Tourism and Hospitality in the 21st Century
- 1st Edition - December 14, 2000
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Editors: Andrew Lockwood, S. Medlik
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 2 1 5 6 - 5
'Tourism and Hospitality in the 21st Century' examines current global dimensions, patterns and trends; provides a view of the external environment in which tourism and hospitality… Read more
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Request a sales quote'Tourism and Hospitality in the 21st Century' examines current global dimensions, patterns and trends; provides a view of the external environment in which tourism and hospitality industries operate; reviews past, present and future tourism and hospitality research; considers trends in world population and standard of living; examines current and likely future trends and developments in work and leisure; and considers how tourism and future tourists may differ from today's tourism and tourists.
Written for senior personnel in private and public sector tourism and hospitality operations; international and national official tourism bodies and other organizations; universities and other higher education institutions; consultancy, finance, construction and supply industries; and as a reference point for students.
Written for senior personnel in private and public sector tourism and hospitality operations; international and national official tourism bodies and other organizations; universities and other higher education institutions; consultancy, finance, construction and supply industries; and as a reference point for students.
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International perspective on tourism and hospitality
International perspective on tourism and hospitality
Professionals in tourism and hospitality operations.
Students on degree courses in travel and tourism and those studying options in leisure, business studies, hospitality management and geography courses.
Students on degree courses in travel and tourism and those studying options in leisure, business studies, hospitality management and geography courses.
Global views - World travel and tourism today (Graham Todd, Director, Travel Research International, London); The world of today and tomorrow 1 (Marvin Cetron, President, Forecasting International, Virginia); The world of today and tomorrow 2 (Michael Willmott, Director, The Future Foundation, London and Sarah Graham); World population and standard of living: the implications (Douglas Frechtling, Associate Professor of Tourism Studies, The George Washington University, Washington DC); Tourism and hospitality on the way to the 21st century (Hansruedi Muller, Professor, University of Berne, Switzerland); The future of leisure time (Colin Clark, Director, Horwath UK); Tourism research and theories: a review (Betty Weiler, Associate Professor, Monash University, Melbourne Australia); Hospitality research and theories: a review (Michael Olsen, Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute); Forecasting future tourism flows (Stephen Witt, Professor of Tourism Forecasting, University of Surrey and Haiyan Song); Global regions futures - Africa (Victor Teye, Professor, Recreation Management and Tourism, Arizona State University); Asia Pacific (Kenneth Chamberlain, Independent Tourism Consultant, Somerset); The Caribbean (Auliana Poon, Managing Director, Caribbean Futures Bielefeld); Europe (Robert Cleverdon, Senior Lecturer, University of North London Business School); Middle East (Salah Wahab, President, Tourismplan, Cairo); North America (Suzanne Cook, Senior Vice-President, Research, Travel and Industry Association of America, Washington); South America (Regina Schluter, Director, Centre of Tourism Research and Studies, Universidad, Argentina); Sectoral futures - Which way for tourist attractions? (Victor Middleton, Independent Tourism Consultant, Cumbria); Hospitality and the tourist of the future (Michael Olsen, Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute); The future of cruising (Bryony Coulson, Assistant Director, Passenger Shipping Association, London); Transport: the tail that wags the dog (John Seekings, Director, Tourism International, London); The future of timesharing (Nelson Hitchcock, Executive Director, RCI Europe) ; The tourism market place: new challenges (Daniel Affolter, Chairman of the Board, Kuoni Travel Holding, Zurich); Travel distribution systems: one-to-one marketing (Maggie Bergsma, Partner, Groupe Interface International, Brussels); Perspectives and thoughts on tour guiding (Betty Weiler, Associate Professor, Monash University, Melbourne Australia and Sam Ham); National tourist offices (Walter Leu, Executive Director, European Travel Commission, Brussels); Public - private sector partnerships (John Heeley, Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Promotions); Coastal resorts and climate change (Martin Lohmann, Director, Institute for Tourism and Spa Research, Kiel) ; Conclusions: problems, challenges, solutions (Richard Butler, Professor of Tourism, University of Surrey and Peter Jones, Centre for Hospitality Industry Productivity Research, School of Management Studies, University of Surrey).
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 14, 2000
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080521565
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Andrew Lockwood
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Hospitality Management, University of Surrey, UKSM
S. Medlik
Professor Medlik is an author, consultant and educator with close on half a century of involvement in travel, tourism and hospitality. Former head of the Department of Hotel, Catering and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey, UK, he is now Emeritus Professor of that university. He also held senior academic appointments in the United States, Canada, the West Indies and Australia. His consultancy assignments covered economic, market and trend studies and training, institutions and strategies for sponsors in Britain and abroad. His published work includes 20 books and other publications and more than 100 contributions to the professional and technical press. He is a Fellow of the Hotel and Catering International Management Association, Founder Fellow of the Tourism Society, and was the first Chairman of the Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Author, Consultant, Educator and Emeritus Professor, University of Surrey