Hospitality category: 1805 books
Festivals, Tourism and Social Change
Remaking Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2006
This book explores the links between tourism and festivals and the various ways in which each mobilises the other to make social realities meaningful. Drawing upon a series of international cases, festivals are examined as ways of responding to various forms of crisis - social, political, economic...
Casino Industry in Asia Pacific
Development, Operation, and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This single volume gives you comprehensive information on Asia-Pacific gaming!
Casino Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive review of the gaming industry in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This valuable resource thoroughly...
Sports Betting to Win
The 10 keys to disciplined and profitable betting
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Thinking, and betting, like the pros "Most people in sports betting are looking at things the wrong way." - Peter Webb, founder of Bet Angel "Some people only ever seem to want to hit the sexy six, and not take the singles" - Compton Hellyer, founder of Sporting Index This is a book that teaches you...
Political Ecology of Tourism
Community, power and the environment
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Why has political ecology been assigned so little attention in tourism studies, despite its broad and critical interrogation of environment and politics? As the first full-length treatment of a political ecology of tourism, the collection addresses this lacuna and calls for the further establishment...
by James Higham
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Critical Issues in Ecotourism seeks to shake the current stagnant literature on the subject of ecotourism out of a state of complacency. Drawing upon emerging insights provided by pre-eminent scholars in the field it identifies and comprehensively addresses current critical issues. Accessible to both...
Volunteer Tourism
Popular Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Crossing disciplinary and chronological boundaries, Volunteer Tourism: Popular Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times is the first full-length treatment of volunteer tourism from a longitudinal ethnographic perspective. Volunteer tourism, one of the fastest growing niche tourism markets in the world,...
Commercial Nationalism and Tourism
Selling the National Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
This book combines academic analysis and critical exploration to examine national narratives in the context of tourism and events around the world. It explores how particular narratives are woven to tell (and sell) a national story. By deconstructing images of the nation, it closely examines how national...
by Dan Blacharski
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Pack your bags and be whisked away to over 40 different countries.
Did you know red roses should be avoided as gifts in Switzerland, or that women should cover their mouths when they laugh in South Korea? Not every country shares the same customs, religions, and ideas as America, so it is useful...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
The era of globalization allows for more connectivity between nations and cultures. This increase in international association gives citizens more availability to take advantage of opportunities in other nations, such as medical assistance and accompanying services. Current Issues and Emerging Trends...
Tourism in the City
Towards an Integrative Agenda on Urban Tourism
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
This book critically explores the interconnections between tourism and the contemporary city from a policy-oriented standpoint, combining tourism perspectives with discussion of urban models, issues, and challenges. Research-based analyses addressing managerial issues and evaluating policy implications...
Mastering Tennis Trading
Essential analysis and winning strategies to give you an edge in online tennis trading
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Tennis is the second biggest sport for in-play turnover in the betting markets. It offers fantastic potential for educated, professional traders to achieve high levels of profits. Mastering Tennis Trading gives you the tools to take a calm, strategic approach to tennis trading - in contrast to the...
by Peter Caldon
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Restaurant failure rates have remained steady; they are in the 30 percent range in the early stages of business and slightly higher in the later years. In A Balanced Approach to Restaurant Management, author Peter Caldon shares his experience and knowledge in food service to help restaurant owners...
Bangkok in a Nutshell
A real pocket guide to Thailand's City of Angels
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Bangkok in a Nutshell is a complete and handy travel guide to one of the most exciting cities of Southeast Asia. Useful information about everything from public transportation to historical backgrounds, as well as Thai culture and local dos and don’ts, are mixed in with detailed descriptions of...
by Mike Weed
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Olympic Tourism is the first text to focus on the nature of Olympic tourism and the potential for the Olympic Games to generate tourism in the run up to and long after the hosting of a Games. The awarding of the 2012 Olympics to London will see an increasing interest in the phenomena of organising,...