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 | Now available for purchase! Understanding Tourism 2nd edition 457990 visitsConcepts and TheoriesBob McKercher, Bruce PrideauxISBN: 978-1-915097-66-8 hbk; 978-1-915097-67-5 pbk; 978-1-915097-68-2 eBook PDF; ePUB: 9781915097699Understanding Tourism: Concepts and Theories is a follow-on text to the successful text Tourism Theories: Concepts and Models. Now aimed at a more undergraduate audience, it has been fully revised and updated to reflect current thinking and include new case studies and material on:
International tourism and the political economy of tourism
The quest for sustainability and the net zero imperative
How tourists consume a destination
Crisis and resilience in a COVID-adapted world
It is a comprehensive and cohesive text that develops a series of key ideas that deepens understanding and encourages critical thinking. |
 | Now available for purchase! Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Tourism, Hospitality and Events 496829 visitsRevolutionising ExperiencesRoya Rahimi, Nikolaos Stylos, Eva M. Navarro-López, Prashant PillaiISBN: 9781915097859 HBK; 9781915097842 PBK; 9781911635529 eBook; 9781911635536 ePUBProvides in-depth insights, practical examples and best practices in the fields of tourism, hospitality and events. It goes beyond theoretical concepts and to explore the real-world implementation of AI technologies, highlighting their potential impact and benefits within the industry. |
 | Now available for purchase! Event Communication 518657 visitsTheory and Methods for Event Management and TourismBarbara MazzaISBN: 9781915097538 HBK; 9781915097545 PBK; 9781915097552 eBookEffective communication is vital in event management. '''Event Communication: Theory and Methods for Event Management''' focuses attention on communication studies as applied to Event Management, through the whole event management process. |
 | Now available for purchase! Geography of Tourism: Image, Impacts and Issues 2nd edition 386730 visitsPeter MasonISBN: 9781915097477 HBK; 9781915097484 PBK; 9781915097491 eBookProvides both an awareness of the spatial nature of tourism by means of a geographical perspective, and offers critical analysis of major contemporary geographical themes and issues that relate to tourism. |
 | Now available for purchase! Customer Service for Hospitality and Tourism 3rd edn 184552 visitsSimon Hudson, Louise HudsonISBN: 9781915097132 hbk; 9781915097149 pbk; 9781915097156 eBookA fully updated new edition of this bestselling text that explains not only the theory behind the importance of customer service but also acts as a guidebook for those wishing to put this theory into practice. With 10 new international cases focusing on how some in the hospitality sector have adapted – and thrived - during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
 | Now available for purchase! Smart Cities and Tourism 571931 visitsCo-creating experiences, challenges and opportunitiesDimitrios Buhalis, Babak Taheri, Roya RahimiISBN: 9781915097088 HBK; 9781915097095 eBookThis edited volume provides a new insight for the current issues and opportunities in smart cities and related concepts in the next generation of urban evolution. |
 | Now available for purchase! Events Management 522813 visitsPrinciples and Practice 4th editionRazaq Raj, Tahir RashidISBN: 9781915097194 PBK; 9781915097217 HBK; 9781915097200 eBookFully revised and updated and includes two new chapters. Packed with case studies, both in-text and online, it takes the reader through the whole process of events management. |
 | Now available for purchase! Interpretation and Tour Leadership 383402 visitsPrinciples and Practices of Tour GuidingNimit Chowdhary, Monika PrakashISBN: 9781911635956 HBK; 9781911635963 PBK; 9781911635970 eBook 10.23912/9781911635956-4986 DOIWith a practical hands-on focus, it guides the reader through the key roles and responsibilities of a tour guide from interpretation techniques, leading visitors in difference scenarios, dealing tricky situations to setting up a tour guiding business. |
 | Now available for purchase! Events Mismanagement 320528 visitsLearning from failureTim Brown, Phil Higson, Lindsey GastonISBN: 9781915097101 HBK; 9781915097118 PBK; 9781915097125 eBookThis text looks at events from a very different perspective – that of how and why events fail and what can be learnt from this in both a practical and academic perspective. |
 | Now available for purchase! Contemporary Tourism Fifth edition 350905 visitsan international approachChris Cooper, Michael HallISBN: 978-1-915097-16-3 HBK; 978-1-915097-17-0 PBK; 978-1-915097-18-7 eBookA new and refreshing approach to the study of tourism, looking at the far reaching effects that the COVID pandemic has had on the industry and how it has been forced to change, or not, subsequently. |
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