Hospitality and service industries

This report analyzes ways that the tourism sector in Asia and the Pacific can leverage regional digital cooperation to ensure long-term resilience, sustainability, and inclusivity.

Rural development paradigms after the Second World War depended on a set of assumptions relevant to the mass-scale industrialization of the agricultural sector.

This edited collection explores the pivotal role of the hotel industry in building Western Europe's tourism economy during the 20th century.

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Managing Sport Development is a complete introduction to sport development, covering key concepts and theory as well as best practice in the management, implementation, and evaluation of sport development programs.

Global Sourcing in the Textile and Apparel Industry, 3rd Edition examines the crucial function of global sourcing in the textile and apparel industries, providing practical insight into both how and why global sourcing is pursued.

This book aims to provide a holistic and enriched learning experience to readers as far as various designing and technical aspects pertaining to fashion accessories are concerned.

Este nuevo trabajo cuenta una historia grata; no es una simple narración, pues plantea una conversación entre amigos; en efecto el vino los acercará a la historia del hombre desde otra perspectiva, siempre amable.

This edited collection explores the pivotal role of the hotel industry in building Western Europe's tourism economy during the 20th century.

This book aims to provide a holistic and enriched learning experience to readers as far as various designing and technical aspects pertaining to fashion accessories are concerned.

Learn technical design processes and industry standards, such as ASTM and ISO, for apparel production and manufacturing practices.

Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Event Management in Sport, Recreation, and Tourism provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework for planning and managing events at all levels, from smaller local events to mega-events.

This international case study book provides 27 expertly curated case studies on the topic of events management, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor in order to maximise student participation and learning.

Providing insight into a broad and expanding range of topics, The Meanings of Dress, 5th Edition examines social, behavioral, and cultural aspects in fashion and dress based on current research and practices.

This international case study book provides 27 expertly curated case studies on the topic of events management, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor in order to maximise student participation and learning.

Fully updated and revised in its fifth edition, Event Studies remains the most comprehensive book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about event management and event tourism, focusing on the study of events, the event experience, and meanings associated with them.

This book traces the development of the fashion industry, providing insight into the business and, in particular, its interrelations with copyright law.

This book traces the development of the fashion industry, providing insight into the business and, in particular, its interrelations with copyright law.

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Managing Sport Development is a complete introduction to sport development, covering key concepts and theory as well as best practice in the management, implementation, and evaluation of sport development programs.

This book covers the current escalation of social problems related to the unstable political situation, economic crisis, as well as growing problems related to the state of the natural environment (existential climate crisis; pollution of land, oceans, and the atmosphere; severe declines in biodiversity) which requires a new rethinking of the sustainable tourism paradigm, in relation to the realities of the modern world, based on the practices observed in the tourist services sector.

This book provides in-depth perspectives on communal food and dining practices.

At the centre of the elephant tourism industry lie two profound challenges: the delicate balance between income and compassion, and the severe threats to the survival of all remaining elephant species.

This book offers a philosophical approach to tourism as a permanent factor in the lifestyle, economy, and culture of the contemporary global community.

Personal Identification: Modern Development and Security Implications, Second Edition explains how personal identification - and REAL ID - became part of the American fabric along with their past century's historical ID development.

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

This book is a compilation of theoretical and practical contributions aimed at facilitating the servitization of manufacturing companies, specifically focusing on data-driven decision-making within the context of Product-Service Systems (PSS).

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

The book is a modern primer on propaganda-aspects like disinformation, trolls, bots, information influence, psychological operations, information operations, and information warfare.

The book is a modern primer on propaganda-aspects like disinformation, trolls, bots, information influence, psychological operations, information operations, and information warfare.

The tourism industry is one of the most fragile industries because it can be significantly impacted by outside forces, such as pandemics and health scares, natural disasters and catastrophes, economic crises, political recessions and wars, and more, especially epidemics that occur on a global scale, which can cause societies to weaken or be damaged.

The textbook covers the application of human factors in different facets of tourism and hospitality industry.

This book addresses the impact and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most challenging public health risks to human wellbeing, on the economic activities and behaviors of Middle Eastern countries during and in the aftermath of the pandemic.

TONI MASCOLO was a happy one-year-old toddler in the sleepy Italian town of Scafati, near Pompeii, when, in September 1943, the Allied landings at Salerno brought war to his family's doorstep.

The tourism industry is one of the most fragile industries because it can be significantly impacted by outside forces, such as pandemics and health scares, natural disasters and catastrophes, economic crises, political recessions and wars, and more, especially epidemics that occur on a global scale, which can cause societies to weaken or be damaged.

This book explores the intersection of cybersecurity and education technologies, providing practical solutions, detection techniques, and mitigation strategies to ensure a secure and protected learning environment in the face of evolving cyber threats.

This book sheds light on the cyber security challenges associated with nextgeneration computing technologies, emphasizing the serious threats posed to individuals, businesses, and nations.

This book explores the intersection of cybersecurity and education technologies, providing practical solutions, detection techniques, and mitigation strategies to ensure a secure and protected learning environment in the face of evolving cyber threats.

Medical, Dental, and Wellness Tourism: A Post-Pandemic Perspective offers a thorough and informative guide to medical travel and tourism for the treatment of health-related issues.

Medical, Dental, and Wellness Tourism: A Post-Pandemic Perspective offers a thorough and informative guide to medical travel and tourism for the treatment of health-related issues.

This book sheds light on the cyber security challenges associated with nextgeneration computing technologies, emphasizing the serious threats posed to individuals, businesses, and nations.

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Corporate Finance: The Basics is a concise introduction to the inner workings of finance at the company level.

In today's highly competitive global market, fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and executives need state, federal, and international laws to protect their intellectual property-their brands and the products by which their customers recognize them.

Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, Fourth Edition, shows readers how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for a variety of body types, sizes.

This book examines the cybersecurity phenomenon, looking at the folklore, the hype, and the behaviour of its practitioners.

This edited volume discusses the economic impact of sports facilities, franchises, and events on local economies.

This book presents contemporary issues and challenges in finance and risk management in a time of rapid transformation due to technological advancements.

This book presents contemporary issues and challenges in finance and risk management in a time of rapid transformation due to technological advancements.

In the present age of the digital era, the terms digitalization, emerging technologies, and social media have become buzzwords.