The assessment of the decision-making factors is a research committed to shape our understanding of hotel investment and development processes. This volume therefore describes a comprehensive research so not only initiated but also non-initiated ones will enjoy a great insight in this world of bills and bricks, characterised by a myriad of information. Due to this abundance of information many topics have been touched upon, so readers have a correct all-embracing framework to apply their personal situation upon. The report discusses and analyses the hotel industrys development decision-makers in an attempt to advance knowledge of the factors they assess during hotel development planning phases. These factors and criteria have been thoroughly examined in order to gauge their relative importance in hotel development decision-making and to determine the level of manageability destinations hold to adjust and modify that factor if necessitated.

Allan Degreef (1985) lives in Antwerp and is passionate about travelling and experiencing life to the fullest. He has earned a bachelor in Tourism & Leisure Management and a master in Tourism Destination Management. Currently Allan and his brother Philip own a real estate business in Belgium in which they acquire and renew residential real estate.