic (August 31, 2023).
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health
By: John A. Quelch
In January 2014, Gary Bald, senior vice president of Safety, Environment and Health at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL), prepared for a review meeting with the company's chief executive, Adam Goldstein, and chairman, Richard Fain. Prior to joining RCL in 2006, Bald... View Details
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 27 Sep 2021
- News