Professional Catering: The Modern Caterer's Complete Guide to Success

Author(s): Stephen Shiring, Elizabeth J. Shiring

Professional Catering structurally applies by design key essential and emerging management, marketing, strategic management, and supply chain concepts empowering the student, practitioner, event planner, chef, or aspiring entrepreneur with the appropriate knowledge, tools, and Tips from the Trade to...

Project Management for the Hospitality Industry

Author(s): Timothy Flohr, William Duncan, Catherine Curtis

New Second Edition Coming Soon!Though Project Management consistently ranks as the one of the most sought-after certifications throughout multiple industries, many mistakenly think that Project Management is limited to the information technology, finance and insurance, manufacturing, and constructio...

Cruise Ship Management and Leadership: Hospitality on the High Seas

Author(s): Frederick DeMicco, Ryan Wootten

Cruise Ship Management & Leadership provides students with an integrated approach to learning the basics of Cruise Ship Management and cruise career opportunities. Students will receive an overview of the cruise ship management environment, the functional areas of cruise ship management, including m...

Hospitality: An Introduction

Author(s): Robert A Brymer, Lisa N. Cain, Premila Whitney

*Features updated information related to Pandemics and other industry disruptionsHospitality: An Introduction is systemically organized for introductory students. This long-standing, successful book introduces many of the “must know” topics important to hospitality within a traditional business fram...

Successful Hotel, Lodging and Resort Management: Delivering the Guest Experience

Author(s): Michael Collins, Gabriela Lelo De Larrea, Karima Lanfranco

Exceptional customer experiences and financial returns are interdependent, whether a lodging operation is a luxury resort and spa, or a select-service economy hotel. Successful Hotel, Lodging & Resort Management: Delivering the Guest Experience fully explores this synergistic relationship. Successfu...

Project Management of Hotel Opening Processes: Exploring better ways to manage new hotel openings

Author(s): Gerrit Norrdzij

The Chinese hotel industry has started the steepest new hotel development curve the world has ever experienced. By 2039 China is expected to reach 9.1 million hotel rooms, four times its current number. Development on this scale generates specific dynamics and challenges. It will require proven proj...

Sustainable Hospitality: Environmental Performance

Author(s): Dan Ruben

Sustainable Hospitality provides hospitality professionals and students with the knowledge and resources they need to make their properties environmentally sustainable. It helps them identify issues and opportunities and enables them to engage their fellow managers about eco-friendly practices, prod...