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Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services (PDF eBook)


Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services (PDF eBook)

eBook by Prideaux, Bruce/Moscardo, Gianna/Laws, Eric;

Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services (PDF eBook)

£97.85

ISBN:
9781845930158
Publication Date:
14 Sep 2006
Publisher:
CABI
Imprint:
CAB International
Pages:
384 pages
Format:
eBook
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Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services (PDF eBook)

Description

The aim of this book is to enhance theoretical and practical understanding of quality management in tourism and hospitality. It provides a benchmark of current knowledge, and examines the range of research methods being applied to further develop tourism and hospitality service management research. It is hoped that this book will stimulate new research questions by highlighting tensions and challenges in the area.

Contents

Part I: Managing Customer Satisfaction 1: Quality and Service Management Perspectives, E Laws, London,B Prideaux and G Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia 2: Convention Delegates - The Relationship between Satisfactionwith the Convention and with the Host Destination: A Case Study, M Deery and L Jago, James Cook University, Australia 3: Issues Pertaining to Service Recovery in the Tourism and Leisure Industries, S Pegg and J-H Suh, University of Queensland, Australia 4: Is Near Enough Good Enough? Understanding and Managing Customer Satisfaction with Wildlife Based Tourism Experiences, G Moscardo 5: Management of Tourism: Conformation to Whose Standards?N Scott, University of Queensland, Australia Part II: Competition and Collaboration Case Study 1: TISCOVER: Development and Growth, D Buhalis,University of Surrey, UK, K Karcher and M Brown, Tiscover AG,Innsbruck, Austria 6: Co-Branding in the Restaurant Industry, M Khan, HowardUniversity, USA 7: Airline Service Quality in an Era of Deregulation, D Rhoades,R Reynolds, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USAand B Waguespack, College of Business, Daytona Beach, USA Part III: Service Design and Improvement 8: Service System: A Strategic Approach to Innovate and ManageService Superiority, J Kandampully and R Kandampully, OhioState University, USA 9: Marketing Tourism On-Line, L Kreb and G Wall, University of Waterloo, Canada 10: Guidelines for Professional Activity Services In Tourism - A Discussion About the Quality of a Tourist Experience Product,R Komppula, University of Joensuu, Finland 11: Tourism Development: Hard Core or Soft Touch?, F Williamsand M MacLeod, Scottish Agricultural College, Scotland 12: Quality Management for Events, D Getz, University of Calgary,Canada and J Carlson, Curtin University of Technology, Australia 13: CAVIAR: Canterbury and Vladimir International Action forRegeneration - a case study for techniques for integrated marketing, service quality and destination management,B Le Pelley and W Pettit Part IV: Managing Staff - Customer Relations 14: Coping with the 'Performance' of Emotional Labour in theTourism and Hospitality Industries, B Anderson, University ofSouth Australia, Australia 15: Guiding Chinese Group Tours in Australia: An Analysis Using Role Theory, X Yu and B Weiler, Monash University, Australia 16: Effective Management of Hotel Revenue: Lessons from the SwissHotel Industry, K Varini, Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne, Switzerlandand D Diamantis, La Roches Management School, Switzerland 17: Service Management in A World Heritage Area - Tourists,Cultures and The Environment , M Cooper and P Erfurt,Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan 18: The Relationship Between Airline Cabin Service and National Culture: A Cabin Crew Perspective, B Prideaux and S S Kim,Sejong University, Korea 19: Considerations in Improving Service Systems, E Laws Part V: Researching Tourism And Hospitality Service Management 20: The Role of Research in Improving Tourism and Hospitality Services: Measuring Service Quality , S Hudson, Haskayne School of Business, Canada, G A Miller, University of Surrey, UKand P Hudson, JMC Holidays 21: Service Quality at The Cellar Door: A Lesson in Services Marketing From Western Australia's Wine Tourism Sector,M O'Neill, Auburn University, USA and S Charters, Edith Cowan University, Australia 22: Using the Critical Incidents Technique to Understand Service Quality in Tourist Accommodation, G Moscardo 23: Factors of Satisfaction: A Case Study of Explore Park, M Uysal,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA 24: The Value of a Benchmarking Approach for Assessing Service Quality Satisfaction in Environmental Tourism, P L Pearce, James Cook University, Australia 25: The Development and Tracking of a Branding Campaign for Brisbane, N Scott and S Clark, Tourism Queensland, Australia 26: The Rasch Model Applied to Customer Satisfaction inMarbella, J L Santos-Arrebola, University of Malaga, Spain Part VI: Conclusion 27: Researching and Managing Tourism and Hospitality Service:Challenges and Conclusions, G Moscardo, B Prideaux andE Laws

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