Tourism category: 1805 books

Cora Tyler works at the Hotel Metronome in San Francisco, and shes always seeking to learn new things. A chance meeting on a train with an employee at a hotel in New York City, Ari, gives her the chance to share her business insights. Their lively discussion gets them both thinking about delivering...

In this completely revised new second edition, the author leads you through every fact of the coffee business while providing detailed instructions and examples. This manual includes sample business forms, worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; sample menus;...

The second annual volume of the International Place Branding Yearbook; this collection looks at the case for applying brand and marketing strategies and to the economic, social, political and cultural development of cities, towns and regions around the world to help them compete in the global, national and local markets.

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders. This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective....

How To Be An Outstanding Bartender, Server, Cocktail Waitress Jammed Packed With Popular Interactive Fun That Bartenders & Servers Around The World Use to Create Better Experiences For Guests. Funny Stuff, Presentation Style, Bar Bets, Games, Magic & More.

A Rambler’s tour of the famous French resort of Biarritz on the Atlantic coast which explores the many reasons behind its growth including the area’s historical links with Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [Includes diary notes, colour photographs plus Canadian-based research about its shared...

The principles and mechanics of economics are firmly rooted in everything around us, in our home country as well as in every nation and culture around the world. Having a basic grasp of economics can help all travelers to think more carefully about why things work differently in different places....

Written by an expert of the ins and outs of viticulture in Burgundy and many other areas of the world, this new volume showcases the wine-growing culture of Burgundy. Sustainable Viticulture: The Vines and Wines of Burgundy covers the rich history and culture of the wine growing tradition of the region. The...

The book is a collection of essays on translating various types of text (literary, religious, political, etc.) into and from Chinese. The focus is on how such translations have been produced and propagated from ancient to modern times, and their sociocultural impact on the evolution of Chinese history and Chinese translatology.

The growth of events and festivals has been significant over the last decade and a wide range of skills are essential to ensure those events are successful. This requirement has been instrumental in stimulating the creation of more tertiary education opportunities to develop events management knowledge....

Within events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major events, which garner greater media interest, to internationally significant hallmark and mega events such as the Edinburgh...

Finally, the non-commercial food service director has a comprehensive manual to aid them in their day-to-day operations. This massive 624-page new book will show you step by step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation. The author has left no stone unturned....

Every bartender must know each and every ingredient behind the bar. The third edition of Spirits distilled, by Mark Ridgwell, is a comprehensive guide to all of the major spirits categories. Taking the reader through the principles of distillation to an explanation on how to taste spirits, Ridgwell...

A Finnish-born American entrepreneur builds his dream ship, the first modern sailing cruise ship, with a team of shipping business men, naval architects, and engineers, wise shipbuilders, a temperamental designer and an essential woman. Thirty years later, the ship and her sisters are still in service on the world’s oceans.