Strategic management in tourism / edited by Luiz Moutinho (Department of Management, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moutinho, Luiz, editor.

C.A.B. International.

Series:

CABI tourism texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Management.

Tourism.

Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000).

Marketing and Distribution.

Consumer Economics.

Investment, Finance and Credit.

Tourism and Travel.

Local Subjects:

Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000).

Marketing and Distribution.

Consumer Economics.

Investment, Finance and Credit.

Tourism and Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 313 pages) : illustrations, charts.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This second-edition text offers new insights, updated concepts and a new articulation of themes in tourism management. Part I (chapters 1-4) is now an enlarged element of the text and combines an analysis of the new tourism environment, economic development, tourism forecasting and new trends in tourism. Part II (chapters 5-11) now involves consumer behaviour, strategic innovation, distribution channels, human empowerment, operations management, as well as two new chapters on financial management. Part III (chapters 12-15) deals with strategic vision and management in tourism.

Contents:

The New Business Environment and Trends in Tourism / Luiz Moutinho, Ronnie Ballantyne and Shirley Rate

Futurecast Applied to Tourism / Luiz Moutinho, Ronnie Ballantyne and Shirley Rate

The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index as a Tool for Economic Development and Poverty Reduction / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Wayne Dwyer

Demand Modelling and Fuzzy Time Series Forecasting / Stephen F. Witt, Luiz Moutinho, Kun-Huang Huarng and Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu

Consumer Behaviour in Tourism / Luiz Moutinho, Ronnie Ballantyne and Shirley Rate

Strategic Innovation in Tourism Business / Anne-Mette Hjalager

The Transformation of Distribution Channels / Enrique Bigné

Human Empowerment, Management and Tourism / Jithendran Kokkranikal, Jonathan Wilson and Paul Cronje

Operations Management in Tourism / Geoff Southern

Financial Management in Tourism / James Wilson and Luiz Moutinho

Financial Impact of Tourism Marketing / James Wilson and Luiz Moutinho

Strategic Planning and Performance Management / Luiz Moutinho, Shirley Rate and Ronnie Ballantyne

eTourism Strategy / Dimitrios Buhalis

Process-based Management in Tourism / Geoff Southern

International Strategies in Tourism / Eduardo Parra-López, Vanessa Yanes Estevez and Mercedes Melchior Navarro.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from PDF title page (viewed July 22, 2015).

Other Format:

Print version: Strategic management in tourism.

ISBN:

1-84593-588-8

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.