ReviewsThe International Hospitality Industry is an essential text, appealing to a wide readership from industry professionals to first year students of hotel and catering subjects of hotel and catering subjects at all levels. - Abbie Hanks, AHCIMA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal647.94
Table Of ContentPart one: Structure and characteristics - An overview (Bob Brotherton); Hotels (David Littlejohn); Restaurants (Stephen Ball and Linda Roberts), Contract foodservice (Michael Haywood); Cruise ships (Erwin Losekoort and Alastair Morrison); Part two: Issues - An overview (Bob Brotherton); Managing Diversity (Roy Wood); The impact of information technology (Peter O'Connor and Gabriele Piccoili); Operational dilemmas (Mike Riley); Strategic choices (Frank Go and Adee Athiyaman); Marketing options (Alex Gibson); Developing international managers (Judy Gannon); Finance (Paul Beals and Francis Kwansa); Conclusions: Themes and prospects.
SynopsisThis issue of OASEexamines the diminishing culture of architecture criticism, and the role that architecture magazines play within the current debate. A record of events organized around the journal's twenty-fifth anniversary, this issue brings together important critical voices around one central question: what role should the architecture journal play in an increasingly acritical landscape?, With contributions from leading figures in the field The International Hospitality Industry looks at both specific sectors of the industry, such as restaurants, cruises, hotels and contract foodservice. The book moves on to highlight the key issues that will be encountered within every sector of the industry - operations, IT, marketing and HR among others - thereby providing the reader with an all-encompassing and comparative overview of the field.