Hospitality and service industries

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The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and dying.

The importance of baptism within Christian history, theology, and practice is of the first order.

This handbook consists of 19 chapters that critically review mainstream hospitality marketing research topics and set directions for future research efforts.

Edited and revised specifically for this volume, here are the best papers from the Tenth National Conference on Business Ethics, sponsored by Bentley College's Center for Business Ethics.

This book, first published in 1989, is a valuable addition to the literature on the study of American business history.

For centuries, Muslim countries and Europe have engaged one another through theological dialogues, diplomatic missions, political rivalries, and power struggles.

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.

This book looks at various aspects of tourism education in Asian countries and the impacts of sustainable development in tourism education to the Asian student markets.

This book examines contemporary sport marketing, with a particular focus on strategic marketing, the process of longer-term planning and development that involves identifying the needs and wants of potential customers and satisfying their needs through the exchange of products and services.

From the moment that Tsars as well as hierarchs realized that having their subjects go to confession could make them better citizens as well as better Christians, the sacrament of penance in the Russian empire became a political tool, a devotional exercise, a means of education, and a literary genre.

"e;Teaching Case Studies for Tourism & Hospitality in Asia and The Pacific - With Cartoon Illustrations"e; represents a creative contribution to the field of tourism and hospitality education.

This book tells the story of how a regional Chinese theatrical form, Shanghai Yue Opera, evolved from the all-male 'beggar's song' of the early twentieth century to become the largest all-female opera form in the nation, only to face increasing pressure to survive under Chinese political and economic reforms in the new millennium.

Für andere vor Gott in die Bresche springenDer dritte Band in der Reihe der "Impulse für Liturgie und Gottesdienst" beleuchtet eine zentrale und schwierige gottesdienstliche Sprachform: das Fürbittgebet.

This valuable book deals with the recreation activities for the disabled, including skiing, horseback riding, running, camping, water sports, and team sports.

Urban Events, Place Branding and Promotion explores the phenomenon of place event marketing, examining the ways in which events are used to brand and disseminate information about a place.

An organization's employees are often more intimate with its computer system than anyone else.

This bookdefines more than 900 metrics measuring compliance with current legislation, resiliency of security controls, and return on investment.

At the time of its publication in 1930, The Fur Trade in Canada challenged and inspired scholars, historians, and economists.

Pinky Colefounder of the wildly successful restaurant chain Slutty Vegantakes you back to your moments that seemed hopeless to help you discover how filled with possibility they really were.

This book presents issues related to supply chain management, considering contemporary conditions and turmoil.

This book explores the various considerations for achieving an effective regulatory strategy to improve financial access and usage in Nigeria and beyond.

Events have come to play an ever-growing role in marketing; by connecting products and services with experiences and vice versa, producers can create important added value.

Export embargoes are imposed in the belief that enough economic damage will be inflicted on the target country to make it change course on some key political point.

This book provides a comprehensive, forward-looking examination of how artificial intelligence, immersive technologies, and anthropomorphized robots shape the future of space exploration and commercialization.

This book addresses existing challenges and opportunities related to tourism for people with disabilities.

The 2018 edition analyses tourism performance and policy trends across 49 OECD countries and partner economies.

The protection and security of cultural properties is of primary concern to the thousands of federal, state, county, city, and private institutions entrusted with housing and displaying our national heritage and history of our society.

Fashion, a realm often associated with trends and whims, is undergoing a transformation-one that goes beyond aesthetics to embrace sustainability as a guiding principle.

Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450,000 visitors each year.

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, emerging innovations like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, quantum computing, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), and the Metaverse are transforming industries at an unprecedented rate.

Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an "e;artificial conscience"e; in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more et

This new edition combines within two covers:* A dictionary of 2500 terms* Descriptions of 300 organizations* A biographical dictionary of 100 personalities* Explanations of 1200 acronyms and abbreviations* Key data for well over 200 countries* A concise bibliography listing more than 100 useful sources of further informationThe author's long and wide experience of these fields makes this an indispensable companion for students and teachers, and those employed in relevant businesses and organizations, as well as for the travellers, tourists and guests who are the raison d'etre of it all.

Event Management for the Tourism and Hospitality Industries provides a theoretical and practical approach to teach students of Tourism and Hospitality the basics of planning, managing and evaluating all types of events.

The world of champagne offers a fascinating insight into the complexity of modern business management and marketing.

Everyday Public Worship has been designed to engage with the ordinary experience and ordinary theology of Christian disciples as they work to develop and deepen their discipleship learning.

The European or Mediterranean cultivated olive (Olea europaea L.

Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations.

A new model of tourism development has recently emerged out of a widening concern for the environment.

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This comprehensive book begins with a consideration of the nature of the general banker-customer relationship, the obligations it poses and the issues relating to the commencement of the banking relationship.