Explores all aspects of the field including: travel and tourism; lodging; foodservice; meetings, conventions and expositions; and leisure and recreation. Devoting six chapters to management, the book focuses on hospitality and management and uses first-person accounts, corporate profiles and industry morsels to foster a reader’s appreciation for the field.  This new edition features a new chapter on careers, more coverage of human resources, and its continued dedication to inspiring and developing hospitality professionals. Describes career opportunities and career paths that exist in all facets of the hospitality industry. Includes self-assessment activities, as well as guidance on important topics such as resume writing and interviewing skills. Addresses one of the greatest challenges facing industry leaders: recruiting and motivating employees. Gives readers a sound background in the management principles they will need once they are on the job. Focuses readers on what hospitality managers actually do and the challenges facing them as future industry leaders. Covers all sectors of the hospitality industry and provides a more comprehensive view of the industry by examining all fields of this expansive business. Moves beyond traditional lodging and restaurant operations to include growing segments of the industry.  Aspiring hospitality professionals.

This work offers an examination of the hospitality industry and its related fields. Emphasis is on the application of general principles of marketing, human resources and management to the hospitality industry.

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Exploring the Hospitality Industry offers broad coverage of the hospitality industry all in an easy-to-read, conversational style that is less theoretical and more industry relevant than other books. It focuses not just on restaurants and hotels but on new growth areas such as event management, meeting planning, cruising, theme parks, attractions and entertainment. Each chapter features case studies, industry practitioners and corporate profiles that emphasize the real-world issues that make up this field.  Reader-friendly strategies make material meaningful and involve readers as they explore the excitement and trends in this ever-growing industry.  Explores all areas of the hospitality industry including unique chapters on club management, attractions, and recreation and assemblies and event management.  Emphasizes a real-world connection using features such as: Introducing Industry Practitioners and Corporate Profiles.    The hospitality industry.

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Book by Walker, John R.

Book by Walker, John R.