Retail and wholesale industries

First published in 1947, Over the Hills and Far Away takes the reader back to the holidays of olden times and then in the footsteps of the first holiday-makers on the European Continent in the 17th century.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the potential of geotourism in sub-Saharan Africa for promoting social sustainability and ecological justice.

This proceedings volume contains papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality (SERVE 2014), covering a wide range of topics in the fields of knowledge and service management, web intelligence, tourism and hospitality.

Access to quality services and community infrastructure are vital parts of supporting sustainable and resilient rural and small town places.

Southeast Asian sex workers are stereotypically understood as passive victims of the political economy, and submissive to western men.

This book analyses the fast spread of free trade agreements (FTAs) across the globe, their content and their economic impact.

This book provides a review of the current theory and practice of experiential tourism and how it is marketed.

Stay up to date on international trends in convention tourism!

It is important for anybody involved in sport and physical recreation to be aware of the legal context in which their activity takes place, to develop an understanding of their legal responsibilities and to know what might happen if something goes wrong.

Eventscapes: Transforming Place, Space and Experiences directly examines the interrelation between events' simultaneous dependence on and transformation of the places in which they are held.

A unique chance to explore different aspects of place, heritage, and tourismFor many nations around the world, cultural tourism is not only a major industry but also a support for national identity and a means for preserving heritage.

Heritage tourism is a global multi-million-dollar phenomenon, influencing national, regional and local cultural identities.

He traversed a great part of Persia.

An introduction to book clubs as a distribution channel and cultural phenomenon.

This book provides an understanding of innovation models and why they are important in the business context, and considers sources of innovation and how to apply business frameworks using real-world examples of innovation-led businesses.

This book offers conceptual and practical insights into the complex interactions between ecotourism and the natural environment, with consideration given to government policy, marketing by suppliers, consumer behaviour and visitor/environmental management.

Bicycle Utopias investigates the future of urban mobilities and post-car societies, arguing that the bicycle can become the nexus around which most human movement will revolve.

How do hosts and guests welcome each other in responsible encounters?

This book examines the relationship between art and tourism through the study of the material culture of tourism: tourist art and souvenirs.

This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies.

Reflects the importance of heritage to cities, and cities to the creation and marketing of heritage products, not least within tourism.

Due to its centrality to the processes of transnational mobilities, migration and globalization, tourism studies has the potential to make a significant contribution to understanding the postcolonial experience.

The hospitality and tourism sector is a large and rapidly expanding industry worldwide, and can rightfully be described as a vehicle of globalisation.

Basing shopper marketing strategy on customer insights is what differentiates market leading retail brands from weaker competitors.

"e;A valuable, practical guide for navigating through ICT turbulence and dynamics.

Cruise tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors worldwide.

Hospitality Security: Managing Security in Today's Hotel, Nightlife, Entertainment, and Tourism Environment, Second Edition provides experience-based, proven methods for preventing and resolving the challenges faced by today's hospitality security staff and leadership.

Corporate Finance: The Basics is a concise introduction to the inner workings of finance at the company level.

Cultural Tourism remains the only book to bridge the gap between cultural tourism and cultural and heritage management.

'To read it is like seeing the scenes described' Evening Standard'One of the world's best travel books' Spectator 'The work remains a classic worthy of reproduction' The Times Published to critical acclaim and well known for many years afterwards this account of the journey across Mongolia to Lhasa in the early nineteenth century owes much of its success to the literary skills of its authors, made available in English for the first time by William Hazlitt and Paul Pelliot.

By 2030, China will be the world's largest tourism destination, holidays in Outer Space will be the ultimate luxury experience, extreme Swedish ironing will be an Olympic Sport, embedded technologies will be the norm in future tourists and skiing in the Alps will be no more.

Food and wine events have gained popularity internationally.

The introduction of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa was based on an enchanting promise: simultaneously contributing to global biodiversity conservation initiatives, regional peace and integration, and the sustainable socio-economic development of rural communities.

This book is the first its kind to offer an innovative examination of the intersecting influences, contexts, and challenges within the field of children's dark tourism.

Made to Work analyses the conditions of mobile knowledge work (MKW) in contemporary worklives, contrasting and drawing parallels among three highly significant sectors of the Knowledge Economy: academia, information communication technology (ICT) management, and digital creative work.

This significant volume is the first to use primary research evidence to examine tourism, ageing and the implications of an ageing population for the visitor economy.

This book analyses the ways in which crises, including COVID-19, can be managed within the tourism and hospitality industries in Asia, in ways that support the future of these industries and help to make them more resilient.

The crucible of innovation in wildlife and habitat conservation is in southern Africa where it has co-evolved with decolonization, political transformation and the rise of development, ownership, management and livelihood debates.

Sustainability at Work is a compelling guide for anyone who seeks both a successful career and a career that makes a positive difference in society.

Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms.

Visual Merchandising and Display, Seventh Edition, focuses on all aspects of visual merchandising and display, from classic techniques to the latest developments.

Marketing in the tourism and hospitality industry has transformed with the development of digital marketing tools and the evolution of social culture.

This insightful and timely volume provides a succinct, expert-led introduction to the latest developments in advanced econometric methodologies in the context of tourism demand modelling and forecasting.

If you don't offer great customer experience, your main competitors will take away 50% of your business.

The ageing population is a global societal issue.