Service Industries

Research delivers a multitude of approaches to value creation, represented here as a set of definitions, perspectives and interpretations of how to...

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805061While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the pe...

Examines how temporality manifests in and impacts tourism in different parts of the world looking at climate, culture and/or structural conditions ...

The links between islands and tourism, as sights of pleasure is embodied in the touristification of sun, sand and sea. Islandscapes are central to ...

Examines how temporality manifests in and impacts tourism in different parts of the world looking at climate, culture and/or structural conditions ...

This book explores the relationship between technology and social transformation in tourism, hospitality and gastronomy. It presents research and c...

Submerging Markets is a valuable resource asset to the world academic community, government agencies, global business organizations and anyone inte...

From the rising significance of non-state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics h...

Globalization and economic restructuring have decimated formal jobs in developing countries, pushing many women into informal employment such as di...

This book aims to unite theory and practice in the field of destination marketing. It attempts to reconcile the gap between the academic literature...

Olmsted makes you insanely hungry and steaming mad--a must-read for anyone who cares deeply about the safety of our food and the welfare of our pla...

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805061While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the pe...

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study econom...

Fully revised and updated to consider recent developments in the industry, the sixth edition of Managing Airports: An International Perspective pro...

In the mid-1980s, the American beer market offered far fewer options than what is available today. When microbreweries began to rear their heads, d...

As the 2020 global lockdown became a universal strategy to control the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing triggered a massive reliance on online ...

Tourism has become a major international industry, with many countries all over the world relying on the income it produces. Because it is a major ...

Finalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist Anthropology Examines why African care workers feel politically exc...

* New edition fully updated and revised with new chapters on regenerative tourism and disruptors including the impact of COVID-19 * Combines theor...

If you dont offer great customer experience, your main competitors will take away 50% of your business. Period.Gone are the days in which businesse...

Regional transformation has emerged as a major topic of research during the past few decades, much of it seeking to understand how a region changes...