John Swarbrooke

Sustainable tourism is attracting enormous attention today throughout the world. This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the practice and management of the subject. It offers a range of definitions of sustainable tourism from different sectors of tourism and different parts of the world. Key issues and current debates are also discussed and a range of examples of sustainable tourism management practice are given. The book is designed to be interactive, with group and individual exercises and discussion points to further understanding of the subject

Sustainable Tourism Management

Stephen J. Page

Now in its second edition, the successful 'Development and Management of Visitor Attractions' has been fully revised and updated to cover the latest issues in this ever-changing area of tourism. New features/topics include: * The Millennium Dome * National Lottery funded projects * International case studies * Updated statistics and examples The author examines the factors that contribute to the success of visitor attractions. 'The Development and Management of Visitor Attractions' 2nd Edition, covers every aspect of the process of developing and managing different kinds of attractions. Theories explored throughout the text are illustrated through a range of examples and case studies drawn from a number of countries.

Development and Management of Visitor Attractions

Pt. 1. The Context. 1. Introduction. 2. The role of visitor attractions in tourism. 3. The visitor attraction product. 4. The visitor attraction market. 5. The business environment and visitor attractions -- Pt. 2. The Development of Visitor Attractions. 6. The development process and the role of feasibility studies. 7. Factors influencing the success of visitor attractions. 8. Financing visitor attraction projects. 9. Designing visitor attractions. 10. Project management -- Pt. 3. The Management of Visitor Attractions. 11. The role of the manager and management styles. 12. The marketing concept. 13. Strategic marketing planning. 14. The implementation of marketing strategies. 15. Human resource management. 16. Financial management. 17. Operations management. 18. Ethical challenges in attraction management. 19. Managing quality. 20. Managing change and planning for the future -- Pt. 4. Case Studies. 1. Lessons from the Millennium Dome, London. 2. The Millennium Commission and attraction projects in the UK. 3. Relationship marketing: the RAF Museum, Hendon, UK. 4. Industrial tourism: 'The Potteries', UK. 5. Parcs d'attractions in France. 6. Visitor attractions in Paris. 7. Parc du Futuroscope, France. 8. The clubs of Ibiza. 9. The product life cycle and Legoland, Denmark. 10. Mine attractions in Norway. 11. Bay Street complex, Malta. 12. The impact of political change on the attractions sector in Russia. 13. The management of archaeological sites in Greece. 14. Major museums in New York. 15. Leading theme parks in the USA. 16. Disney California Adventure, USA. 17. Special interest attractions in South Africa. 18. The international casino market in New Zealand. 19. Visitor attractions in Brazil. 20. Sporting attractions. 21. Food and drink attractions. 22. The evolution of wildlife attractions -- Pt. 5. The Future of Visitor Attractions.

The Development and Management of Visitor Attractions

Susan Horner

Divided into nine parts, Leisure Marketing: a global perspective guides the reader through leisure and marketing concepts, the marketing mix, key issues in different sectors, topical issues (such as globalisation, marketing research and ethics, for example branding and environmental issues), and the future of leisure marketing. A section of the book is devoted entirely to international case studies, which illustrate and highlight key themes and issues raised throughout in order to facilitate learning. Example of international cases used are: Disneyland Resort, Paris: The Marketing Mix Manchester United Football Club: Marketing the Brand The Growth of the Online Retail Travel Market Hilton Head Island, USA: The Leisure Island for Golf and Leisure Shopping Health, Leisure and Tourism Marketing including Spa Hotels, Health Clubs and lake Resorts. This book combines real world experience with a solid theoretical framework. It is essential reading for anyone studying, teaching or working in marketing in the leisure industry.

Leisure Marketing

This text looks at marketing from a European perspective. In addition to case studies, it considers differences in consumer behaviour between European countries. The text is supported by student exercises and adopts a student-centered learning approach.

