id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-023140-ytal7wog Henderson, Joan C. Responding to crisis: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and hotels in Singapore 2004-12-09 .txt text/plain 3949 163 48 title: Responding to crisis: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and hotels in Singapore The sudden outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore in 2003 was a grave crisis for the tourism industry as a whole and highlights the importance of effectively managing and planning for such occurrences. It focuses on how the epidemic impacted on Singapore's hotel sector and management reactions to it, affording insights into the problems caused by outbreaks of infectious disease at destinations and possible responses. The epidemic of SARS in 2003 was an exceptional crisis for Singapore's hotels and an exacting test for its managers, in which advances to near normality were dictated by outside developments and agencies as much as their own efforts. Managing a health-related crisis: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore Chaos, crises and disasters: a strategic approach to crisis management in the tourism industry ./cache/cord-023140-ytal7wog.txt ./txt/cord-023140-ytal7wog.txt