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.

Quality-of-life in tourism and hospitality can be classified in three categories: (1) tourists/guests (2) employees of tourism/hospitality firms (3) tourist communities. This unique resource delivers the latest research findings within these areas to the forefront of knowledge application in tourism and hospitality settings.

This case looks at sustainability in hotel industry operations.

The World Health Organization's website includes 'ten facts on food safety' which they say account for the main reasons why millions of people fall ill every year and many die as a result of eating unsafe food. Serious outbreaks of foodborne disease have been documented on every continent in the past decade, and in many countries rates of illnesses are increasing significantly. Given the scale of the problem, this ebook explores the ways in which government agencies and industry can work together to develop a comprehensive strategy to improve food safety management standards in the hospitality