Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industrie Books

This book reviews employment and leisure trends in Japan from the post-war era to the present. In addition, it also examines how these trends will affect tourism destinations and businesses that rely heavily on Japanese overseas tourism. Topics that are...

This book focuses on the role of e-consumers and e-marketing in the era of new tourism. It addresses themes such as the tourism "prosumer" at work, the evolution of tourism services, the collaboration and co-creation, as well as the e-complaint behavior...

In the dynamic world of hospitality, creating a compelling online listing can make all the difference in attracting and retaining guests. Booking Experience offers a comprehensive guide to understanding how various listing attributes-such as pictures,...

Mastering Airbnb Business: Expert Tips And Deep Secrets For Highest Returns is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to maximize their profits and become a successful Airbnb host. This book is packed with expert tips and deep secrets from experienced...

There is a complex relationship between the environment and the development of tourism, which this book discusses in a thorough and informative manner. Specialists from several disciplines pay attention to the challenges of...

Facharbeit (Schule) aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Fremdenverkehrsgeographie, Note: 1-, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Insel Mallorca, die sich einst mit dem Begriff des Massentourismus einen Namen gemacht hat, setzt...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Fremdenverkehrsgeographie, Note: 1,3, Universität Koblenz-Landau (Institut für Geographie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wenn man auf der Internetseite www.mapcrow.info die...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the older-tourist market, and of the challenges and opportunities created by population ageing from a tourism marketing perspective, by combining a demand-side and a supply-side approach to older tourists. The...

This book presents cutting edge research on the development of analytics in travel and tourism. It introduces new conceptual frameworks and measurement tools, as well as applications and case studies for destination marketing and management. It is...

This book explores the impact of design science and design thinking on tourism planning, gathering contributions from leading authorities in the field of tourism research and providing a comprehensive and interconnected panorama of cutting-edge results...

This book presents the latest research into the application of information and communication technologies within the travel and tourism sectors. Readers will find insightful contributions on a wide range of topics, including digital marketing, social...

This book explores the distinct nuisances and obstacles that are brought on by the tourism and travel industry within Caribbean small island developing countries (SIDS). The author explores best practices and measures that can be used to overcome or...

This book examines the many ways in which innovative technologies represent a powerful development tool for the tourism and leisure sector and presents novel strategies based on these technologies that foster sustainable tourism management and promote...

ENTER has now met for six years, providing a valuable forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss and debate their ideas and perspectives regarding the nature and role of tourism and information technology in global...

This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from the 2022 6th International Conference on Applied Economics and Business (ICAEB), which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during August 24-26, 2022. ICAEB serves as a platform for...

This book discusses current trends, challenges, and opportunities in the fields of business, hospitality, and tourism, particularly in Eastern Europe.  Featuring selected papers presented at the second annual Modern Trends in Business Hospitality...

This book provides an end-to-end view of revenue management in the hospitality industry.  The book highlights the origins of hotel reservations systems and revenue management, challenges unique to hotels, revenue management models, new generation...

From early 2020 for a period of two years at the end of which  this book was written, air transport suffered unprecedented setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Although the pandemic may eventually fizzle out into another flu like occurrence,...

Generation Z (Gen Z) is the demographic cohort also known as Post-Millennials, the iGeneration or the Homeland Generation. Referring to individuals born roughly between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, they are our youngest consumers, students,...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of and discussion about the relationship between green tourism, economic growth and globalization. It explores numerous topics relating to tourism including transport efficiency, foreign direct investment, clean...

A tiny personal touch, a must have for any vacation home, beach house or any Airbnb guest house bread & breakfast rental places!When it comes to vacation rentals, it's the tiny personal touches that create meaningful spaces and memorable stays...

This book is for any tour operator, tourism or hospitality business, or marketing agency looking to master the art of marketing a travel-related business effectively.While the strategy outlined is focused on a multi-day tour operator, the principles...

Kiribati Island Travel and Tourism. People, Culture and Tradition, Environment. Kiribati is for travellers those who have a passion for exploring and discovering, people who like an adventure off the tourist trail to places where few have been before,...

This volume describes the economic, social and environmental impacts of second homes as well as their planning implications and places such discussions within the context of contemporary human mobility. It represents the first major international...

