Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industrie Books

This volume provides original insight into the operational opportunities, challenges and constraints in managing Tourism Destination Marketing. It explores how the various tourist destination systems including tourist, places (as seen by the tourist),...

Management Practice in Dietetics provides readers with clear, relevant examples of critical management principles and the ways in which they can be applied within foodservice, clinical nutrition, and community nutrition management.The book demonstrates...

If you ever wondered how to maneuver through the hospitality industry, this book is for you. Inside is a strategic plan and advice on how to make the most out of a career in hospitality. Filled with personal accounts and words of wisdom. You're F*cking...

Tourism industry is one of the most important part of the global economy. This book compiles some of the most significant concepts and strategies in tourism industry. Some of the topics included in the book are destination and heritage tourism, tourism...

The tourism and hospitality industries are closely related. In the recent years, there has been an upsurge in the tourism sector and its economic significance has increased. This comprehensive book deals with some crucial aspects of this sector such as...

There has been a recent upsurge in the tourism sector across the globe. This has facilitated the progress of tourism industry and its contribution to the economy of the world. This book is a collection of recent theories and concepts in the field. It...

Hospitality industry is a rapidly expanding economic sector. The role of hospitality in tourism has furthered its significance in the modern times. This exclusive book collates researches and case studies related to the diverse aspects of the hospitality...

The tourism industry is a global industry that is concerned with the travel for business or pleasure. It may be domestic or international. The diverse industries that benefit from tourism are transportation services, hospitality services and...

Tourism and hospitality industry is a rapidly expanding global industry that includes a diverse category of services like lodging, catering, transportation, event planning and luxury travel. Tourism is the business that deals with attracting,...

This book examines the United States as a destination for international consumers of assisted fertility services, including egg donation, surrogacy, and sex selection. Based on interviews conducted with fertility industry insiders who market their...

This is a book about being a successful manager in the complex hospitality industry. Approaching the subject in the context of personal development, it offers future managers essential knowledge and insight into the opportunities, the constraints, the...

Sustainability is one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector. Recently, the role of resilience thinking has been highlighted in sustainable development discussions as an alternative perspective. This book approaches these...

Over the last two decades, the entertainment and tourism services industry have undergone major transformations. The entertainment industry is a vast entity featuring numerous categories of entertainment and those beyond venue-based entertainment, from...

The Spirit Merchant and Licensed Victualler's Guide is a book written by John Benson and published in 1878. The book is a comprehensive guide for those involved in the spirits and licensed victualler industry, providing information on the laws and...

Hunnit Dolla'Ventures is part travelogue and part elementary travel guide, filled with tips and tricks from Mr. Robert's $100 Weekends (whether local and abroad). For travel newbies, the travel-curious, and anyone interested in seeing the world on a dime...

A quarantun'anni dalla fondazione della prima comunità, ecco una guida per conoscere Damanhur, la Federazione di Comunità situata in Valchiusella (Piemonte, Italia). Nata come esperimento sociale di un piccolo gruppo di sognatori...

Kreuzfahrten boomen, die Gästezahl der Flusskreuzfahrten wuchs im deutschen Quellmarkt im Jahr 2017 um 8 Prozent. Flusskreuzfahrten verzeichnen jedoch nur einen kleinen Anteil am gesamten Kreuzfahrtmarkt. Das „Langweiler-Image" (Kirstges 2013), fehlende...

Der Tourismus rechnet wegen seines hohen Beitrags zu Wirtschaftsleistung und Beschäftigung seit Jahrzehnten zu den größten globalen Wirtschaftssektoren. Obwohl er in erster Linie als wirtschaftliches Phänomen gilt, das sowohl ökologische wie...

What are you going to do when you retire?Sure, the idea of not going to the same job day after day is appealing, but what are you actually going to do?Many of us live a fairly stationary life, creating a home base and not wandering too far for very long...

Do you want to go beyond just making good coffee?Successful cafe entrepreneurs are not only keeping their doors open but also opening more doors to opportunities. If you want to build a sustainable cafe business and have people lining up to do business...

The induction into the Restaurant Hall of Fame inspired Tom Wilscam to write a book to help others achieve the dream of owning a successful restaurant. Initially, Tom owned and operated several well-known restaurants in Colorado and then took his...

This book provides the first systematic and accessible text for students of hospitality and the culinary arts that directly addresses how more sustainable restaurants and commercial food services can be achieved.Food systems receive growing attention...

New Zealand's wine came to the world's attention in the late 1980's with its production of some of the best quality sauvignon blancs. Since then the industry has grown significantly and has increasingly gained an international reputation as a producer of...

