The organization has never owned any hotels outside the UK before, and has hired
a team of independent management consultants to advise them on how to proceed.
They provided the consultants the following information during their initial
meeting:
A majority of their existing managers said they would like a chance to work abroad.
None of their existing managers speak French fl uently.
They will allow four weeks to rebrand the hotels. The new hotels must be ready to
open after that time.
They expect to recruit a large number of staff for the new French hotels, because
more than 70 percent of the employees from the acquired organization left.
They will require their managers to be fl exible and move between countries if any
problems arise.