Service Industries

Water control and management have been fundamental to the building of human civilisation. In Europe, the regulation of major rivers, the digging of...

Events Management is a rapidly expanding discipline with growing student numbers however currently there are no specifically focused Research Metho...

This book is intended for electric utility managers, directors, and power system planners, regulators, and policy makers interested in the steps ne...

Exploring the connection between tourism and violence, this book draws on a range of disciplinary approaches, including social anthropology, cultur...

Why do winning brands appear to be more creative and authentic than less successful ones? Despite the strong link between famous brands and the p...

How do we understand human-nature relationships in tourism, or determine the consequences of these relationships to be good, bad, right, wrong, fai...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from director Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga and Adam DriverThe sensational true story of murder, madness, glam...

This book explores theoretical concepts of strategic promotion and place branding in cities. It outlines the issues associated with strategic manag...

Dark Tourism, as well as other terms such as Thanatourism and Grief Tourism, has been much discussed in the past two decades. This volume provides ...

In Design for Services, Anna Meroni and Daniela Sangiorgi articulate what Design is doing and can do for services, and how this connects to existin...

As the worlds greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to c...

Postmodern global terrorist groups engage sovereign nations asymmetrically with prolonged, sustained campaigns driven by ideology. Increasingly, tr...

Fraudulent activity can approach you or your organization through a variety of avenues, ranging from the cyber world, social media, unsolicited e-m...

Artistic Lives examines cultural production as a non-standard, self-directed, and frequently unpaid activity, which is susceptible to developments ...

Open innovation, crowd sourcing, democratised innovation, vernacular design and brand fanaticism are amongst a handful of new approaches to design ...

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

Since the 1990s, city branding has become a key factor in urban development policies. Cities all over the world take specific actions to manipulate...

Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earths surface, and is integral to the workings of the world, it has been largely neglected...

Although blurred and heavily contested, the concept of tourist destination still deserves careful attention. Despite its unstable characteristics, ...

The tourism and leisure industries are big business. Opportunities for leisure and tourism have escalated as disposable income, technology, travel ...

Tourism Marketing: In the Age of the Consumer offers a fresh and contemporary approach as an introductory textbook on tourism marketing. Six major ...