Hospitality and service industries

An indispensable reference source for all professionals and students of entomology and related disciplines.

Information Security Architecture, Second Edition incorporates the knowledge developed during the past decade that has pushed the information security life cycle from infancy to a more mature, understandable, and manageable state.

Hospitality & Leisure and Aviation & Transportation sectors, today's consumers have higher service expectations than ever.

Recognising the regular adoption, by countries across the globe, of the vocational education and training (VET) model already so prevalent in German-speaking countries such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland, this book spotlights dual modes of VET, depicting its global emergence and subsequent cross-national attraction.

The passage of the National Currency Act of 1863 gave the United States its first uniform paper money, its first nationally chartered and supervised commercial banks, and its first modern regulatory agency: the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Tourism and Hospitality Management in Practice: A Case Study Collection is a collection of real-world business cases with a particular focus on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in different countries from around the world.

This book analyzes how companies and employees can endogenously, i.

The effectiveness of internal audit activities is important for the sustainability of change in the public sector.

This book incorporates the legalities and responsibilities of serving alcohol either behind a bar, at a table, or at an off-premise function.

The tourism and hospitality industry is at the forefront of the climate crisis as a significant source of carbon emissions on a global scale.

This book is intended for electric utility managers, directors, and power system planners, regulators, and policy makers interested in the steps needed to realize the value of a modern power delivery system.

Who has the answer to the world's fuel problems?

Because of illness and age the Jesuit theologian and philosopher Bernard Lonergan never completed the systematic study on Christology, the doctrine concerning the person of Christ, that he had planned to write.

Against the backdrop of high Internet penetration and smartphone use, coupled with the widespread diffusion of credit cards, Korea has been leading the digital payment revolution, transforming itself into a cashless society.

Visitor management (VM) can be considered a component of destination management and involves a wide range of stakeholders.

The book features the first volume of the proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT), with the theme "e;Recent Advancements in Tourism Business, Technology, and Social Sciences,"e; which was held from August 29 to 31, 2023, in Crete, Greece.

"e;Congressman Curt Weldon provides a rareindeed uniqueinsight on what is going on in the war on terrorism through his 'Ali' missives.

This book explores the social and cultural constructions and debates of what are dogs and what is leisure.

The hotel industry has gone through important transformations, not only in terms of management and operation but also in terms of interaction with consumers.

At a time when the world is plagued with pandemics, natural disasters, wars, and resulting hardships, nature-based tourism is on the decline, disrupting essential funding streams for protected areas where biodiversity and human vulnerability are highest and at greatest risk, especially in Africa and Latin America.

Sustainability has become a core concept in considering tourism planning and development.

Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives is a fascinating look at the behavior, motivations, experiences, and needs of women as tourists and travellers, drawing on both historic and contemporary eras.

As cyberattacks continue to grow in complexity and number, computational intelligence is helping under-resourced security analysts stay one step ahead of threats.

Leisure studies encompasses the broadest range of leisure and sports pursuits and marries management, administration and sports, as well as customer service.

The success of modern sports, entertainment, political, and other cultural categories is driven by organizations' ability to create and manage fandom.

In Regenerative Tourism Industry, authors Geetanjali Sageena and Suneel Kumar take an in-depth and practical approach to regenerative tourism.

This book meticulously focuses on seeing technological solutions of overtourism on decimated destinations from a comprehensive viewpoint.

This book explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the Internet of Things (IoT) to address security challenges in smart environments.

Stochastic volatility is the main concept used in the fields of financial economics and mathematical finance to deal with time-varying volatility in financial markets.

Addressing the entire care chain, this book presents the outcomes of advanced research on healthcare operations management based on real-world data and practices in China.

Tourism is a flourishing industry in today's world.

Here is an informative guide for the winemaker and connoisseur seeking a better and more basic understanding of what the science associated with winemaking is about!

Business Theft and Fraud: Detection and Prevention offers a broad perspective on business-related theft, providing a detailed discussion of numerous avenues of theft, including internal and external fraud, organized retail crime, mortgage fraud, cyber fraud, and extortion.

L’essentiel pour la gestion de parc automobile est un guide incontournable pour tous les professionnels du transport et de la logistique.

Complete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf coursesGolf Course Irrigation offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today's golf courses.

With the economy struggling, there has been much discussion about the effects of deindustrialization on American manufacturing.

A host of natural and man-made disasters have plagued the world in the twenty-first century, many with significant global impact.

All around the world, as growing numbers of tourists and recreational visitors flock to protected and other natural areas stimulated by a renewed search for physical, mental, and even spiritual health and wellbeing, different practices and behaviours emerge.

Die Digitalisierung verändert Wahrnehmungsweisen grundlegend.

This volume, with essays by leading archaeologists and prehistorians, considers how prehistoric humans attempted to recognise, understand and conceptualise death.