Exploring the Hospitality Industry by John Walker

Exploring the Hospitality Industry by John Walker

This book provides a broad knowledge and practical help for advancing a career in the hospitality industry through an engaging look at the people, companies, and positions that make up the industry today. Moving beyond just restaurants and hotels to cover all facets and segments of the industry, it includes new growth areas such as event management, meeting planning, cruising, theme parks, and gaming entertainment. The focus on sustainability features case studies on practitioners and corporations that engage and involve reads as they explore the trends in this ever-growing field. KEY TOPICS: Hospitality Spirit; Tourism; Characteristics of Tourism; Lodging; Lodging Operations; Cruising; Restaurants; Restaurant Operations; Managed Services; Beverages; Clubs; Theme Parks and; Attractions; Gaming Entertainment; Meetings, Conventions, and Expositions; Special Events MARKET: Students and others interested in advancing a career in the hospitality industry

John R. Walker, D.B.A., FMP, CHA, is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and the McKibbon Professor Emeritus of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee. John's years of industry experience include management training at the Savoy Hotel London, followed by stints as assistant food and beverage manager, assistant rooms division manager, catering manager, food and beverage manager, resident manager, and general manager with Grand Metropolitan Hotels, Selsdon Park Hotel, Rank Hotels, Inter-Continental Hotels, and the Coral Reef Resort, Barbados, West Indies. He has taught at two- and four-year schools in Canada and the United(States. In addition to being a hospitality management consultant and author, he(has been published in the Cornell Hotel Restaurant Administration Quarterly, the(Hospitality Educators Journal and the New York Times. He is a 10-time recipient of the President's Award for teaching, scholarship, and service; and he has received the Patnubay Award for exemplary professional performance through teaching and authorship of tourism and hospitality publications. John is an editorial advisory board member for Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research. He is a past president of the Pacific Chapter of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE). He is a certified hotel administrator (CHA) and a certified Foodservice Management Professional (FMP). He and his wife Josielyn T. Walker have twins, Christopher and Selina. The Walkers live in Sarasota, Florida.

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ISBN 13	9780133762778
ISBN 10	0133762777
Title	Exploring the Hospitality Industry
Author	John Walker
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2014-12-24
Number of pages	384
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