Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism is the definitive source for hospitality and tourism marketing worldwide. The best-selling authors, who are leading educators in hospitality and tourism, deliver a work grounded in theory and research. Filled with industry examples, the text…
This groundbreaking volume provides an overview of relevant innovation theories and related literatures on productivity and competitiveness, and their significance to contemporary tourism practices.
Comparing the major Pacific Rim cities of Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, this book examines world city branding. Whilst all three cities compete on the world's stage for events, tourists and investment, they are also at the centre of distinct film traditions and their identitie…
Ideas and concepts of liminality have long shaped debates around the uses and practices of space in constructions of identity, particularly in relation to different forms of travel such as tourism, migration and pilgrimage, and the social, cultural and experiential landscapes as…
Managing visitor attractions: new directions
Providing insight into the issues, principles and practices of visitor attractions today and into the future, this study looks at examples from around the world. It is divided into five parts, including coverage of environmental and visitor impacts, emerging strategies in the th…
Covering slums ranging from Rio de Janeiro to Bangkok, and multiple cities in South Africa, Kenya and India, Slumming it examines the roots and consequences of a growing phenomenon whose effects have ranged from gentrification and urban policy reform to the organization of inter…
Across the globe, from established tourist destinations such as Venice or Prague to less traditional destinations in both the global North and South, there is mounting evidence that points to an increasing politicization of the topic of urban tourism. In some cities, residents a…