Hospitality and service industries

Theories within tourism can be difficult, even confusing areas to understand.

A concise, practical guide that provides the skills and knowledge for current and future managers across the hospitality industry.

Competition in these fields will thus be driven by strategies focusing on quality of service to add value, as opposed to product or price differentiation.

The importance of innovation as the key driver of sustained success has been well documented in the marketing and hospitality literature.

This book links research in wine marketing/management and wine tourism, offering international and multidisciplinary perspectives.

The economics of the movie industry has been curiously neglected by scholars, especially given the material circumstances in which film has been produced, distributed and exhibited in capitalist economies and its central importance in the lives of the huge numbers attracted to it as a commodity.

Digital Disruption in Hospitality, AI and Emerging Technologies: A Roadmap to Personalized Experiences, Enhanced Operations and Revenue Growth offers a visionary exploration of the transformative power of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge innovations in the hospitality and tourism industry.

John Bowker demonstrates why we need to examine both negative and positive aspects of religion to understand religion in the modern world.

Fashion demands a steady flow of creative ideas.

This book provides a holistic and accessible approach to sustainable fashion management.

This book provides a guide to co-designing learning environments and relationships.

Every year, Italy swells with millions of tourists who infuse the economy with billions of dollars and almost outnumber Italians themselves.

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Managing Tourism

Accounting and Financial Management in Foodservice Operations A concise and easy-to-follow guide to the principles of accounting and finance as they apply to running foodservice operations Accounting and Financial Management in Foodservice Operations is an up-to-date and straightforward treatment of the financial standards and concepts owners and operators need to successfully run a foodservice operation.

This book evaluates the efficiency and growth of the  Ethiopian air transport sector through careful analysis.

Behavior Space proposes that corporations do not design products or services anymore: they design behavior spaces.

This book is the only up-to-date book of its kind that will provide an introduction to franchising, its pros and cons, and other aspects pertinent to restaurant franchises.

Forest Management and Planning, Second Edition, addresses contemporary forest management planning issues, providing a concise, focused resource for those in forest management.

Apparel Merchandising: The Line Starts Here analyzes the evolution and development of the merchandising function in branded apparel companies and retail private label apparel.

It is an unconditional reality that the tourism industry in Asia is becoming exposed to innovative technologies more than ever before.

Tourism is an extremely challenging business.

This book explains the methodologies, framework, and "e;unwritten conventions"e; that ethical hacks should employ to provide the maximum value to organizations that want to harden their security.

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Given the historical and cultural richness of countries in the Middle East region, as well as the economic development many have exhibited in recent years, tourism planning and development gains much significance for both scholars and practitioners.

This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from the 2023 7th International Conference on Applied Economics and Business, which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, during August 24-26, 2023.

This inspiring new book from the team behind MillaMia knitwear is packed with projects to take you through the wintertime.

With this book, students are able to perform experiments and then make observations that they will frequently see in the kitchen and other food preparation and processing areas and learn the science behind these phenomena.

Clear, concise, and written by experts currently lecturing in the field, Organizational Behaviour focuses exclusively on what you need to know for success in your business course and today's global economy.

Options and futures are among the most important tools in todays financial world.

Rethinking Fashion Globalization is a timely call to rewrite the fashion system and push back against Eurocentric dominance within fashion histories by presenting new models, approaches and understandings of fashion from critical thinkers at the forefront of decolonial fashion discourse.

Private Security and the Investigative Process, Fourth Edition is fully updated and continues to provide complete coverage of the investigative process for private investigations by both individuals and in corporate security environments.

"e;The Age Wave of retiring baby boomers is creating a seismic bonanza for financial advisors--if they can provide the kinds of creative and flexible strategies their clients will be wanting and needing.

Fashion is all around us, and so too is fashion journalism.

Fashion ephemera-from catalogues and invitations to press releases-have long been overlooked by the fashion industry and fashion academics.

The Routledge Handbook of Events explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies associated with the rapidly expanding domain of Event Studies.

Tourism is not only affected by pandemics and epidemics but also contributes to their spread, affecting not only tourists but also the communities in their destinations.

Travel agency managers work in retail travel outlets which promote and sell holidays and travel related products.

The work of entomologists, the people who study insects is extremely diverse due to the high abundance, species richness, and ecological and behavioral characteristics of insects.

This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced.

Throughout the industry, financial institutions seek to eliminate cumbersome authentication methods, such as PINs, passwords, and security questions, as these antiquated tactics prove increasingly weak.

This collection of topical essays by academics and industry professionals brings a unique lens to the issues broached, questions raised, and solutions offered regarding the history and advancement of digital fashion.

The Federal Reserve System has been widely criticised for its response (or lack of response) to the economic and financial problems of 1928-1933.

In Research Methods in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management, the authors use a step-by-step approach to guide students through the whole research process, from initial ideas, through to writing up and presenting the findings.