This book explores the relationship between tourism/tourists and expressions of contemporary Asian art (for example, artists, objects, intangible artistic productions, digital manifestations, etc) in Asian and non-Asian tourist spaces/experiences.
Diese Neuauflage des kompakten Lehrbuchs der Sportpsychologie bietet Studierenden der Sportwissenschaft wie auch der Psychologie einen optimalen Überblick.
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.
Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of 'Social Integration' tells of community-led 'solidarity ateliers' engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms.
This book explains and analyzes entrepreneurship and cultural management issues in the creative and cultural sectors and discusses the impacts of economic, social and structural changes on cultural entrepreneurship.
The purpose of this book, first published in 1990, is to explain the varying levels of protection from foreign competition across US industries by focusing on factors that affect both the supply of and demand for the regulation of trade.
Events Management is the must-have introductory text providing a complete A-Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.
First published in 1950, Jewish Religious Conflicts gives an account of the principal cleavages that have taken place within the Jewish people since the close of the Old Testament over questions of religious faith, doctrine and practice.
This book explores the formation and continuance of Nashville, Tennessee as a music place, the importance of the fans (tourists) in creating Nashville's multifaceted musical identity, and the music and city's influence on the formation and performance of the individual and collective identities of the country-music fan.
"e;This entirely updated and enlarged Second Edition of a landmark reference/text continues to provide comprehensive coverage of every important aspect of policy studies--discussing concepts, methods, utilization, formation, and implementation both internationally and across each level of government.
Unlike current books on the market that focus primarily on the technical aspects of surveillance and protection, Security Surveillance Centers: Design, Implementation, and Operation focuses on the operation of a security surveillance center.
In academics, a research methodology refers to the tool set of methods, practices, procedures and guidelines that a researcher applies to facilitate data collection concerning the research subject.
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, this essential textbook introduces the fundamentals of sport finance and sound financial management in the sport industry.
This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains.
This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of non-academic research impact in relation to a marginal field of study, namely tourism studies.
Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to 'soccer-like' team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system.
A 'new spirit of hospitality' beckons planetary provenances of leisure and pleasure, to promote tourism destinations through the digitization and cinematic advertising of tourist experience.
El libro muestra cómo, en su rol de historia oral, esta categoría de música-danza ritualizada es una parte de un esquema integral de «textos orales» que también incluyen: decenas de narrativas épicas, con cientos de capítulos y personajes con nombres específicos y rango ancestral; y una memoria colectiva extraordinaria de miles de elementos geográficos, todos vinculados íntimamente con las canciones y narrativas épicas sagradas, además de ubicados de manera dispersa a través de un enorme paisaje natural y cultural que forma un corredor transandino.
Managing Major Sports Events: Theory and Practice is a complete introduction to the principles and practical skills that underpin the running and hosting of major sports events, from initial bid to post-event legacy and sustainability.
Improving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators presents sound practical advice from an author who successfully lived the experience.
This is the first book to provide coverage on the best practice of sustainable tourism in island destinations, focussing on the unique perspective of exploring the interplays of seasonality, competitiveness, and quality of life of islands as destinations.
Hospitality and Tourism - Synergizing creativity and innovation in research contains 116 accepted papers from the International Hospitality and Tourism Postgraduate Conference 2013 (Shah Alam, Malaysia, 2-3 September 2013).