Tourism How Effective Management Makes The Difference

Author : Roger Doswell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136352651
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism: How Effective Management Makes the Difference written by Roger Doswell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism: How effective management makes the difference builds tourism's components and impacts into a total framework showing how it should be made subject to an overall planning and management process. This is an essential guide which also explains effective management in relation to current trends in tourism. It incorporates extensive coverage of the characteristics of tourism, making it ideally suited for those studying tourism, travel and business studies. Individual managers and policy decision makers will also find that this book addresses vital management issues and provides practical help. It covers both public and private sectors and shows how they can be brought together as a cohesive whole. It examines the functions of management, from planning to the monitoring of performance and results. Coverage of the crucial aspects of tourism management also includes economics, politics and government action, the environment, cultural influences, marketing, physical planning, human resources development and public awareness. Roger Doswell, formerly a lecturer and Kobler research fellow of University of Surrey, is a leading expert on tourism and has written or co-written ten books on the subject. During a long career he has travelled the world for many international organisations as a tourism development consultant.

Author : Arch G. Woodside
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845933230
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism Management written by Arch G. Woodside and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides in-depth empirical reports on specific topics within five general areas of tourism management and marketing: (1) scanning and sense making; (2) planning; (3) implementing; (4) evaluating actions/process and performance outcomes; and (5) administering. Offering descriptions, tools and examples of tourism management decision making, the book is useful for students in tourism and management and for tourism executives. It has 27 chapters and a subject index.

Author : Nedelea, Alexandru-Mircea
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466697628
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Tools and Methods for Promoting Hospitality and Tourism Services written by Nedelea, Alexandru-Mircea and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism marketing is a vital tool in promoting the overall health of the global economy by not only bringing necessary revenue to a particular region, but also providing an opportunity for tourists to explore another culture, building tolerance and overall exposure to different ways of life. Strategic Tools and Methods for Promoting Hospitality and Tourism Services provides interdisciplinary perspectives in the areas of global tourism and hospitality. Highlighting cultural boundaries of strategic knowledge management through the use of case studies and theoretical research, as well as the opportunities and challenges of tourism marketing, this publication is an essential reference source for academicians, research scholars, marketing professionals, graduate-level students, and industry professionals interested in international travel and the vacation industry.

Author : Milena Ivanovic
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780702171857
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Tourism written by Milena Ivanovic and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stressing the interconnectedness of tourism and culture, this valuable handbook explores what tourism industry professionals need to know to succeed. Globalization, landmark attractions, and cultural heritage are among the topics discussed from both international and local perspectives. Each chapter also concludes with a comprehensive series of self-assessment questions and a proposed task that professionals and students can do to enrich their cultural learning experience.

Author : Jayaprakashnarayana Gade
Publisher : Zenon Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9385886037
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism Management Philosophies, Principles and Practices written by Jayaprakashnarayana Gade and published by Zenon Academic Publishing. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism Management Philosophies, Principles and Practices was contributed in the year 2016 to cater the needs of tourism students and industrial professionals. However, from the couple of years, important academic advances are going on and teaching professional are trying to capture them. On the other side, tourism industry environment is also rapidly changing due to G.D.S. Global Position system changed the face of tourism industry at worldwide, India is no exception in this context keeping in mind these challenges and the requirements of tourism industry. ‘Tourism Management Philosophies, Principles and Practices is meant for the students of Tourism and travel agency management, Marketing for Tourism, Travel Agency Services, Tour Operation, Tour Interpretation, Transportation, Accommodation, Hospitality services, Impacts of Tourism, Tourism Policy and Planning, Human Resources Management, MICE Tourism, Tourism Trends, classes in universities, colleges and tourism and hotel management institutions. We believe that you have enrolled yourself in a subject that has the potential to be one of the most interesting stimulating in your educational career. Travel trade is a complex world of changing features, products, services and entertainment that makes our life more comfortable and enjoyable. The travel and tourism entrepreneurs similarly maybe interested in understanding how tourism markets and tourism professionals are the driving forces in the development and expansion of tourism industry. All the new or old tour planners, tour executives or managers need to understand different aspects of travel agency business to match the present as well as future requirements. The author has tried to make harmonious blend of theory and practice, which hopefully will make the book more useful to the students, teachers and practicing tourism professionals. The author would appreciate constructive comments and suggestions from the students, teachers, practicing tour planners and executives in the improvements of this book.

Author : Butterworth-Heinemann Limited
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750642415
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism written by Butterworth-Heinemann Limited and published by . This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard George
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Tourism in South Africa written by Richard George and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism is a rapidly growing field of study in South Africa and tourism management is a compulsory course taught in all three years at the majority of universities of technology and universitites. This book meets the need for a good South African book pitched at the right level on this subject. Specialists from various fields ranging from Accounting to Human Resource Management have written comprehensively on various aspects of management as they relate specifically to the tourism industry. The book has a southern African focus and is rendered accessible to students through the use of South African examples and case studies.

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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786352893
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Managing and Marketing Tourism Experiences written by and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The planning, design, management and marketing of experiences for tourism markets is a major challenge for tourism destinations and providers in a globalized and highly competitive market. This book bridges the gap in contemporary literature by carefully examining the management and marketing of tourism experiences.

Author : John I. Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Managing Tourism written by John I. Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as an introductory text for students who are considering a career in some part of the travel and tourism industry, this book introduces the subject of tourism, describes the main elements of the Australian travel and tourism industry sector by sector, and looks at the impacts of tourism.

Author : Stephen Page
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0750682051
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism Management written by Stephen Page and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tourism Management' is a complete synthesis of tourism, from its beginnings, through to the major impacts it has on today's global community, the environment and economy.