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Subject Code: HAT304

Subject Name: Emerging Issues in Hospitality and Tourism
Assessment Title: Individual Proposal
Length: 1500 (+/- 10% allowable range)
Weighting: 40%
Total Marks: 100
Submission: Online via Turnitin
Due Date: Week 13
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Assessment Description
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The purpose of this individual proposal is to develop students’ skills in examining contemporary
tourism and hospitality issues from legal and regulatory perspectives. This will enable students to
apply learned theories, concepts and tools in weeks 10 to 12 to a real-world case.

You are to choose a most recent disaster event or terrorism incident that has had a significant
impact on the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. Based on the current scholarly literature you are
to identify and examine the legal and regulatory factors that a tourism/hospitality governing body
must consider in the future to minimise/avoid such events or incidents from occurring.

You are then required to develop and propose a policy draft that you would recommend to the key
stakeholders of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry.

Your proposal MUST follow a professional structure:

Overview of the event/incident (250 words)
Recommended policy draft (1000 words):
Overview of the tourism and hospitality activity
Critical Analysis of Identified legal and regulatory concerns
Policy Objective/s
Stakeholders Involved
Validation Statement (250 words): Justification for your choice of the content covered in the
policy draft
Reference List (You must use Harvard Referencing Style)

You are required to reference at least 12 sources of information. These may include corporate
websites, government publications, industry reports, census data, journal articles, and newspaper
articles.

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 HAT304 Assessment Marking Rubric – Individual Proposal 40%
Marking NN (Fail) P (Pass) CR (Credit) DN (Distinction) HD (High Distinction)
Criteria 0-49% 50-64% 65-74% 75-84% 85-100%

Critical Your analysis does not Your analysis partially Your analysis satisfactorily Your analysis strongly Your analysis critically
Analysis satisfactorily identify and/or identifies and examines identifies and examines the identifies and examines the identifies and thoroughly
examines the legal and the legal and regulatory legal and regulatory issues legal and regulatory issues examines legal and
regulatory issues issues associated with the associated with the chosen associated with the chosen regulatory issues
/40 marks associated with the chosen chosen event/incident. event/incident. event/incident. associated with the chosen
event/incident. event/incident.

Critical Your evaluation has no or Limited evaluation that Sufficient evaluation that Proficient evaluation that An excellent evaluation that
Evaluation unsuitable justification. somewhat justifies your justifies your choice of substantially justifies your rigorously justifies your
choice of policy content. policy content. choice of policy content. choice of policy content.
/30 marks

Format Spelling and/or grammar is
consistently incorrect,
impacting on the flow and
/30 marks readability of your analysis.
Mostly correct grammar
and spelling used
throughout, with consistent
minor and/or major errors.
Mostly correct grammar
and spelling used
throughout, with occasional
minor and/or major
error(s).
Correct grammar and Correct grammar and
spelling throughout the spelling throughout the
analysis, with the occasional analysis with no errors.
minor error.

The format chosen for your The format chosen for your The format chosen for your Your report is professionally Your report is professionally
report lacks thought and report is appropriate, but report is appropriate, but presented and have been presented and have been
consideration for the major improvements would some improvements would submitted in an appropriate submitted in an entirely
intended audience. enhance its presentation. enhance its presentation. format. appropriate format.

In-text referencing and/or
reference list is mostly
incorrect or non-existent.
Total Marks
/100
In-text referencing and the
resultant reference list
adheres to Kaplan Harvard
Referencing Style, with
major errors.
In-text referencing and the
resultant reference list
adheres to Kaplan Harvard
Referencing Style, with
minor errors throughout
and the occasional major
error.
In-text referencing and the
resultant reference list
adheres to Kaplan Harvard
Referencing Style, with only
the occasional minor error.
In-text referencing and the
resultant reference list
adheres to Kaplan Harvard
Referencing Style, with no
errors.

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