In an increasingly competitive global market, winemakers are seeking to increase their sales and wine regions to attract tourists.  To achieve these aims, there is a trend towards linking wine marketing with identity. Such an approach seeks to...

Social impacts are increasingly used as one of the main justifications for staging and funding events, and yet there is very little empirical evidence on the extent to which these impacts are realised by different kinds of events or in different settings...

 In the first part, I shall explain whether it is possible to predict travel behavioural consumption from psychology view and computer statistic view.  Second, I shall indicate what factors can influence travel behavioural consumption, such as...

Healthcare in America is ill. Moreover, the bill for this illness is rising and America cannot afford the price! What worsens the situation is error in diagnosis of what is the illness. Attempting to cure without a proper diagnosis, politicians and...

""Mine Sampling and Valuing"" is a comprehensive book that discusses the various methods used in sampling and valuing ore deposits, with a particular focus on the work of valuation by independent engineers. Written by Charles Simon Herzig and originally...

With the rise of post-truth and fake news, a thorough examination of authenticity has never been so relevant. This book explores the geography of authenticity, investigating a wide variety of places used by tourists. Not only does it assess what might be...

This book examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism performance in Africa. It covers a wide range of topics that will interest academic readers and researchers, including the effects of COVID-19 on various segments of the tourism sector...

This book consolidates case study based research in tourism, travel, hospitality, and events under one roof. It aims to consolidate cutting edge case study based research within the wider tourism industry that investigates topical and contemporary...

This book is devoted to the analysis of the three main tasks of China's tourism development: Firstly, the theory of tourism development since the initiation of reform and opening-up. Secondly, the practice and problems in infrastructure building...

This book analyses the ways in which crises, including COVID-19, can be managed within the tourism and hospitality industries in Asia, in ways that support the future of these industries and help to make them more resilient. This book supports efforts to...

This book provides a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic situation from the perspective of the tourism, aviation and hospitality industries. The book analyzes the challenges and possible strategies for recovery to meet the urgent needs of the industry to...

This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems (ICOTTS 2021), held at the University of Cartagena, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 4 to 6 November 2021...

This book accounts that Bangladesh is a potential destination in South Asia exhibiting a steady growth in its economy along with socio-cultural developments. With a population of over 170 million, the country possesses significant possibilities in...

This book explores contemporary tourism and coastal developments in Hyogo, Japan-the nation's only non-peninsular prefecture bordering two oceans. In striking detail, Dr. Lesley Crowe-Delaney skillfully contextualizes tourism industry and policy;...

This book focuses on the planning, marketing, and management of Asian tourism destinations, and evaluates current developments within Southeast-Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. As more Asian destinations enter the global tourism arena and more...

This book focuses on cultures that shape contemporary Asian tourist experiences. The book consists of 10 chapters, which are organised into two themes: Collectivist Culture and Wellbeing. The chapters cover emerging forms of tourism (e.g., wedding and...

This book is an annual research report prepared by the cruise industry experts and scholars at home and abroad invited by Shanghai International Cruise Business Institute based on the current development situations of the international cruise industry,...

This book draws together empirical research across a range of contemporary examples of food tourism phenomenon in Asia to provide a holistic picture of their role and influence. It encompasses case studies from around the pan-Asian region, including...

The purpose of this book is twofold. First, this book is an attempt to map the state of quantitative research in Asian tourism and hospitality context and provide a detailed description of the design, implementation, application, and challenges of...

This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism products and services, but also cost-effective ones. Enterprises have the option to meet the former demand by offering authentic...

This book elaborates upon, critiques and discusses 21st-century approaches to scholarship and research in the food, tourism, hospitality, and events trades and applied professions, using case examples of innovative practice. The specific field considered...

Welfare rise, spatial mobility, and global information and communication channels (in particular, social media) have prompted the emergence of a specific booming and rapidly growing mobility industry all over the world, namely tourism. The tourist sector...

1. Asian youth tourism: Contemporary trends, cases and issuesCatheryn Khoo-Lattimore and Elaine Chiao Ling Yang2. An insight into the motivations of Thai Working and Holiday Makers (WHMs)Walanchalee Wattanacharoensil and Suwadee Talawanich3. Asian...

This book focuses on film tourism: the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular film or TV series. It is based on a unique, Asian perspective, encompassing case studies from around the pan-Asian region, including China, Taiwan, India, Japan,...

This book includes papers presented at the 6th Arte-Polis International Conference. The theme of the conference was "Imagining Experiences: Creative Tourism and the Making of Place", and the book brings together studies based on lessons-learned, research...