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Cities are staging more events than ever. Within this macro-trend, there is another less acknowledged trend: more events are being staged in public spaces. Some events have always been staged in parks, streets and squares, but in recent years events have been taken out of traditional venues and staged...

It is vital for hospitality management students to understand key management concepts as part of the complex and intimate nature of the services industry. Principles of Management for the Hospitality Industry is designed specifically for hospitality students who need to be able to use management tools...

Travel to exotic places is fascinating, and equally so are infections and other dangers of exotic travel. Moreover, one need not be traveling to suffer these maladies; sometimes they travel to you. The enormous global mobility demands a public health response. The result is the concept of ‘travel...

She wants to share her faith in God by transmitting an oral history, which is the way of her ancient world. Angelique’s first language is Cree, a rarity in the latter day generations of First Nations in Canada. Up until the age of 9 she spoke Cree almost exclusively, and until she was age 15 Angie...

Social impacts are increasingly used as one of the main justifications for staging and funding events, and yet there is very little empirical evidence on the extent to which these impacts are realised by different kinds of events or in different settings. This timely volume fills this gap by...

The spa industry is currently the fastest growing segment of the hospitality and leisure industry with revenues exceeding those from amusement parks, box office receipts, vacation ownership gross sales and ski resort ticket sales. Understanding the Global Spa Industry is the first book to examine...

Guide to Front Office Operation is a primer on the lodging and hotel business. The manual gives the user an overview of the front office or reception in a lodging operation with a look into the world of hotels. It explains the guest cycle and how it affects the hotel operation at every stage of the...

Formula 1 is once again widening it’s spectrum of influence –we are in for a treat to see the new race in Baku next year, andGermany is back on the map. This issue of Paddock magazineseems to be quite geographical in a sense that our writers takeon various challenges in very different locations.A...

Hospitality Management is a career and life reference for both seasoned executives and new hires. This book positions associates to work comfortably in a global environment and to interpret the cultural expectations of their guests. The author, Lyn Pont, PhD, is a motivational public speaker and educator....

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- Identificar la calidad de las uvas como factor esencial de las señas de identidad de un vino, reconociendo los factores del medio físico y humano que afectan a su ciclo de maduración. - Identificar los procesos de elaboración de las vinificaciones básicas para reconocer los factores que influyen...

Abel Valverde hace un repaso de los elementos fundamentales del servicio de sala, las aptitudes que se requieren, la transformación que ha sufrido a lo largo de la historia, el ciclo del servicio (desde la preparación de la escena hasta la despedida del cliente), la interacción con sumilleres,...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Hotel Industry / Catering, grade: 1,25, University of Brighton, language: English, abstract: The overall aim of the study was to examine the relevance of the hotel financial controllers' role in luxury hotel chains today and especially in the future....

Ecotourism is a unique facet of globalization, promising the possibility of reconciling the juggernaut of development with ecological/cultural conservation. Davidov offers a comparative analysis of the issue using a case study of indigenous Kichwa people of Ecuador and their interactions with globalization and transnational systems.