Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

For courses in meeting, event, and convention planning.

The first general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.

The first general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.

This book investigates the role of architecture in the construction of sacred experience in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Byzantine cultures.

This book investigates the role of architecture in the construction of sacred experience in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Byzantine cultures.

This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids.

This book presents lively case studies of tourism developments in the European High North from diverse perspectives.

This book proposes measures to promote regional industrial development in East Asia from the perspective of three industries: agriculture, food, and tourism.

Critical Event Studies is a growing field, not just within event management and event studies, but across the traditional and digital social sciences.

This book provides a holistic analysis of South Korea's strategic use of mega-events in its modern development.

This narrative and empirical analysis investigates Hilary's claim that in his day they would not have left a man behind to die.

This book explores the formation and continuance of Nashville, Tennessee as a music place, the importance of the fans (tourists) in creating Nashville's multifaceted musical identity, and the music and city's influence on the formation and performance of the individual and collective identities of the country-music fan.

Exploring the ambiguous relationship between fandom and consumer culture, this book provides a critical overview of fans, fan cultures and fan experiences in relation to the broader experience and transformation economy.

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

This book explains the emerging trends and developments of Chinese outbound travel, alongside the motivations, desires and expectations of Chinese travelers themselves.

Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners.

Ecotourism is a unique facet of globalization, promising the possibility of reconciling the juggernaut of development with ecological/cultural conservation.

Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development revolves around the implementation of ICT applications in the tourism sector: technology is engendering a major shift both in the performance of individuals and companies involved in the tourism sector and having an impact on the way individuals consume services and enjoy experiences in space and time.

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 .

This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging.

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.

Clients are consistently demanding lower prices at the time of each purchase and companies can only react by reducing costs.

Embedded in and interrelated with its broader socio-economic and political context, the tourism system currently faces profound challenges.

This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from the 2024 8th International Conference on Applied Economics and Business, which was held in Munich, Germany during August 23-25, 2024.

The wellspring to the future global growth in tourism is a commitment toward good policy and strategic planning.

The wellspring to the future global growth in tourism is a commitment toward good policy and strategic planning.

An indispensable, pocket-sized guidefor incorporating labyrinths into your spiritual walk.

The final installment in the critically acclaimed lectionary series that focuses on womens stories.

The next installment in the critically acclaimed lectionary series that focuses on women's stories.

The ambition of this book is to propose a grid of reading able to illuminate the current HR transformations experienced by the big historical international companies of the sector of the tourism, carried away by what is known as the "e;3rd tourist revolution "e;.

The ambition of this book is to propose a grid of reading able to illuminate the current HR transformations experienced by the big historical international companies of the sector of the tourism, carried away by what is known as the "e;3rd tourist revolution "e;.

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

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

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.

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.

WILDLAND RECREATION THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN WILDLANDS This third edition provides an updated and thorough examination of the ecological impacts of recreational use on wildlands and the best management practices to employ in places where recreation and preservation of natural conditions are important and often conflicting objectives.

WILDLAND RECREATION THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN WILDLANDS This third edition provides an updated and thorough examination of the ecological impacts of recreational use on wildlands and the best management practices to employ in places where recreation and preservation of natural conditions are important and often conflicting objectives.

This Element examines the key political and ethical issues that emerge through heritage tourism.

This Element examines the key political and ethical issues that emerge through heritage tourism.

Greco-Roman food culture provides important concepts, grounded in everyday experience, which allow ordinary Christians to define virtue and create community.

Greco-Roman food culture provides important concepts, grounded in everyday experience, which allow ordinary Christians to define virtue and create community.

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

This book reorients the study of sacrifice, examining the locus of ritual action - the altars of Republican Rome and Latium.

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

Examines some of the types of sacrifice and ritual killing of human beings through history.

A new history of Islamic practice told through the aesthetic reception of medieval religious objects.

Summarizes established theories about ritual and violence and examines their link.