Hospitality and service industries

This book is the second volume of the proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT).

In response to the credit crunch during the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, many have called for the re-establishment of regional banks in the UK and elsewhere.

This is the first book to investigate the significance of Brexit for sport, with a particular focus on the regulatory and legal challenges that it poses, and the economic and political stresses that are likely to follow in its wake.

Stylists have become increasingly influential in shaping fashion imagery.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the most salient features of contemporary financial systems and clarifies the major strategic issues facing the development of digital finance.

For more than 2,000 years, between 1500 BCE and 600 CE, the Egyptian processional oracle was one of the main points of contact between temple-based religion and the general population.

Design and Evaluation of Physical Security Systems, Second Edition, includes updated references to security expectations and changes since 9/11.

The modern dependence upon information technology and the corresponding information security regulations and requirements force companies to evaluate the security of their core business processes, mission critical data, and supporting IT environment.

Are people ready to take pivotal financial decisions like choosing a mortgage, saving for retirement, or investing their savings?

The Queen, when she was 21, declared that her whole life whether it was long or short would be devoted to service.

Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable.

Fashion, Upcycling, and Memory questions practices and explores its profound connection to memory and sustainability.

There are books on all topics in the field of Hotel Management available, in the market, but, there is still a dearth of comprehensive and compact series of books, presented together.

Hospitality and tourism is the second largest industry in the world and is a driver of job growth and economic prosperity, accounting for 1 in 10 jobs worldwide.

The first book to provide a comprehensive history of the financial planning profession The financial services field has been revolutionized in the last quarter of the twentieth century by the financial planning profession.

How do fashions in drinks work, and how are drinks fashions related to changing trends in clothes and apparel?

Hotels and Resorts: An investor's guide presents a comprehensive analysis of how hotels, golf courses, spas serviced apartments, gyms and health clubs and resorts are developed, operate and are valued.

Choice Outstanding TitleWhether youre purchasing groceries with your Safeway club card or casting a vote on American Idol, that data is being collected.

This book explores the interrelations between food, technology and knowledge-sharing practices in producing digital food cultures.

This book reflects on the models of leadership espoused by ancient Indic traditions, in particular the Advaita Vedanta tradition.

Chaos Organization and Disaster Management offers a scholarly survey of disaster response behavior and management in the face of natural and manmade catastrophe.

A look inside New York’s icon of luxury: “Reading [The Hotel] is at least as enjoyable—and certainly less expensive—than staying at the Plaza” (Publishers Weekly).

This book provides a synthesis of current research and international best practice in the emerging field of creative tourism.

This book provides a playground for the readers to practice and develop scientific thinking, by exploring the world of food in a fun way.

This book analyzes government policies to contain and resolve systemic financial crises.

More a book about Coast Guard heritage than an academic history, this book focuses on a variety of relatively unknown Guardsmen who personify the service's core values.

This book focuses on women in tourism in Muslim countries, specifically where a woman can be seen as a tourism consumer, or a woman producing tourism.

In a world of switched-off and disenchanted consumers, the time is right for a new approach to communicating with customers.

A powerful collection of writings about Rosh Hashanah that will add depth and holiness to your experience of the spiritual New Year.

The book is a kaleidoscope of the rourism issues of the New Millennium.

For many decades, Western European countries have undertaken diverse pathways in tourism development and planning.

This edited volume discusses the role of sport tourism in local sustainable development in small island territories.

Start a Freight Brokerage Business TodayThe experts at Entrepreneur provide a two-part guide to success.

A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbesInsects and Their Beneficial Microbes is an authoritative and accessible synthesis of insect associations with beneficial microorganisms.

From the Preface: "e;Not surprisingly, companies of all sizes are using social media as part of their marketing and public relations efforts.

Not many Americans think of the legal profession as a monopoly, but it is.

Managing People in Commercial Kitchens: A Contemporary Approach uses original research to argue that senior managers (head chefs) should differentiate their people management practices in kitchen brigades from those used in the hospitality industry more generally (induction, socialisation, and performance evaluation) due to the group's strong occupational identity and culture.

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

This volume is the first to comprehensively examine Chinese's affirmative action policies in the critical area of minority education, the most important conduit to employment and economic success in the PRC after the economic reforms begun in the late 1970s.

This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing form in the context of a dynamic environment.

This book is the first of its kind to introduce the integration of ethics, laws, risks, and policies in cyberspace.

Paris, Capital of Fashion accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, New York's only museum dedicated solely to the art of fashion.

This book explores sustainable tourism development and examines the development strategies of different coastal regions in the Nordic region.

The digitalization of companies is a recurrent topic of conversation for managers.

The forthcoming Olympics in Rio in 2016, and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014, highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin America.

In Greener Future: Building Sustainable Tourism Communities, a diverse array of contributors addresses the need for innovative and practical solutions for creating sustainable tourism communities.

The book addresses the contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage to the sustainable management of historic cities and towns.

Learn from some of the most respected women in insurance and risk management Women to Watch presents the advice, guidance, and lessons learned from the most successful women in risk management and insurance.