Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Gold Winner for Reference in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards

With decades of experience as a gala event planner, award-winning director and producer Ron Miziker presents the ultimate guide to planning and executing every special event in this one-of-a-kind guidebook. For professionals and beginners alike, it is designed to be a quick reference for ensuring that any exciting, educational, or entertaining event comes together on time and within budget. The book includes essential information about critical subjects, proven suggestions, and...

The issues surrounding the provision, preparation and development of food products is fundamental to every human being on the planet. Given the scarcity of agricultural land, environmental pollution, climate change and the exponential growth of the world s population where starvation and obesity are both widespread it is little wonder that exploring the frontiers of food is now a major focus for researchers and practitioners.

This timely Handbook provides a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on sustainable food. It begins by analyzing the historical development...

Cora Tyler works at the Hotel Metronome in San Francisco, and she's always seeking to learn new things.

A chance meeting on a train with an employee at a hotel in New York City, Ari, gives her the chance to share her business insights. Their lively discussion gets them both thinking about delivering excellent customer service.

While Cora makes it point to focus on details such as remembering the names of guests, Ari admits that he usually can't even pronounce their names. Unlike Cora, the members of his team rarely try that hard to create what she calls "customer delight."

Cora...

Cora Tyler works at the Hotel Metronome in San Francisco, and she's always seeking to learn new things.

A chance meeting on a train with an employee at a hotel in New York City, Ari, gives her the chance to share her business insights. Their lively discussion gets them both thinking about delivering excellent customer service.

While Cora makes it point to focus on details such as remembering the names of guests, Ari admits that he usually can't even pronounce their names. Unlike Cora, the members of his team rarely try that hard to create what she calls "customer delight."

Cora...

This book critically examines the many ways in which tourism and animals intersect, whether as tourist attractions, wildlife conservation tools, as travel companions or as meat to be eaten. It aims to make a meaningful contribution to the growing body of knowledge concerning the relationships between animals, tourists and the tourism industry. The chapters are organised into three themes: ethics and welfare; conflict, contradiction and contestation; and shifting relationships. Theoretically informed and empirically rich, the chapters examine topics such as whale watching, animal...