Contribution from luxury hotels to combat poverty-socio-economic impact analysis (in the case study of the Jumeirah Group)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (damals GTZ)
Associate Arab Emirates
10/2007 - 12/2007
Client type:
Development cooperation, Tourism company
Service type:
Baseline Research and Analysis

Services provided:

  • Development of the investigation design including questionnaires
  • Comprehensive data collection for several Jumeirah Group hotels with regard to their contributions to local and national added value (wages, purchases, sales of excursions etc.)
  • Personal interviews with hotel employees on working conditions and consumer behavior
  • personal interviews with suppliers to their supply chains
  • Evaluation of the data collected
  • Summary of the core results including strategic recommendations for action to improve the contribution of the examined hotel for combating poverty