Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

This volume, with essays by leading archaeologists and prehistorians, considers how prehistoric humans attempted to recognise, understand and conceptualise death.

The well known Austrian poet and spiritual writer, Rainer Maria Rilke encouraged his young friend not to be a "e;waster of sorrows,"e; but to use them in a positive way as a means to help him grow in holiness.

Für Kirchen und Theologie haben die Untersuchungen zu den "Milieus" eine besondere Relevanz, da diese dazu beitragen, Menschen in unterschiedlichen Lebenslagen besser zu verstehen und ihnen zu begegnen.

Big Data analytics and machine learning are being adopted in a range of industries - but how can these technologies be utilised and what can they offer to the tourism industry?

This accessible, up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth textbook introduces students and practitioners to the principles and practice of airport marketing as well as the major changes and future marketing challenges facing the airport sector.

Resuscitate your relationship with the BibleA lot of us have tried to read the Bible.

Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives is a fascinating look at the behavior, motivations, experiences, and needs of women as tourists and travellers, drawing on both historic and contemporary eras.

A classic and indispensable resource for public worship and private devotion that speaks to people across a range of traditions - both within and beyond the church.

This book presents a collection of selected papers presented at the 22nd FAI International Conference on Mathematical, Computational Intelligence and Engineering Approaches to Healthcare, Business and Tourism Analytics (FAI-ICMCIE 2020), held at American College, Madurai, India, from 20-22 December 2020.

A 'new spirit of hospitality' beckons planetary provenances of leisure and pleasure, to promote tourism destinations through the digitization and cinematic advertising of tourist experience.

This book is a practical guide to finding and delivering energy savings opportunities in transport operations for professional energy managers and energy auditors.

In geography, a region is one of the most obscure and controversial scientific research objects.

This book provides an overview of the progress in Spanish tourism geography, particularly after the overlay of financial, pandemic and climate crisis, by the scrutiny of the different geographical areas and variables of analysis.

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.

This book explores the latest developments in the field of smart tourism, focusing in particular on the important cultural and sustainability synergies that have emerged during the digital era.

This book examines comparative performance and best practice in National Tourism Organisations/ Administrations from extensive research carried out in 2003 and 2004.

Psalms for the Poor talk back to the blunt and beautiful phrases of the King James Bible.

The findings of the Church of England's Weddings Project, presented in a helpful handbook format.

This edited text, intended to support a research-informed approach to learning and teaching, presents an array of concepts, collaborations and in-depth cases related to managing events, festivals and the visitor economy.

The book of Genesis tells us that God made a covenant with Abraham, promising him a glorious posterity on the condition that he and all his male descendents must be circumcised.

The hospitality model called "e;Albergo Diffuso"e; (AD), or "e;scattered hotel,"e; has been engneered by Mr Giancarlo Dall'Ara and described by The New York Times as a way of bringing life back to historic towns and rural hamlets by utilizing unused rooms for tourism.

Tourism Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse world of tourism within one of the most dynamic regions on the globe.

This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing form in the context of a dynamic environment.

In this book, Frederique Apffel-Marglin draws on a lifetime of work with the indigenous peoples of Peru and India to support her argument that the beliefs, values, and practices of such traditional peoples are 'eco-metaphysically true.

This book examines the ways in which cultural and creative industries can drive entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability and overall regional development.

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

This book suggests sustainable economy from the viewpoint of tourism fostering low carbon footprint.

Journeys to a Graveyard examines the descriptions provided by eight Russian writers of journeys made to western European countries between 1697 and 1880.

This book explores the issue of poverty reduction within mainland Southeast Asia with a specific focus on the impact of the private sector and tourism.

Thisbook focuses on cultural tourism as it develops into the second decade of thenew millennium.

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

Given the historical and cultural richness of countries in the Middle East region, as well as the economic development many have exhibited in recent years, tourism planning and development gains much significance for both scholars and practitioners.

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives.

The primary purpose of Prophetic Liturgy is to inquire into the prophetic dimension of the liturgy.

Since the early times of travelling architecture does constitute an important force of attraction and a vital element in marketing.

In The Need for Sustainable Tourism in an Era of Global Climate Change: Pathway to a Greener Future, the authors delve into the critical transition from traditional to sustainable tourism.

Most Christians worship on a regular basis on the Lord's Day.

This book offers a wealth of new views and interpretations of well-being in tourism, emphasizing the role that co-creation - the creation or enhancement of value through tourist engagement with tourism providers and other tourists - is increasingly playing in enriching tourist experiences.

This fully updated edition responds to themes emerging over the decade since publication of the first edition and transmits the content into the 2020s.

Is it possible to identify the positive and negative effects of globalization on religious tourism or to estimate the transformation of the internal and external constructs of pilgrimage by these effects?

Why do we travel?