Hospitality and service industries

Bidding contests for sporting and cultural events are attracting increasing media and public attention.

Examining the implications of recent important developments, the primary aim of this book is to bridge the gaps in existing literature on India-Pakistan economic engagement and to examine various aspects of the trade normalization process.

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

Ethnic-themed restaurants are informal but powerful ambassadors for a country's culture and contributors to local and national economies.

Presenting expert-led discussion of a range of themes and topics, Prejudice and Discrimination in Hotels, Restaurants and Bars explores the rigidities that restrict recruitment into frontline job roles in hotels restaurants and bars.

Praise for the previous edition:'To write a good textbook is only possible with pedagogic sensitivity, significant educational experiences, and research practice.

This book provides an overview of perspectives and approaches to the cultural meaning of sport volunteering in different countries.

The primary purpose of this handbook is to clearly describe the current state of theories of systems sciences and to support their use and practice.

Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism is an essential text for both intermediate and advanced learners aspiring to build their knowledge related to the theories and perspectives on the topic.

This book contains 26 chapters.

This book is a sequel to Business Engineering and Service Design, published by this editorial, which provides the foundations of Business Engineering; it is dedicated to health care, presenting our view of the foundations for the design of institutions that provide such service, general architectures for making designs operative, and many real cases that show how to do formal design and the benefits to be obtained.

This encyclopaedia provides definitions of travel and tourism terminology in a clear, lucid and authoritative manner.

Medical Tourism and Wellness: Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) takes a systems approach to examining the growing field of medical tourism, one of the field's hottest niches, with billions of dollars spent each year.

This encyclopaedia is one of its kinds in terms of coverage, scope, elaboration, usefulness and futuristic perspective.

Understanding World Christianity: Russia is a broad examination of Christianity--especially Orthodox Christianity--in modern Russia.

Covering the entire United States gaming market, Legalized Casino Gaming in the United States provides gaming researchers, policymakers, and hospitality students comprehensive overview of the history, development, legislation, and economic and social impacts of riverboat, land-based, and Native American casino gaming.

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.

This book provides industry insights and fresh ideas for the advancement of the most vital global industry - food.

'An Introduction to the UK Hospitality Industry: a comparative approach' is a core text for introductory hospitality modules and courses.

This third edition of Wedding Planning and Management: Consultancy for Diverse Clients provides students, consultants, engaged couples, vendors and scholars with a comprehensive introduction to the business of weddings.

Being successful as a sports or fitness professional requires more than just knowing your sport inside out.

Migration and forcible displacement are growing and impactful dynamics of the current global age.

Tourism services all over the world currently face rapid changes due to market globalization, intensified competition and the dynamic evolution of new technologies.

In recent years, the digitalisation of retail financial services - retail payments, current/savings accounts, consumer/housing credit, car insurance, property insurance and health insurance - has accelerated significantly.

This is the first book to focus on sports betting from a sociological perspective.

Experts in Greek language, literature and material culture re-examine the role of animal sacrifice in Greek life across the Mediterranean.

Logistics may have either internal focus (inbound logistics), or external focus (outbound logistics) covering the flow and storage of materials from point of origin to point of consumption (seesupply chain management).

Modern systems are an intertwined mesh of human process, physical security, and technology.

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the valuable tangible and intangible benefits of the development of heritage tourism.

This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries.

Introduction to Equestrian Sports offers parents and riders who are new to the scene detailed descriptions of what is involved in each of the four main disciplines: hacking/showing, dressage, showjumping and eventing.

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

Tourism Routes and Trails plunges into the world of 'extended' tourism, offering an exploration of the 'routes' phenomenon whereby tourism is no longer for a given destination, but extends over multiple sites, a territory or landscape.

This professional guidebook highlights brand development and management for cities, regions, countries, and destinations.

First Published in 1998.

#1 Best Selling Information Security Book by Taylor & Francis in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022!

The Strangeness of Gods combines studies of changes in modern interpretations of Greek religion with studies of changes in Athenian ritual.

One of the greatest challenges for the apparel industry is to produce garments that fit customers properly.

This proceedings book explores future prospects of cultural, heritage, and religious tourism and how it can impact the socioeconomic complexity of a community and future developments.

This book provides a comprehensive overview, including critical aspects of and opportunities for effective sustainability management in today's unpredictable and fragile business landscapes.

This portrait of contemporary tourists proposes that these travelers create consumption audio-portraits and self-explanations (identity constructions) through their purchases and use of travel-related services.

The American research university enjoyed an unprecedented boom from the end of World War II until the 1990s.

Sport management is a rapidly developing industry which continues to grow in size and scope on an international scale.

Long before Gordon Ramsay and Antony Bourdain, there was Marco Pierre White: the first and the greatest enfant terrible of the cookery world.

As the popularity of the national parks grows, so do the challenges of visiting and managing them.

The Rise of the Stylist examines the social factors that contributed to the stylist becoming a key role in fashion image-making.

Systemic Risk: History, Measurement and Regulation presents an overview of this emerging form of risk from a global perspective.