Gay tourism

culture and context

The pink tourism dollar now represents a highly profitable niche of the tourism market. Gay Tourism: Culture and Context critically investigates the emergence of a commercial gay tourism industry for male clients, the way it is organized, and how the tourism industry promotes cities, resorts ...

Tourism crises

management responses and theoretical insight

The impact of crises on tourism has increased in the last ten years in response to terrorism, war, health emergencies and natural disasters. "Tourism Crises" presents the latest research on crisis management with in-depth analysis of tourism flows and the economic well-being of communities at ...

Innovation in hospitality and tourism

Get the latest research on new ways to measure innovation in the tourism value chain Until now, most available research on innovation in tourism product service and development has focused on concepts, rather than facts. Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism presents empirical studies that identify ...

La actividad turística española en 2005

Este anuario, conocido ya como el Balance del Turismo español, sintetiza por undécimo año consecutivo, la actividad del sector durante el periodo 2005. Está organizado en seis partes. I.- La primera estudia las diferentes metodologías para el análisis científico de la actividad turística II.- La ...

Planificación operativa y financiera en empresas hoteleras

Definir dónde, cómo y para qué son aspectos fundamentales cuando se planifica la construcción de un hotel y con ello su funcionalidad y viabilidad financiera. El autor de este libro describe el método y las técnicas de planificación estratégica que se emplean en el negocio ...

Marketing de restaurantes

En la actualidad la gran competencia existente entre los restaurantes obliga a los responsables de los establecimientos a realizar una adecuada planificación y, sobre todo, a una gestión de marketing que garantice el éxito comercial. Con un enfoque muy práctico, el autor presenta los métodos ...

International encyclopedia of hospitality management

Multiculturalidad y comunicación

bases socioculturales para Turismo y Relaciones Públicas

Organización, gestión y creación de empresas turísticas

Introduction to the hospitality industry

Economía y Turismo

prácticas

Nuevos enfoques en el estudio económico del turismo

The media and the tourist imagination

converging cultures

Tourism studies and media studies both pose key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowledge and immediate experience to wider global processes, and both play a major role in creating our map of national and ...

Leisure marketing

a global perspective

Divided into nine parts, Leisure Marketing: a global perspective guides the reader through leisure and marketing concepts, the marketing mix, key issues in different sectors, topical issues (such as globalisation, marketing research and ethics, for example branding and environmental issues), and the future of leisure ...

Global tourism

Pressure on national and local governments to rapidly develop their tourism potential to meet demand and produce benefits, makes it more essential than ever to plan carefully and consider the human and environmental impacts of tourism development. That is why, as Secretary-General of the World ...

Worldwide destinations

the geography of travel and tourism

Contents The elements of travel and tourism geography: An introduction to the geography of tourism; The geography of demand for tourism; The geography of resources for tourism; Climate and tourism; The geography of transport for tourism; The regional geography of tourism: An introduction to the ...

The economics of tourism destinations

The measurement of tourism is not an easy task. The Economics of Tourism Destinations provides a succinct guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners alike to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts. In nine chapters, The ...

The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism

Now in its third successful edition, The Economics of Leisure and Tourism has been fully revised and updated to cover all the latest issues and changes, and more. Essentially a real world text in applied economics, it explains the necessary economic theories from first principles ...

The management of tourism

The Management of Tourism considers and applies management concepts, philosophies and practices to the business of tourism. The book goes beyond a conceptual discussion of tourism, to cover management perspectives both in operational and strategic terms. It has been written to provide students with an ...

Hotel and lodging management

an introduction

Hotel and Lodging Management, Second Edition prepares readers to succeed as managers in the hotel and lodging industry, while developing a solid foundation for a long and successful career. This comprehensive resource combines detailed presentations of each department in a hotel or lodging establishment along ...