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Developing Hospitality Properties and Facilitiesby Josef Ransley; Hadyn Ingram
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 54.95Developing Hospitality Properties and Facilities sets out some of the key issues in developing hospitality properties from the hospitality manager's perspective. From the original concept, through each part of the process, it provides an essential guide for students and professionals on how to manage hospitality facilities to their best effect, using a model-based insight into the process in an informed, but non-technical way. Now in its second edition, this successful text has been updated with new international case studies from companies such as MyTravel, Disneyland Paris Hotel, Elysium Beach Resort Cyprus and many others. It also includes new chapters from well-known authors. With contributions from both academics and practitioners,... more...
Event Planningby Judy Allen
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 39.95For event planners, there’s no such thing as a dress rehearsal! Any event you plan and stage is a reflection of your organization’s image — from the initial invitation to onsite operations. Whether you’re planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the magic of a truly memorable event is in the details, but so is the devil. Whether your event is for 50 or 2,000 people, whether it has a budget of a few thousand dollars, or hundreds of thousands, it has to be perfect. Fully revised and updated, Event Planning, Second Edition, gives you a blueprint for planning and executing special events with flair and without any unexpected surprises and expenses.... more...
Sustainable Event Managementby Meegan Lesley Jones
Earthscan 2009; US$ 47.95It could be said the most environmentally friendly event is none at all. But that's no fun. Public parties always have and always will be a part of the human story. Yet those who stage events have a social and environmental responsibility to reduce their impacts. Written by a leader in the field, this practical, step-by-step guide leads readers through the key aspects of how to understand and manage the impacts of events of any type and scale. The product of tried-and-tested methods used across the event industry, coverage includes an overview of sustainable event management and detailed discussion of energy, transport, water, waste supply chains, and communications . Readers are provided with checklists for action and tools for measuring... more...
New Trends in Tourism and Hotel Industryby Atul Saxena
Navyug Publishers & Distributors 2008; US$ 35.00The origins of tourism extend back to the time of the ancient Greeks. However, tourism did not occur on any large scale until the industrial revolution, when affordable travel provided by the railways, combined with the paid holidays offered by employers to their employees, stimulated the development of seaside resorts in Europe and the United States catering for the new middle class. By the outbreak of the First World War, tourism had developed from a domestic to an international phenomenon. Travel to natural areas which conserves the environment and sustains the will-being of local people. In other worlds it is a environmentally responsible and socially and entirely sound tourism. It is one of the effective means to finance conservation and... more...
B & B Know-Howby Amy Willcock
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 8.25No one knows more about starting and running a bed and breakfast business than successful cook, author and hotel owner Amy Willcock. The hotel that she runs with her husband and their business partner, The George on the Isle of Wight, was described in the Daily Mail as being run 'in the way in which you imagine the hotel of your dreams to be run'. In this attractively packaged paperback, Amy reveals the secrets you need to know to make running your B&B fun and profitable. Her lively narrative takes you through all stages of the process: preparing your home, advertising, creating welcoming bedrooms and luxury bathrooms on a budget, laundering the sheets, preparing the ultimate breakfast (for even the most demanding guest) and managing bookings... more...
The Economic Ascent of the Hotel Businessby Paul Slattery
Goodfellow Publishers Limited 2009; US$ 72.00As featured in the The Times 21/09/09 "First in line: the hotel industry. The recession has changed the rules for a business that may be heading for consolidation" more...
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