Advances in hospitality and leisure. Vol. 6 / edited by Joseph S. Chen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chen, Joseph S.

Series:

Advances in hospitality and leisure ; v.6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitality industry.

Leisure industry.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (AHL), a peer-review series published annually, is seeking to deliver refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on current literature, contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of this series is to divulge the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. AHL strives to address the needs of the populace willing to disseminate seminal ideas, concepts, and theories derived from scholarly inquiries. Potential readers may retrieve useful texts helping outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the new subjects of learning.

Contents:

Competitive pricing in European hotels / Cathy A. Enz and Linda Canina

Case study of tourist revisit behavior in Singapore / Tak-Kee Hui, David Wan & Hsuan-Yi Cheng

Marathons as serious leisure tourism / Sylvia Smith, Carol Costello, Kyungmi Kim & Warren Jahn

Exploring communication and marketing strategies for senior travellers / Andrew Mungall, Roland Schegg and François Courvoisier

The need for rejuvenation of Norfolk Island's shopping sector / Bruce Prideaux, Karen McNamara & Kayla Blakeney

Evaluating performance factors of art festivals: a case study in Taiwan / Wu-Chung Wu, Wen-Xi Chen & Tzung-Cheng Huan

The study of turnover intentions of highly educated hospitality employees / Debbie M. Tromp, Arjan van Rheede & Robert J. Blomme

GIS supported segmentation study of visitors to Majorca Island / Johannes Luberichs & Helmut Wachowiak

A review of restaurant sustainable indicators / Willy Legrand, Philip Sloan, Claudia Simons-Kaufmann & Sarah Fleischer

A fundamental exploration of administrative views of hospital hospitality and service excellence / Taryn Aiello, Denver Severt, Paul Rompf & Deborah Breiter

The influence of external environmental factors on tourism market strategies in Africa / Henry Iroegbu.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612719646

9781282719644

1282719645

9781849507196

1849507198

OCLC:

781625120