Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

What impact did walking tours and scenic films have on leisure activities?

Employer Branding (EB) aims to assist businesses in becoming the employer of choice for potential employees, and provides hands-on tools in attracting, developing and retaining people.

Tamara Prosic gives a new explanation of the origins, development and symbolism of Passover.

A guide to theory and practice in key areas of leisure management and planning in the leisure industries, for undergraduates, HND students, and those on post-experience and postgraduate courses.

The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II is a rich source of information and reflections on many aspects of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), one of the most significant religious events of the twentieth century.

One of the oldest monotheistic religions known to humankind, Judaism has withstood the tests of time.

How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense.

Religious faith is a powerful source of comfort and support for individuals and families facing dementia.

This book provides an overview of the history and evolution of tourism to the present, and speculates on possible and probable change into the future.

As an old proverb puts it, 'Two Jews, three opinions.

This volume provides useful answers to the following questions: how do tourists go about seeking high novelty and yet return to the same destination year-after-year?

As global tourism faces its greatest threat since World War II, the author draws on over 40 years of industry and academic experience to explore the core themes that underpin crises, their impact on the tourism industry and recovery.

The book will follow the precedent set by Dennison Nash's "e;Tourism Social Science Series"e; anthology, "e;The Study of Tourism"e;.

The ubiquity of digital platforms in everyday life has considerable ramifications for contemporary leisure travel.

Heritage and its preservation is a major concern around the world.

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important.

This book approaches the tourism and hospitality industry from a regional science perspective.

Enrich Your Christmas with the Sounds of the SeasonMusic has always been central to celebrating the coming of Christ into the world.

What does it really mean to "e;proclaim the good news of God in Christ"e; and to "e;continue in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers?

This volume sheds light on the complex linkages between tourism, disaster and conflict.

Social scientists sometimes seem not to know what to do with religion.

Because of illness and age the Jesuit theologian and philosopher Bernard Lonergan never completed the systematic study on Christology, the doctrine concerning the person of Christ, that he had planned to write.

Tourism Management: managing for change is a complete synthesis of tourism, from its beginnings through to the major impacts it has on today's global community, the environment and economy.

Tourism Marketing for Developing Countries examines media strategies used by destinations in Asia, the Middle East and Africa to battle stereotypes, negative images and crises in order to attract tourists .

Dedicated to the growing field of food and drink tourism and culinary engagement, Sally Everett offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, embracing theories and examples from numerous subject disciplines.

Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe!

This volume addresses the transformative power of tourism social media and offers novel theoretical and methodological approaches to its academic investigation.

This third annual volume of the International Place Branding Yearbook looks at the case for applying brand and marketing strategies to the economic, social, political and cultural development of cities, towns and regions around the world to help them compete in the global, national and local markets.

Will robots take over as hotel staff?

This book offers a philosophical approach to tourism as a permanent factor in the lifestyle, economy, and culture of the contemporary global community.

Tourism and Leisure Behaviour in an Ageing World, based on Ian Patterson's previously published Growing Older, provides an overview of the latest research concerning tourist behaviour and leisure needs of baby boomers, seniors, and older adults.

The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology brings together a set of original and authoritative accounts of all the major areas of current research in Christian systematic theology, offering a thorough survey of the state of the discipline and of its prospects for those undertaking research and teaching in the field.

In this exciting collection of hymns, Kim Fabricius not only skillfully guides us through the Christian year--from Advent and Christmas, through Lent, to Easter and Pentecost--he also imaginatively explores the church's perennial themes: the mystery of God, creation and providence, suffering and death, worship and prayer.

This fully updated second edition presents a conceptual framework of outdoor recreation management in the form of a series of management matrices.

Focusing on the archaeology and history of Butrint in southern Albania, this book begins by looking at its foundation in the Bronze Age period through to the contemporary era, where it is now a popular tourist destination.

An innovative and cross-cutting approach to Hospitality that examines the fundamentals of the subject in a concise and commendable way.

Risk management can often be poorly understood and applied in the leisure, sport, tourism (including adventure) and event industries.

The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism.

The discipline of religious studies has historically tended to focus on discrete ritual mistakes occurring in the context of individual performances as outlined in ethnographic or sociological studies; scholars have largely overlooked the extensive discussions of ritual mistakes that exist in the religious literature of indigenous traditions.

This book investigates spiritual tourism - tourism characterised by an intentional search for spiritual benefit - from a contemporary religious studies perspective.

Behold What You Are is written to open the possibilities of liturgy and liturgical awareness, in the church and of the church, Sunday by Sunday, season by season.

Sacrifice dominated the religious landscape of the ancient Mediterranean world for millennia, but its role and meaning changed dramatically in the fourth and fifth centuries with the rise of Christianity.

Within the field of Islamic Studies, scientific research of Muslim theology is a comparatively young discipline.