Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

International Hospitality Business: Management and Operations will introduce hospitality managers to the most up-to-date developments in hospitality to prepare you for the rapidly changing world of international hospitality.

Today, an increasing number of people from all over the world travel to Buenos Aires to dance tango.

Today, an increasing number of people from all over the world travel to Buenos Aires to dance tango.

Volunteers make important contributions across the spectrum of event settings, most visibly at high profile mega events such as the Olympic Games they are volunteers are lauded as 'Games makers', 'unsung heroes' and the like.

Volunteers make important contributions across the spectrum of event settings, most visibly at high profile mega events such as the Olympic Games they are volunteers are lauded as 'Games makers', 'unsung heroes' and the like.

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

The perceived quality of a destination's cultural offering has long been a significant factor in determining tourist choices of destination.

The perceived quality of a destination's cultural offering has long been a significant factor in determining tourist choices of destination.

Sport has become a global business.

Sport has become a global business.

In today's increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-informed view of the whole.

In today's increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-informed view of the whole.

As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive 'events' policy field of study and a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with a multidisciplinary research and theoretical orientation.

As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive 'events' policy field of study and a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with a multidisciplinary research and theoretical orientation.

First Published in 1994.

First Published in 1994.

Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms.

Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms.

Discover the bridge between theory and applied research in the hospitality industryThe success of marketing programs is dependent on the knowledge of the trends in the marketplace.

Discover the bridge between theory and applied research in the hospitality industryThe success of marketing programs is dependent on the knowledge of the trends in the marketplace.

Examine cultural tourism issues from both sides of the industry!

Examine cultural tourism issues from both sides of the industry!

The tourism and leisure industries are big business.

The tourism and leisure industries are big business.

Global Tourist Behavior contains travel and marketing research that explores the integral global nature of tourism.

Global Tourist Behavior contains travel and marketing research that explores the integral global nature of tourism.

Rural Europe is a highly developed tourism region, representing advanced tourism experience and supposed modern approaches to this industry.

Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability?

Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability?

Environmentally-sustainable tourism or ecotourism has become a major area of interest for governments, the private sector and international lending institutions.

Environmentally-sustainable tourism or ecotourism has become a major area of interest for governments, the private sector and international lending institutions.

Many countries have a rich tradition of domestic travel and holidaying which not only predates but exceeds mass international travel.

Many countries have a rich tradition of domestic travel and holidaying which not only predates but exceeds mass international travel.

'Definitely a book that sheds light on perspectives and perceptions about today's global economy.

'Definitely a book that sheds light on perspectives and perceptions about today's global economy.

Tourism can reduce poverty in developing countries.

Tourism can reduce poverty in developing countries.

Cruises are the primary form of tourism in the Polar Regions and cruise ship tourism in both the Arctic and Antarctic is expanding rapidly.

Cruises are the primary form of tourism in the Polar Regions and cruise ship tourism in both the Arctic and Antarctic is expanding rapidly.

Many of the world's islands are dependent on tourism as their main source of income.

Many of the world's islands are dependent on tourism as their main source of income.

Strategic Recreation Management is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the fundamental principles, managerial techniques and practices in the public administration of recreational services.

Strategic Recreation Management is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the fundamental principles, managerial techniques and practices in the public administration of recreational services.

This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies.

This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies.

Written from a range of disciplinary perspectives including local Vietnamese scientists and practitioners, the book offers valuable insights into the challenges, opportunities, and local realities of the tourism and hospitality industries.

Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism.

Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism.

The growth of the events industry brings with it concerns of sustainable management, the sharing of available resources, and ensuring that people and places are not over-exploited.

The growth of the events industry brings with it concerns of sustainable management, the sharing of available resources, and ensuring that people and places are not over-exploited.