Business & economics / Industries

Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry

by Dana V V Tesone

It is vital for hospitality management students to understand key management concepts as part of the complex and intimate nature of the services industry. Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry...

Strategic Sports Event Management

by Guy Masterman

The hosting of sports events - whether large international events, or smaller niche interest events - has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event...

Tourism Management

by Stephen Page

Tourism Management: managing for change is a complete synthesis of tourism, from its beginnings through to the major impacts it has on today's global community, the environment and economy. Provocative and stimulating,...

Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development

by Myra Shackley

From travel in the ancient and classical world to the growth of underwater tourism in the Great Barrier Reef and the influence of the Gulf War on regional tourism, the Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development...

Battlefield Tourism

by Chris Ryan

Through a series of case studies that involve past conflict in China, the United States, The South Pacific and Europe, the nature of battlefield sites as tourist locations are explored. As places of past conflict...

Business Travel and Tourism

by John Swarbrooke & Susan Horner

'Business Travel and Tourism' provides a comprehensive, international overview of business tourism from both a theoretical and practical perspective.

With the use of case studies from around the world, 'Business...

Marketing in Travel and Tourism

by Victor T.C. T. C. Middleton & Jackie R. R. Clarke

Now in its third edition, the best-selling text, Marketing in Travel and Tourism, explains the principles and practice of marketing as they are increasingly being applied in the global travel and tourism industry....

Money Matters for Hospitality Managers

by Cathy Burgess

Unique in its approach, 'Money Matters for Hospitality Managers' is unlike other heavy theoretical accounting texts, using real life scenarios to show managers how it's done. Backed up by a range of exercises...

Special Event Production: The Resources

by Doug Matthews

This must-have guide to special event production resources looks deep behind-the-scenes of an event and dissects what it is that creates success. It analyses the resources and is an extensive reference guide...

Sports Tourism

by Chris Bull & Mike Weed

Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an unparalleled text that explains sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique interaction of activity, people...

Strategic Questions in Food and Beverage Management

by Roy C. C. Wood

'Strategic Questions in Food and Beverage Management' examines both enduring and topical issues in the field. Written in a clear, accessible and distinctive style, this is a comprehensive text for all areas...

The Business of Conferences

by Anton Shone

For managers, students and conference professionals this timely new book will provide a firm foundation for understanding and operating in one of the UK's fastest growing business areas.

Conferencing forms...

Tourism: How Effective Management Makes the Difference

by Roger Doswell

Tourism: How effective management makes the difference builds tourism's components and impacts into a total framework showing how it should be made subject to an overall planning and management process.

This...

Ecotourism

by Stephen Wearing & John Neil

'Ecotourism' outlines the phenomenon of Ecotourism; its sources and its development as a concept.

Conservation issues are now at the forefront of public opinion - Nature is calling us to its wilds and we are...

Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Industries

by Michael Rimmington, Clare Williams & Alison Morrison

Entrepreneurship is the engine that drives any successful industry or economy. In the rapidly evolving hospitality, tourism and leisure sector worldwide this is particularly true. This new text is designed to...

Geotourism

by David Newsome & Ross Dowling

Geotourism is tourism surroounding geological attractions and destinations. This unique text uses a wealth of case studies to discuss the issues involved in the management and care of such attractions, covering...

Governments and Tourism

by David Jeffries

'Governments and Tourism' is a unique text that studies the general and specific tourism policies from central to local government.

Through case studies from around the world, including the UK, USA and France,...

International Cultural Tourism

by David Leslie & Marianna Sigala

International Cultural Tourism: management, implications and cases provides a comprehensive exploration of the management, operations and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources in a global context....

International Perspectives on the Management of Sport

by Trevor Slack & Milena M. M. Parent

International Perspectives on the Management of Sport is the first multi-contributed book that addresses the various aspects of sport management by some of the most brilliant experts throughout the world. Drawing...

Voluntary Organizations and Public Service Delivery

by Ian Cunningham & Philip James

Voluntary Organizations and Public Sector Delivery examines how aspects of voluntary sector employment are affected by its engagement with the growing trend to the market-based outsourcing in the delivery of...