Hospitality and service industries

This book elaborates upon, critiques and discusses 21st-century approaches to scholarship and research in the food, tourism, hospitality, and events trades and applied professions, using case examples of innovative practice.

Since the turn of the twenty first century, there has been a trend for urban "e;mega events"e; to be awarded to cities and nations in the East and Global South.

The marketing of tourist destinations requirescontinuous strategic planning and decision making.

This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries.

This book focuses on the implications of digitalisation in the mobility service industry.

Information security primarily serves these six distinct purposes-authentication, authorization, prevention of data theft, sensitive data safety / privacy, data protection / integrity, non-repudiation.

Gold Winner for Reference in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year AwardsWith decades of experience as a gala event planner, award-winning director and producer Ron Miziker presents the ultimate guide to planning and executing every special event in this one-of-a-kind guidebook.

Chanel suits, Louis Vuitton bags and Omega watches are now objects that embody a globalized material culture.

Today, tourism is the largest economic sector globally in terms of earnings, and also in terms of number of people employed.

This book includes lessons and insights from the hospitality management approach of Japanese sustainable organizations, as well as philosophical underpinnings and numerous business practice examples.

This book aims to provide new research methods, theories and applications from various areas of management and engineering.

This book introduces the fundamental principles of accessible and inclusive sport venue management, with a focus on people with disability.

La vitesse est au cœur de nos sociétés.

This volume utilizes Catherine Bell's ritual theory to shed new light on the many rituals reflected in ancient Mediterranean texts.

Dieses Buch beleuchtet das Themenfeld New Work und setzt sich mit den Herausforderungen auseinander, denen Tourismusunternehmen auf dem Weg in eine sich verändernde Arbeitswelt begegnen.

Inclusive Development of Society contains papers that were originally presented at the 2018 International Congress on Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality (SERVE 2018), held 6-7 October and 15-16 December 2018 in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia and 18-19 October, 2018 at The Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-don, Russia.

Handbook of Hospitality Human Resources Management is an authoritative resource comprising an edited collection of papers, which review and discuss this crucial aspect of hospitality, whilst illustrating how theories and concepts can be applied to the hospitality industry.

The fashion industry is a multibillion-dollar global industry with a variety of organizational structures and a multitude of challenges.

The history of the fashion industry has been well written as it relates to people who conform to certain physical norms and cultural stereotypes, whereas the inequality in access to the world of fashion has been largely ignored.

Written for corporation security officers, this work is designed to help them garner executive support and increased funding for their security programs.

Hospitality managers are at a critical inflection point.

Casino Management in Integrated Resorts introduces students to the changing nature of casino businesses within the framework of an integrated resort or hospitality organisation.

Blockchain technology is a digital ledger system that allows for secure, transparent and tamper-proof transactions.

Das Kirchenjahr hat mehr zu bieten als nur Advent, Weihnachten und Ostern.

Gateway communities that neighbour parks and protected areas are impacted by tourism, while facing unique circumstances related to protected area management.

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends?

Framed within basic marketing principles, Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality & Events highlights the global shift in tourism demographics today, placing a particular emphasis on the role of digital technology and its impact on travel products and services.

This book, first published in 1913, examines in detail the Tariff Reform crisis of January 1913.

The financial markets industry is at the same crossroads as the automotive industry in the late 1970s.

The Wana people of Morowali accept the experiences of pain, illness and loss and transform them into something positive: rituals that celebrate life, friendship and the community.

The deployment of software patches can be just as challenging as building entirely new workstations.

Economic diversity and business development will be encouraged to facilitate small and medium enterprises, together with local economic strengths, support the growth of a variety of economic sectors, urban regeneration and growth, and to address rural isolation and rural diversification.

Im vorliegenden Sammelband werden die Einsatzfähigkeit von Verfahren und Methoden der Produktivitätsmessung in produktionsnahen Dienstleistungsbereichen diskutiert sowie Praxisbeispiele zur Messung und Steigerung der Produktivität in der Unternehmenspraxis vorgestellt.

In this first new Eucharistic customary in nearly 20 years, Patrick Malloy, an Episcopal priest and liturgical scholar, presents a clear, illustrated guide for the presider and other leaders of the liturgy, contemporary in approach but based on ancient and classic principles of celebration.

Migration and forcible displacement are growing and impactful dynamics of the current global age.

Indian Tourism brings together leading experts from all over the world to assess the challenges and opportunities of the tourism sector in India and its correlation to the country's economic performance and prospects.

The aim of this book is to inspire and encourage project practitioners, executives, and beginners in the project management field to develop passion, persistence, and patience.

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

Achieving high water use efficiency in maintaining turf, trees and landscape areas is a core responsibility of open space managers.

Design Pedagogy explains why it is vital for design students that their education helps them construct a 'passport' to enter the professional sphere.

This innovative book explores the new relationships connecting computer science, social science, and the humanities.

Practical Hacking Techniques and Countermeasures examines computer security from the hacker's perspective, demonstrating how a security system can be designed and structured to repel an attack.

This book adds to the discussion from Volume 1 by providing insights and stimulating new thinking about the changing nature of services and marketing, service work and workers, and service experiences during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, particularly focusing on services marketing.

Unique in its approach, 'Money Matters for Hospitality Managers' is unlike other heavy theoretical accounting texts, using real life scenarios to show managers how it's done.

Conventionally, travel and tourism involves the movement of people from their place of residence to a tourist destination with different purposes.