Hospitality and service industries

Recent scandals like WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden's disclosure of NSA documents have brought public debates over government accountability and secrecy bubbling to the surface.

Over 60 pumpkin spiced recipes to warm you up all year round!

Tourism Marketing: In the Age of the Consumer offers a fresh and contemporary approach as an introductory textbook on tourism marketing.

The international nature of the sport industry requires a global approach to sport marketing practices.

This is a teaching companion to the case studies provided in the book 'Strategic Marketing Cases in Emerging Markets' and is intended to help teachers and trainers follow a pedagogic line by using the case studies to develop a critical understanding of the service business scenarios and strategies for marketing in emerging markets.

Nutritional cosmetics is an emerging area of intense research and marketing and encompasses the concept that orally consumed dietary products can support healthier and more beautiful skin.

In late 2013, approximately 40 million customer debit and credit cards were leaked in a data breach at Target.

Exploring the debate over the benefits of legal protection for fashion design, this book focuses on how a combination of minimal legal protections for design, evolving social norms, digital technology, and market forces can promote innovation and creativity in a business known for its fast-paced remixing and borrowing.

Lessons on product, quality, innovation, and longevity from the "e;First Family of Bourbon"e; The Big Man of Jim Beam delves into the life and times of legendary distiller F.

The Beijing Olympics will be remembered as the largest, most expensive, and most widely watched event of the modern Olympic era.

Tourism products and services have been made available through intermediaries, although tourism providers (hotels, airlines, etc.

In Making Things Better, A.

An interactive way to foster appreciation and understanding of our planet's endangered species!

Now in a fully updated and expanded fifth edition, this textbook introduces the power and politics of sport organizations to the readers.

This volume is the first to examine the commercial home from an international perspective, paying attention to the frequently occurring but often neglected forms of commercial accommodation including farmstays, historic houses, and self-catering accommodation.

There is not just one story of silk.

What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright?

Terrorism and National Security Reform demonstrates that blue-ribbon commissions can be powerful vehicles for making public policy.

Destination competitiveness and sustainability are important issues for many stakeholders within the tourism industry.

Innovation and Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism Research contains 71 accepted papers from the Hospitality and Tourism Conference (HTC 2015, Melaka, Malaysia, 2-3 November, 2015).

Following the much publicised Mark Kennedy case, the question of the necessity and proportionality of covert police operations has been widely debated.

This book presents advances in the research of various entities in the world, which are working on the application of technology or management in tourism.

The Creative City: Vision and Execution, edited by James E.

The advent of mobility-as-a-service and the disruption of the automotive industry are both overlapping and fuelled by the same developments and thus raise a very fundamental question: are we at peak car?

In the first critical history of French ready-made fashion, Alexis Romano examines an array of cultural sources, including surviving garments, fashion magazines, film, photography and interviews, to weave together previously disparate historical narratives.

The "e;Serious Leisure Perspective"e; (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an experience.

Investigations: 150 Things You Should Know, Second Edition, explores the essential tips and techniques for security investigations, providing a useful reference for those at any stage of their security career.

The Art of Investigation Revisited: Practical Tips from the Experts examines the qual- ities required to be a professional, thorough, and effective investigator and is a follow up to the authors' highly touted book, The Art of Investigation (2019).

Food is one of the most fundamental elements of culture and a significant marker of regional and ethnic identity.

The study explores the underlying motives and processes why and how corporate sponsors and professional football clubs in Germany enter into an additional share deal given the contradictory nature of corporations (monetary driven) and football clubs (maximising sporting success while operating in economic equilibrium).

Das Kirchenjahr hat mehr zu bieten als nur Advent, Weihnachten und Ostern.

Take control of revenue management in the new hotel economy Hotel Pricing in a Social World: How to Drive Value in the New Hotel Economy is an insightful resource that provides guidance on improving organizational decision making to keep your hotel relevant, from a pricing standpoint, in the often chaotic hotel landscape.

Since the terrorist attacks of September 2001, surveillance has been put forward as the essential tool for the 'war on terror,' with new technologies and policies offering police and military operatives enhanced opportunities for monitoring suspect populations.

Medizinmanagement befasst sich mit der Anwendung der Managementlehre in der institutionalisierten Medizin.

This book, first published in 1913, examines in detail the Tariff Reform crisis of January 1913.

At once a lexicon of fashion and a style guide, The Style Thesaurus is the essential wardrobe companion for all fashion lovers.

This timely and innovative book offers an introduction to a range of creative methods, providing both empirical and conceptual guidance.

Despite the significance of tourism to the economic, social and environmental structures of Latin America, little has been documented in the English-language literature about tourism in this region.

The primary purpose of Prophetic Liturgy is to inquire into the prophetic dimension of the liturgy.

In this important new book, Paul T.

The sophisticated methods used in recent high-profile cyber incidents have driven many to need to understand how such security issues work.

The word "e;luxury"e; has almost lost its meaning.

An inside look at a Wall Street trading room and what this reveals about today's financial systemDebates about financial reform have led to the recognition that a healthy financial system doesn't depend solely on how it is structured-organizational culture matters as well.

Take control of revenue management in the new hotel economy Hotel Pricing in a Social World: How to Drive Value in the New Hotel Economy is an insightful resource that provides guidance on improving organizational decision making to keep your hotel relevant, from a pricing standpoint, in the often chaotic hotel landscape.

This book presents a state-of-the-art evaluation of the benefits and costs of behind-the-border services reform.

Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder's Syndrome is designed to help today's researchers, faculty, students and practitioners become familiar with the etiology and dynamics of Founder's Syndrome as an organizational condition challenging nonprofit/nongovernmental, social enterprise, and for-profit and publicly traded organizations.

The book provides an understanding of how service design and design thinking could address the needs of organisations in tackling processes of transformations which include changes in the way people behave, interact and grow.

The main contention of this book, first published in 1978, is that international trade policy must fit the economic structure of the trading countries.