Bill Faulkner was a visionary whose impact on the tourism research field extended widely. This book contains a collection of Bill's publications grouped under the headings Methods, Events, Destinations, and Research Agenda. An introductory chapter...

This book offers original insights into the broad and deep influences of tourism, and places them within the historical context of globalisation. The research undertaken on a Canary Island emphasises the indigenous experience, and makes cross-cultural...

The book explores the multi-faceted nature of the important phenomenon of Irish tourism, drawing on current work in sociology, cultural studies, ethnography, and language studies. It will provide invaluable insights into historical and contemporary...

Observes the theoretical and scholarly undertakings of tourism. Cross-examines culture and intercultural facets of tourism interactions, focussing on culture as a process or phenomenon of individuals. Examines the extent to which linguistic and cultural...

This new volume addresses the growing interest to understand tourism and hospitality in Southeast and South Asia, two regions that have seen tremendous growth in international tourists in recent years. It explores the current development of hospitality...

Hello Burgundy is a compact guide and introduction to the Grand Cru Vineyards of Burgundy France. This book provides insight and detail into the Vineyards, including location, history, and interesting details and facts. It describes the area, and...

This third edition of Environment and Tourism incorporates additional material on environmental philosophies and ontologies of nature and how these influence our understanding of tourism's relationship with the natural environment. It communicates a...

This book provides students with a comprehensive, fully integrated planning and management mechanism that can be applied to events of all types and size. The Event Safety Management System provides guidelines and processes for proactive methods to...

A timely and up-to-date "go-to" reference work for business events, The Routledge Handbook of Business Events explores and critically evaluates the key debates and controversies inherent to this rapidly expanding subject of study and industry.The volume...

This timely and innovative book presents a critical exploration of how blockchain technologies may be useful in enhancing the sustainability, viability and social responsibility of the tourism and hospitality sectors.

The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to understand social-ecological systems that explain the relationship between protected areas, tourism, and community livelihoods linkages and provides a platform for dialogue to develop better understanding...

This innovative and timely book presents an in-depth analysis of how the metaverse revolutionizes tourism management, transforms consumer behaviour and motivates tourists to visit destinations.

This book gathers theoretical and empirical studies exploring the link between global crises, sustainable tourism and the justice challenges being faced by vulnerable groups, individuals, and society. The chapters in this book were originally published...

This book investigates resource-constrained environments in the tropics and subtropics where people's lives and businesses are affected, and adaptations occur periodically. Constrained environments are unique territories characterised by challenging...

This book provides the latest research in the application of innovative technology to the tourism industry in Bangladesh, covering the perspectives, theories, issues, complexities, as well as opportunities and the challenges present. This book provides a...

This book highlights the state-of-the-art tourism and hospitality industry in Southeast Asian countries, while also presenting future directions for the industry with an emphasis on decision-making models. It first elaborates on the significant role of...

This book is compilation of different analytics and machine learning techniques focusing on the tourism industry, particularly in measuring the impact of COVID-19 as well as forging a path ahead toward recovery. It includes case studies on COVID-19's...

This book consolidates under one roof the latest research investigating the various technological advances and new managerial approaches driving innovation within wine tourism. Competition in wine tourism intensifies at a global scale, while wine tourism...

This book covers multiple areas such as technology and the type of application in aviation, tourism and hospitality with looking at current and future technology application, as well as in a rural tourism perspective. The strength of this book comes from...

This book explores how identity plays a pivotal role in tourism consumption. Almost all tourism-related consumption studies underestimate or refer inadequately to identity's relationship with tourism consumption. As identity phenomenon is considerably a...

This book deploys the concept of 'audiovisual tourism promotion' to account for the promotional functions performed by a vast array of diverse media texts including tourism films, feature films, digital videos conceived for online circulation, video...

This book consolidates international, contemporary and topical case study based research in tourism, travel, hospitality and events. Case studies can make learning more attractive and interesting as well as enable students to understand the theory better...

This book provides new roads, perspectives, and a synthesis for tourism and regional science research. Tourism has become one of the most dynamic sectors in the economy and has exhibited a structurally growing importance over the past decades. In many...

This book explores the rapid growth of the sharing economy, specifically of Airbnb, in recent years and how it has challenged traditional economies in many countries around the globe. With almost 5 million listings in more than 190 countries, many...