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Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation — Lim Chin Beng — the man they called Mr SIA.Absorbing the life and work of Li...

For managers, students and conference professionals this timely new book will provide a firm foundation for understanding and operating in one of t...

Almost all incidences of cheating, theft, fraud, or loss can be detected through the surveillance of critical transactions, audit observations, and...

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft ...

Casino Management in Integrated Resorts introduces students to the changing nature of casino businesses within the framework of an integrated resor...

Generating a satisfactory classification image from remote sensing data is not a straightforward task. Many factors contribute to this difficulty i...

The Great Eastern Railway rose phoenix-like from the ashes of bankruptcy to become one of the greatest of all passenger-carrying lines. Its empire ...

This is the second book in Guy-Halford Macleod's three-volume series on Britain's airlines. The series hopes to redress the balance in considering ...

'Public House & Beverage Management' provides students with a practical guide to the management aspects of the licensed trade industry. 'Publi...

From Catch Me if You Can to the Zambian attempt to join the Space Race using a 40-gallon oil drum, this amusing collection of stories seeks to pres...

Marketing Professional Services is a uniquely focused, incisive and practical introduction to new business planning, marketing and selling skills f...

'An Introduction to the UK Hospitality Industry: a comparative approach' is a core text for introductory hospitality modules and courses. Unique in...

'Franchising in the Hospitality Industry' provides an overview of the issues, debates and challenges associated with business franchising. In two ...

In the timber plantations in northeastern South Africa, laborers work long hours among tall, swaying lines of eucalypts, on land once theirs. In 20...

The ideas and techniques of virtual reality are now being made available for the creation of artificial or virtual geographies (a virtual geography...

Consumer behaviour is one of the most explored topics in tourism and hospitality marketing, interchangeably denoted by the terms ‘traveller behavio...

This title was first published in 2000. This text focuses on one geographical and economical area - the Asia-Pacific region, on one type of decisio...

Drawing on studies from Africa, Asia and South America, this book provides empirical evidence and conceptual explorations of the gendered dimension...

Singapore might not have survived the 1960s and prospered thereafter had it not built its economy on the foundations of oil refining, trading and s...

Cities are staging more events than ever. Within this macro-trend, there is another less acknowledged trend: more events are being staged in public...

'The author leavens his discussion of a transition to a sustainable energy mix with the views of three prominent energy experts; following this is ...

Focusing on techniques developed to evaluate the forming behaviour of tailor welded blanks (TWBs) in sheet metal manufacturing, this edited collect...

Understanding Tourism examines tourism in 1000 questions and answers. It is intended for students and teachers of tourism worldwide, those who earn...

During the past twenty years, the field of nonprofit management has grown significantly in terms of the number of nonprofit organizations, number o...

Over the past forty years, numerous theoretical advances have been made. From Ayres’ and Braithwaite’s ground breaking work on ‘responsive regulat...

Pacific Rim scholars look at globalization's impact on international economics

In response to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the National Research Council appointed a committee operating under the auspices of the Naval S...

In the US alone, pharmaceutical companies spend around $7 billion a year on clinical trials for drugs; all this in a global market where increasing...

Sport volunteering is becoming an increasingly popular motive for international travel. Many tourism organisations now advertise sport volunteering...

This book does for retailing what Goldratt’s international bestseller The Goal did for manufacturing.A breakthrough solution is exposed when some u...

Marketing Channel Strategy: An Omni-Channel Approach is the first book on the market to offer a completely unique, updated approach to channel mark...

'Understanding the Hospitality Consumer' presents a unique perspective on consumer behaviour in the hospitality sector. It seeks to focus on the ro...

For non-accountant hospitality managers, accounting and financial management is often perceived as an inaccessible part of the business. Yet having...

Internet Resources for Leisure and Tourism is designed to allow students, academics and practitioners within the leisure and tourism fields to get ...