Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

From restaurants to resorts, the hospitality industry demands strong operations management to delight guests, develop employees, and deliver financial returns.

Tourism, travel and leisure (TTL) are highly diverse and fragmented industries.

A people's lifestyle is one thing, their death-style another.

Despite the significance of tourism to the economic, social and environmental structures of Latin America, little has been documented in the English-language literature about tourism in this region.

Provides an accessible account of the variety and subtlety of Greek and Roman philosophy of death, from Homer to Marcus Aurelius.

El fenómeno del turismo rural ha creado, en las últimas décadas, expectativas.

This pioneering, interdisciplinary work shows how rituals allow us to live in a perennially imperfect world.

Lillian Daniel shares how her congregation re-appropriated the practice of testimony one Lenten season, a practice that would eventually revitalize their worship and transform their congregational culture.

Funerals are among the most important life events in Western society, and fashioning a personalized ceremony for yourself or for a loved one is often the most meaningful way to celebrate the life of the deceased.

Since its beginning in the 1990s, Radical Orthodoxy has become perhaps the most influential, and certainly the most controversial, movement in contemporary theology.

This book explores a wide range of emerging cultural, heritage, and other tourism issues that will shape the future of hospitality and tourism research and practice in the digital and innovation era.

This reference work incorporates the insights and expertise of leading liturgists and scholars of liturgy at work today, comprising 200 entries on important topics in the field, from vestments and offertories to ordination and divine unction.

Completely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject.

Local-level pilgrimages, when based on strong expressions of faith, can have a much wider local, regional and international appeal.

This book discusses the development of the rural tourism industry in the Himalayan region, specifically in the region of Himachal Pradesh (HP), from the perspective of different stakeholders in the tourism industry.

From sustainable event planning to the influence of VR, AI, and mobile applications on tourist behaviour, this book explores the dynamic landscape where innovation meets tradition.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies.

Tourism Diplomacy: Insights from Economic, Environmental, and Socio-Cultural Perspectives examines how tourism serves as a powerful diplomatic tool, fostering cultural exchange, economic cooperation, and international collaboration.

An accessible introduction to the Jewish understanding of Godthroughout history-and today.

This book outlines the impacts of small scale sport tourism events on local sustainable development in different countries.

Crowning the Year offers a practical guide to celebrating the key moments of the liturgical year in rural multi-church contexts.

This book provides the first-ever overview of and guide to the geological setting and related features of the famous, volcanically active Galapagos Islands, as well as an in-depth analysis of the setting's relationship to the region's unique and iconic ecology, and its conservation.

The movement of Asian citizens across continents now occurs on an unprecedented scale, with a surge in Asian tourists now visiting Europe, North America, Africa and Oceania.

The Mindful Tourist presents the first comprehensive theoretical perspective on mindfulness in contemporary tourist experiences.

Elephant tourism is a growing activity in many countries across Asia and Africa and is popular with tourists from all parts of the world.

Warm-water islands are a cohesive group of islands distinguished by their geography and remoteness, history as former colonial territories, and dependence on external stakeholders for their economic and social development.

In recent years there has been a growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism; the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster.

This book examines the connections between Bavarian tourism and the turbulent experience of German modernity for Germans and foreign tourists.

The book provides a holistic approach to wine destination management and marketing by bringing together wine tourism research with research in wine and destination management.

The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings found anywhere in the world.

Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies carefully examines the nuances and realities associated with tourism, social and economic development, geography, and geopolitics of Europe's smallest microstates and dependencies.

Volunteer tourism has increased in popularity and prevalence and is no longer considered only a small section of alternative tourism.

Understanding the purpose and traditions of the Jewish feasts will give you a deeper appreciation for your God, your heritage, and the gift of redemption provided by the sacrificial death of Christ.

The newest book in the Little Books on Liturgy series, focused on the intersection of liturgy and formation.

Tracking Europe is a bold interdisciplinary critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe.

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

In Christmas as Religion, Christopher Deacy explores the premise that religion plays an elementary role in our understanding of the Christmas festival, but takes issue with much of the existing literature which is inclined to limit the contours and parameters of 'religion' to particular representations and manifestations of institutional forms of Christianity.

Pilgrim and Preacher seeks to understand the numerous pilgrimage writings of the Dominican Felix Fabri (1437/8-1502), not only as rich descriptions of the Holy Land, Egypt, and Palestine, but also as sources for the religious attitudes and social assumptions that went into their creation.

From exotic spa treatments to euthanasia, this book examines the background and social context of medical tourism-the practice of traveling for health care.

'a must-read' - Daniel Storey'Superb, from the first page to the last' Daniel Taylor Football journalist Nick Miller lifts the lid on football club ownership: the defining issue shaping the modern game.

Religious tourism is a phenomenon dating back thousands of years, that engages people from all walks of life, from across the entire globe.

"e;I found this text to be exactly what we were looking for to give our students a good understanding of the contemporary issues that affect the Events industry.

Currently there is abundant evidence of the quasi-total domination of the sociology and anthropology of tourism by academics from the English-speaking world, a situation that appears to be aided and abetted by the publishers of books and articles in that language.

This book critically examines the planning, management, and operations of the world's premier event for Para sport athletes.

This volume by Gracia Grindal introduces English-speaking readers to several significant yet unsung Lutheran women hymn writers from the sixteenth century to the present.

Rapid growth in the tourism and hospitality industry highlights the importance of applied and pure research to address the theoretical and practical problems and gaps facing the industry daily, from a multitude of perspectives - the economic, social, cultural, environmental, political, and technological.