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Contemporary hospitality and tourism management issues in China and India : today\'s dragons and tigers / Stephen Ball, Susan Horner, Kevin Nield.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.Description: xviii, 195 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0750668563 (pbk)
  • 9780750668569
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4791 BAL
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Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 338.4791 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100338806

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book represents a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date analysis of key sectors in the hospitality and tourism industries in China and India, and will address the market's growing need for information on Tourism in China and India. The text will be written in an accessible style drawing on the authors' wealth of theoretical, educational and industry experience. The text will contain inputs from academic colleagues and commercial contacts from the identified region. Case studies will give real life experiences of hospitality and tourism companies and organisations operating in this region and will include interactive exercises and discussion points.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. xi)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
  • Organisation of the Book (p. xv)
  • Introduction (p. xvii)
  • Part 1 Chinese and Indian Contexts (p. 1)
  • 1 The economies of China and India (p. 3)
  • 2 The socio-demographics and governments of China and India (p. 15)
  • 3 The culture of China and India (p. 25)
  • 4 Tourism trends in China and India (p. 37)
  • Part 2 Hospitality and Tourism Management in China (Including Hong Kong and Macau) (p. 63)
  • 5 Hotels and resorts - China (p. 65)
  • 6 Restaurants, fast food and contract food service - China (p. 79)
  • 7 Tourism business - China (p. 95)
  • Part 3 Hospitality and Tourism Management in India (p. 111)
  • 8 Hotels and resorts - India (p. 113)
  • 9 Restaurants, fast food and contract food service - India (p. 125)
  • 10 Tourism business - India (p. 141)
  • Conclusions (p. 153)
  • Case Studies (p. 157)
  • Case 1 Macau: The new "Las Vegas of the Far East"? (p. 157)
  • Case 2 Goa: The resort state of India (p. 158)
  • Case 3 The Oberoi Group India: The learning organisation (p. 160)
  • Case 4 Expansion of hotels in Bangalore, India (p. 164)
  • Case 5 The Holiday Inn Resort, Goa (p. 166)
  • Case 6 The Park Hotels, India (p. 166)
  • Case 7 ECOTEL certification programme (p. 167)
  • Case 8 Tea houses in China and Hong Kong (p. 168)
  • Case 9 Winter tourism attractions in China (p. 169)
  • Case 10 China "Building a world tourism power and developing a new mainstay industry" National tourism administration of the People's Republic of China, 2001 (p. 170)
  • Case 11 Hong Kong Disney (p. 177)
  • Case 12 Leisure travel in India (p. 179)
  • Case 13 Business travel in India (p. 182)
  • Case 14 Conference and incentive business in India (p. 184)
  • Case 15 The growth of the budget airlines in India (p. 185)
  • Case 16 The railways of India as tourist destinations (p. 186)
  • Case 17 Pilgrimage sites in India (p. 187)
  • Author Index (p. 189)
  • Subject Index (p. 193)

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