Efficient Utilization Of InterContinental New Orleans Hotel Resources After Hurricane Katrina: A Case Study

• Published in: Journal of business case studies Vol. 6; no. 3; p. 71
• Main Authors: Noguera, Magdy, Trejo-Pech, Carlos Omar, Santana, Jorge
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Littleton The Clute Institute 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Capital budgeting; Case studies; Disaster recovery; Discounted cash flow; Efficiency; Festivals; Floods; Hotels & motels; Hurricanes; Insured losses; Levees & battures; Mardi Gras; Project evaluation; Storm damage; Tourism; New Orleans Louisiana; United States > US

A significant capital budgeting problem faced the InterContinental New Orleans Hotel after the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The problem was presented to students as a case study.  Students were provided firm specific and market data to perform a detailed discounted cash flow analysis, includin...