This ebook on contemporary hospitality research addresses key issues and challenges in the hospitality and tourism field. Written by leading scholars in the hospitality and tourism field to contribute it: addresses productivity, quality and relationship marketing in service operations; explains and synthesizes major services operations research foci from the past century; presents a critical review of the human resources management (HRM) research in the generic HRM and the hospitality fields; evaluates the evolution of hospitality marketing research over the last 25 years and illustrates how t

This international e-book focuses on the hospitality industry in India. The Indian economy is on a trail of growth accompanied increased foreign investment, more business and leisure travel, and more opportunities for growth in the tourism sector. The research papers in this e-book capture the flavour of the fascinating transition that is taking place in India, and cover a diverse range of areas from the use of information technology for reservation in mid-size hotels in Indian to environmental consciousness.

The topic of this ebook was particularly chosen because of the importance of ethical and sustainability issues and concerns related to the hospitality and tourism industry in China during the past 30 years. The authors from the worldwide locations such as the USA, UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Chinese mainland have contributed their innovative views significantly to the discussion. Most of the issues and concerns discussed in the chapters included in this ebook are generally related to the hospitality and tourism industry globally. In this ebook, the audience can view ethical

New Perspectives in Hospitality Management is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the sphere of hospitality research. The articles published in this collection identify some emergent themes that have subsequently established themselves as key trends among academics in the field.