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    • Resort destinations : evolution, management and development 

      Prideaux, Bruce (Elsevier, 2009)
      Using original case studies based on the author's own research, this book uses examples from Australia's Gold Coast, Britain's Brighton, USA's Las Vegas, as well as Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Caribbean. * Discusses the ...
    • Service quality in leisure and tourism 

      Williams, Christine; Buswell, John (CABI Publishing, 2003)
      The service sector is considered to lag behind manufacturing in introducing quality management cultures. The leisure and tourism industry has tended to be even more dilatory, and so quality management was not given a high ...
    • Slide:ology : the art and science of creating great presentations 

      Duarte, Nancy (O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2008)
      Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development ...
    • Special event production : the resources 

      Matthews, Doug (Elsevier, 2008)
      This must-have guide to special event production resources looks deep behind-the-scenes of an event and dissects what it is that creates success. It analyses the resources and is an extensive reference guide to the technical ...
    • Sport facility and event management 

      Aicher, Thomas J.; Newland, Brianna L.; Paule-Koba, Amanda L. (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019)
      This book provides readers with a working knowledge of how to manage sport facilities and how to plan, manage, implement, and evaluate sport events. The text integrates timely theoretical insights with real-world practicality ...
    • Successful event management : a practical handbook 

      Shone, Anton; Parry, Bryn (Cengage Learning, 2010)
      This third edition combines a practical and theoretical overview and includes enhanced sections on Catering, Ticketing, Logistics and Operations. Featured are numerous case studies which provide real-world insights into ...
    • Successful event management : a practical handbook 

      Shone, Anton; Parry, Bryn (Cengage Learning, 2019)
      This book covers every aspect of events management, from the planning and set up process through to delivery, close-down and evaluation. The wealth of case studies includes both successful and failed events, allowing you ...
    • Sustainable tourism : a marketing perspective 

      Middleton, Victor T. C.; Hawkins, Rebecca (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998)
      This book is focused on the pro-active role the private sector industry can play in partnership with the public sector to achieve solutions through its day-to-day operations and marketing, expecially in product enhancement ...
    • Sustainable tourism and the millennium development goals : effecting positive change 

      Bricker, Kelly S. (editor); Black, Rosemary (editor); Cottrell, Stuart (editor) (Jones & Bardett Learning, 2013)
      This book discusses how ecotourism and sustainable tourism can assist in supporting and meeting this potential by drawing on case studies and examples. It takes a historical perspective looking at the development of ...
    • Sustainable tourism management 

      Swarbrooke, John (CABI Publishing, 1999)
      This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the practice and management of the subject. It offers a range of definitions of sustainable tourism from different sectors of tourism and different parts of the ...
    • Technology and events : how to create engaging events 

      Martin, Vanessa; Cazarré, Luiz (Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, 2016)
      As the modern attendee has more access to knowledge and is infinitely more connected, technology has become crucial to enhancing the event experience. Successful use of technology can make an event more incredible, personal, ...
    • The art and science of leadership 

      Nahavandi, Afsaneh (Pearson, 2015)
      This book is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership. It is also suitable for any leader, or potential leader, who wants better decision making capability, more satisfied employees, better ...
    • The business of travel agency and tour operations management 

      Bhatia, A. K. (Sterling Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2012)
      This book explains the various concepts of travel agency operations in a systematic manner and makes it easier for not only students of tourism management but also working professionals to comprehend the subject. Since ...
    • The cultural dimension of intenational business 

      Ferraro, Gary P. (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006)
      This book provides an essential foundation for understanding the impact of culture on global business and global business on culture. The highly experienced authors demonstrate how the theory and insights of cultural ...
    • The economics of casino gambling 

      Walker, Douglas M. (Springer, 2007)
      Casino gambling has spread throughout the world, and continues to spread. As governments try to cope with fiscal pressures, legalized casinos offer a possible source of additional tax revenue. But casino gambling is often ...
    • The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism 

      Tribe, John (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011)
      This textbook describes the relevance of economics to the tourism and leisure industries, helping you to pass an economics module as Part of a tourism, recreation or sport management degree. It applies economic theory to ...
    • The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism 

      Tribe, John (Routledge, 2020)
      It is written in a clear and engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of economics. It applies economic theory to a range of tourism industry issues at the consumer, business, national and international level by using ...
    • The geography of tourism and recreation: environment, place, and space 

      Hall, Colin Michael; Page, Stephen J. (Routledge, 2006)
    • The global theme park industry 

      Clavé, Salvador Anton (CABI, 2007)
      "This book provides an understanding of the nature and function of theme parks as spaces of entertainment, with comprehensive analyses of their operation, strategies, finance and marketing. Illustrated throughout by worldwide ...
    • The human impact on the natural environment : past, present and future 

      Goudie, Andrew (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
      The seventh edition of this classic student text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms and the atmosphere. It also looks into the future and ...