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Economics Analysis Of Sandals La TOC Golf Resort And SPA Assessment

¶ … resort our group chose is named "Sandals St. Lucia La Toc." Market structure of the main hotels and amenities - What sort of competition is there within the resort?

Hotels of all different categories? Or mainly 3 * hotels causing quite a lot of competition at this level? Is it mainly international hotel chains or privately owned hotels? What effect would you expect this competition to have on prices in the resort?

The Sandals La TOC Golf Resort & Spa - Luxury All Inclusive is set on the beach and possesses hundreds of acres of the beautiful Caribbean sand. It is also not too far from the George F.L. Charles Airport, sitting as it does on the northwest tip of St. Lucia. It has been rated highly (between four to five stars -- by many content tourists.

The resort offers a 9-hole golf course, 9 restaurants, three pools, unlimited land and water sports -- including scuba diving -- and the Red Lane Spa. It also offers various room types including two-story suites with private pools and patios.

The highlights of this resort include the following:

Couples-only beachfront property

9-hole golf course on-site

Numerous dining options including a beachfront grill, Caribbean, French, and Japanese

Three swimming pools, including the island's largest pool

Fitness centre with treadmills, weights, aerobic and aqua-fit classes (U.S. News. Travel. Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa)

These qualities have been stated in order to compare it to its compeiton

There are ten other highly rated hotels in the St. Lucia area. Three of these re the following:

Jade Mountain -- The Jade Mountain has a terrific view, situated as it is on a mountain summit and having beautiful pools with a technology-free and harmonious environment that is in sync with the Caribbean scenery. It has spa, leisure and sports facilities as well as 2 beaches amongst various other competitive attractions (U.S. Travel. Jade Mountain. / )

Cap Maison -- Cap Maison is...

It is created in Spanish Caribbean style with a five-star service emphasizing comfort and elegance. It offers luxurious accommodations with pools, private terraces, and all the amenities that the other hotels offer which include surging, golf, restaurant, and bars (U.S. Travel. Cap Maison. / )
Ladera -- a panoramic spot that offers activities that range from scuba diving and horseback riding to Rainforest hikes and market tours. (U.S. News. Travel. Ladera.)

These three hotels -- all rated five stars -- are but three of ten hotels that are similarly highly rated. Each are privately owned hotels that apparently expect a consistently wealthy clientele. To cater to this clientele, they go all out in researching the qualities of their market and in devising programs that will suit the needs and desires of their specific market. Mostly, they offer similar programs, and this too is where competition becomes somewhat tricky since, to attract clientele, one needs to stand out. The only one that does stand out is the Jade Mountain that caters itself for a client who is ready to relinquish technology.

Given that this competition focuses on a relatively small area, that the Caribbean is one of the most popular sought-after tourist sites, that it is glutted with tourists, and that these 5-star hotels have driven themselves to the utmost to research and satisfy their consumer desires, it is difficult to know how else a hotel such as the Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa can stand out. The only way it can do so is in regards to prices. Since prices are exorbitant as they are, we can expect a new hotel in the region that wishes to attract customers to lower its prices - but then it would have to reduce its offerings and quality of its hotel in order to gain a profit. The supply and the demand causes rise in prices that correspond with rise in attractiveness of programs as the different hotels strive to compete with each other in attracting consumers. So on one end of the spectrum there is a rise in price to…

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Caribseek (Tuesday, Dec 18th, 2012) News Caribbean Tourism Organization To Arrange Meetings With Regional Ministries And Technical Officials To Tackle Aviation Issues

http://news.caribseek.com/index.php/caribbean-islands-news/caribbean-region-news/cto-news/item/32780-caribbean-tourism-organization-to-arrange-meetings-with-regional-ministries-and-technical-officials-to-tackle-aviation-issues

CHALLENGES TO CARIBBEAN TOURISM http://www.eclac.org/portofspain/noticias/paginas/2/9792/issue14.pdf

US News. Travel. Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa
http://travel.usnews.com/Hotels/reviewSandals_La_Toc_Golf_Resort_amp_Spa_in_St_Lucia_Luxury_All_Inclusive-Castries-Saint_Lucia-106910/
http://travel.usnews.com/Hotels/review-Jade_Mountain_Resort-Soufrier-Saint_Lucia-106904
http://travel.usnews.com/Hotels/review-Cap_Maison_Resort_Spa-Gros_Islet-Saint_Lucia-118065/
http://travel.usnews.com/Hotels/review-Ladera_Resort-Soufriere-Saint_Lucia-106902/
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