Service Industries

The Jimmy Choo founder's personal and candid account of her life in the fashion business. When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the money to start a...

Bringing together scholars from the areas of tourism, leisure and cultural studies, eco-humanities and tourism management, this book examines the e...

This volume presents an international selection of invited contributions on policy and best practice in accessible tourism, reflecting current prac...

Satans Playground chronicles the rise and fall of the tumultuous and lucrative gambling industry that developed just south of the U.S.-Mexico borde...

The family remains at the emotional heart of society, and makes up a significant proportion of the tourism market. However, the concept of family h...

In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of ...

In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of ...

The family remains at the emotional heart of society, and makes up a significant proportion of the tourism market. However, the concept of family h...

Clients are consistently demanding lower prices at the time of each purchase and companies can only react by reducing costs. This volume shows that...

The books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multi...

Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothe...

Sugar as a global commodity has shaped our world, impacting cultures and influencing cuisine. The heritage of sugar is investigated in the context ...

If you are thinking about leaving the rat race to run your own pub, but don't know how to go about it, this book is for you. How to Run a Successfu...

This book deals with tourism, popular culture and everyday life in Japan. It offers some interesting statistics about Japanese life and society, di...

Building on previous work on backpacking, this book takes the analysis of backpacker tourism further by engaging both with new theoretical debates ...

An inside look at a Wall Street trading room and what this reveals about todays financial systemDebates about financial reform have led to the reco...

Across the European Union, common problems and challenges have arisen related to the accessibility, quality, and financial sustainability of long-t...

* An ontology of the study of planned events and the professional practice of event management and event tourism; * User friendly explanations and ...

This book combines academic analysis and critical exploration to examine national narratives in the context of tourism and events around the world....

This book investigates home and homeland as destinations of touristic journeys and adds to recent scholarly interest in the intersection between to...

Small tourism businesses form the majority of the employment opportunities within the tourism industry. However, many texts seem to overlook this ...