The International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management covers all of the relevant issues in the field of hospitality management from both a sectoral level:* Lodging* Restaurants* Clubs* Time-share* ConventionsAs well as a functional one: * Accounting & finance* Marketing* Human resources* Information technology* Facilities management Its u

Part of the Contemporary Review Series. Contemporary Tourism Reviews will provide you with critical, state-of-the-art surveys of all of the major areas of tourism study to people who are coming to a topic for the first time. Written by leading thinkers and academics in the field they provide flexible, current and topical information as an instant download.

Earlier versions of the articles in this e-book were presented at Fifteenth Annual Research Conference of the UK's Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME). All articles were chosen to appear in this collection due to their bearing on the nature of hospitality management work and the skills needed by managers, and educational provision for hospitality management.

Human Resource Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries takes an integrated look at HRM policies and practices in the tourism and hospitality industries. Utilising existing human resource management (HRM) theory and practice, it contextualises it to the tourism and hospitality industries by looking at the specific employment practices of these industries, such as how to manage tour reps or working in the airline industry.It initially sets the scene with a broad review of the evidence of HRM practice within the tourism and hospitality industries. Having identified the broader pictu

Explores medical tourism in depth from a medical and hospitality operational management perspective. With the inclusion of case studies, it discusses why patients/tourists decide to travel for care, professional facilitators, countries and medical disciplines, hotel and spa designs, careers in medical tourism, etc.

This ebook explores the challenges faced by the Indian hospitality industry. WHATT?s industry-led methodology is applied and the team of contributors used an industry round table approach to solicit views from hospitality practitioners, academics and government representatives. The challenges have been considered from a strategic perspective as well as from marketing, human resources, technology, finance and destination management perspectives.

By identifying major emergencies that have occurred in the hotel industry; investigating hotels' preparation for emergencies in the past; and exploring how hotels manage and overcome such emergencies; this book will increase the awareness of emergency managers on how to manage and overcome the impact of emergencies in the hospitality industry.

Tourism has become a key global economic activity as expectations with regard to our use of leisure time have evolved, attributing greater meaning to our free time. Tourism is one of the world s largest industries, and in many regions it is the single largest source of investment and employment. This new book provides a look at many important issues in the field of tourism and hospitality, including understanding tourist preference, satisfaction, and motivation; tourism and hospitality education; rural tourism and its impact on local residents; the increasing popularity of cultural and heritage tourism; strategies for sustainable tourism; and more.

This ebook addresses the complexities of internationalisation within the hospitality industry across a range of countries and the implications of this for hospitality management education. A number of the papers were selected from the 4th International Conference on Services Management hosted by Oxford Brookes University in the May of 2009, demonstrating the relevance of hospitality research to the broader service sector.

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.