Hospitality category: 1805 books
by Oscar -Oz Benson
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
There is a greatly large and wondrous city in the S.W. part of Mainland China. Here are some pictures and highlights of this place on earth where some 34 million people call home. You will find some 40 pictures and many descriptions of the life and times here. Large amounts of information have been...
Legal and Economic Considerations Surrounding Reproductive Tourism
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Overall, medical tourism has become a robust industry, due to fluctuating health costs in many developed countries. One of the most popular services experiencing a rise as a result of this tourism is assisted reproduction. Legal and Economic Considerations Surrounding Reproductive Tourism: Emerging...
by Kaye Sung Chon, Arthur Asa Berger
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Explore the travel/tourism possibilities of this exotic yet tourist-friendly country
Vietnam Tourism presents a unique ethnographic-semiotic analysis of some of the most important touristic icons in Vietnamese culture. In addition, it offers a firsthand analysis of many aspects of daily life...
Tourism and the Power of Otherness
Seductions of Difference
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
This book explores the paradoxes of Self–Other relations in the field of tourism. It particularly focuses on the 'power' of different forms of 'Otherness' to seduce and to disrupt, and, eventually, also to renew the social and cosmological orders of 'modern' culture and everyday life. Drawing on...
by Martin Kersten
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Tourism, grade: 1,7, York University (History Department), course: Travel & Tourism in 19th and 20th Century Britain, language: English, abstract: Prior the middle of the twentieth century, women were discouraged for travelling at all, unless they were planning...
Commemorative Events
Memory, Identities, Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity, communities...
by John Urry, Jonas Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
"The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same passion and insight of the object. Even more essential reading!"
- Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, Warwick University
This new edition of...
Tourism and National Identities
An international perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
By understanding tourist destinations through the lens of national identity, the tourist may develop a deeper appreciation of the destination. Further, tourism marketers and planners may be better equipped to promote and manage the destination, particularly with regard to expectations of the potential...
Resorts and Ports
European Seaside Towns since 1700
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Histories of seaports and coastal resorts have usually been kept in separate compartments. This book brings them together and looks at how resort development affected historic ports during the rise and development of the seaside holiday in Europe from the 18th century to the 20th, and what the attributes...
How To Run A Great Hotel
Everything You Need to Achieve Excellence in the Hotel Industry
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
This book is based on the premise that being good is just not good enough in today's competitive environment. For hotel owners and managers who want to achieve lasting business success through a root and branch review of key processes, How To Run a Great Hotel is a 'must read'. It will serve as a...
Tourists and Travellers
Women's Non-fictional Writing about Scotland, 1770-1830
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, travel and tourism in Scotland changed radically, from a time when there were very few travellers and no provision for those that there were, through to Scotland’s emergence as a fully fledged tourist destination with the necessary physical and economic...
by Robin Shannon
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Mary Ann Conklin, also known as "Madame Damnable," ran Seattle's first hotel, the Felker House, which burned to the ground in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The Rainier Hotel was erected quickly following the Great Seattle Fire but razed around 1910. The Denny Hotel, an architectural masterpiece later...
Instagramable
Booster la visibilité de son restaurant sur Instagram
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Dans ce guide, je vais vous expliquer comment créer un contenu pertinent et efficace sur Instagram. Il ne suffit pas de prendre une photo à la va-vite d'une assiette avant qu'elle ne parte en salle pour faire parler de vous... C'est pour cela que je vais vous accompagner dans la mise en place d'une...