Marketing Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure in Europe

International Cases in Tourism Management includes: * Profiles of individual companies * Case studies on destination management and marketing * Material on different management functions in tourism, such as marketing and human resource management * Case studies of particular types of tourism, such as ecotourism and cultural tourism The case studies are supplemented by exercises and questions, which ensure that for students and tutors alike the book is the ideal accompaniment to all tourism courses. * A wide-ranging collection of pertinent case studies from around the world. * An ideal companion volume for both tutors and students of tourism. * Simultaneous publication on www.businesscases.org, which means that tutors can refer their students to individual cases for purchase online.

International Cases in Tourism Management

Colin Beard

Suzanne Leckie

Gill Pomfret

Looking at the past, present and future of adventure tourism, Adventure Tourism: the new frontier examines the product, the adventure tourist profile, and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. International case studies are used to illustrate these issues, including: Gorilla watching holidays,Trekking on Mount Everest, Diving holidays, and Outward Bound packages. Analysis of the development and nature of adventure tourism accompanies these studies, ensuring that the title is useful both for undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism and for professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises. There is also a companion website with additional cases, which can be found at www.bh/com/companions/0750651865.

Adventure Tourism

Now fully revised and updated, the third edition of this bestselling text provides students with a vital understanding of the nature of tourism and contemporary tourists behaviour in political, social and economic context and how this knowledge can be used to manage and market effectively in a variety of tourism sectors including: tourism operations, tourist destinations, hospitality, visitor attractions, retail travel and transport. This third edition has been updated to include: New material on the impacts of IT on research and marketing communications, the rise and influence of social media and virtual technology, the growth in the interest of sustainable tourism products including slow food, the experience economy and new consumer experiences including fulfilment. New international case studies throughout including growth regions such as the Middle East, Russia, Europe, China, India and Brazil. New companion website including Power point slides and a case archive. Each chapter features conclusions, discussion points and essay questions, and exercises, at the end, to help tutors direct student-centred learning and to allow the reader to check their understanding of what they have read. This book is an invaluable resource for students following tourism courses.

Consumer Behaviour in Tourism

Divided into nine parts, Leisure Marketing: a global perspective guides the reader through leisure and marketing concepts, the marketing mix, key issues in different sectors, topical issues (such as globalisation, marketing research and ethics, for example branding and environmental issues), and the future of leisure marketing. A section of the book is devoted entirely to international case studies, which illustrate and highlight key themes and issues raised throughout in order to facilitate learning. Example of international cases used are: *Disneyland Resort, Paris: The Marketing Mix *Manchester United Football Club: Marketing the Brand *The Growth of the Online Retail Travel Market *Hilton Head Island, USA: The Leisure Island for Golf and Leisure Shopping *Health, Leisure and Tourism Marketing including Spa Hotels, Health Clubs and lake Resorts. * International case studies to facilitate understanding * Concentrated and comprehensive study of leisure marketing * Uses real life events to highlight key themes and issues such as marketing of sports stadia as multi purpose venues, leisure retailing: from designer outlets to markets, and corporate hospitality in sport

A Global Perspective

'Business Travel and Tourism' provides a comprehensive, international overview of business tourism from both a theoretical and practical perspective. With the use of case studies from around the world, 'Business Travel and Tourism' explores a broad range of issues, including: * The global business tourism market * The design of business tourism facilities * The role of the destination in business travel and tourism * The social, economic, and environmental impacts of business tourism * The ethical dimension of business tourism * The marketing of business tourism products * The impact of new technologies on the business tourism market * How to organise successful conferences, exhibitions, and incentive travel packages Case studies include Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong, Amsterdam RAI International Exhibition and Congress Centre, Hilton, Page and Moy Marketing, Lufthansa, Air France, and Legoland UK. 'Business Travel and Tourism' is the first text to offer a comprehensive overview of the growing but neglected area of business tourism. With the use of a wide range of up-to-date case studies and major practical exercises to help students to broaden and deepen their understanding of this area of tourism, it is an invaluable text for all students on travel and tourism courses at degree and BTEC/HND level, or those taking tourism options in leisure, business studies, hospitality management or geography.

John Swarbrooke

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