Service Industries

Co-creation has become a buzzword in many social science disciplines, in business and in tourism studies. Given the prominence of co-creation, surp...

This book represents the manifestation of a new presentation of old perspectives within the discipline of criminal justice. It contains practical c...

Transport is an essential element of tourism, providing the vital link between the tourist generating areas and destinations. Good accessibility, w...

Historical research on the Olympic Movement is highly valuable as it displays processes of continuity and transformation by which knowledge buildin...

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and ...

Islamic Financial Economy and Islamic Banking, is a thorough, deeply conceptual, analytical and applied work in the area of epistemological foundat...

Anti-Museum charts the development of the anti-museum as a concept and as it has been realised in practice. Drawing on a range of case studies, inc...

This book contains a collection of articles that include both case studies and theoretical insights applicable to the tourism development challenge...

Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of development studies. Despite its relevance to tourism initiatives and processes in t...

Destination Marketing offers the reader an integrated and comprehensive overview of the key challenges and constraints facing destination marketing...

This is a short, accessible and practical guide to running venues which are in the business of hosting events. Using honest guidance peppered with ...

Heritage tourism is a global multi-million-dollar phenomenon, influencing national, regional and local cultural identities. Hong Kong finds itself ...

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, hosted in England. Unlike previous literature, which has tended to focus activities on ...

Policy and planning are particularly important in tourism due to their multi-faceted nature and the complexity of inter-organisational relations an...

Visitors to Thailands urban and beach-sided tourist hotspots notice the presence of colourful and predominantly female vendors offering self-made a...

Academically complex and challenging to apply, development and planning are increasingly relevant to the growing tourism industry. This collection ...

The service sector accounts for a huge proportion of global employment, and is the biggest driver of gross domestic product in developing nations. ...

The new fifth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in th...

This book explores how popular photography influenced the representation of travel in Britain in the period from the Kodak-led emergence of compact...

This book provides an interdisciplinary discussion of animals as a source of food within the context of tourism. It focuses on a range of ethical i...

Virtually all large banks and other financial institutions in the UK and internationally are public limited liability companies whose shares are li...

This book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing to, and responding to, the harms that climate change has brought and will bri...

Tourism gentrification is a critical shaping force of socio-economic and contemporary urban landscapes. This book aims to be the first substantive ...

This book addresses many of the key themes that are seen as challenges to achieve sustainability and to mitigate climate change impacts in the near...

Destination management and resort development and planning are strong core areas in the final year of most undergraduate degrees and a popular area...

In a sporting world dominated by media and money, an understanding of sport branding is an essential skill for any sport manager. Success means bei...

Social media is fundamentally changing the way travellers and tourists search, find, read and trust, as well as collaboratively produce information...

Tourism in Cuba - described by Fidel Castro as 'the evil we have to have' - has been regarded both with ambivalence, and as a crucial aspect of dev...

Taste is a core concept for the social sciences and an orienting notion in everyday practice. It is of equal relevance to academics and laypeople a...

This is a multidisciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. Th...

Sport brands are a central element of modern sport business and a ubiquitous component of contemporary global culture. This groundbreaking book off...

In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given ri...

Drawing upon theories of landscape and performance, this work weaves together existing tourism literature with new scholarship to forge a geographi...

Urban planners and conservationists in historic cities around the world grapple with the competing interests of conservation, urban design, and eco...

A useful introduction to the critical study of tourism, this brief text applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic ...