Events As A Strategic Marketing Tool 2nd Edition

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Fully updated and with new case studies throughout, this second edition reviews the way organizations use events to connect with their visitors. It covers the development of the experience economy, the steps from strategy to concept, event design and touchpoints. It also considers the areas of marketing within which experiences play a role, such as branding, relationship marketing and city marketing. Concluding with a chapter on effect measurement and evaluation, and including a wealth of internationally relevant examples, the book gives a thorough insight into the way events can help reach strategic marketing goals.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Dorothé Gerritsen
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2020-03-19
File : 258 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781789242300


Practical Tourism Research 2nd Edition

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Training in research methods is increasingly important for students of tourism, and this broad, accessible textbook outlines the concepts and tools essential to understand, manage, and conduct research. Taking a practical approach throughout, this new edition provides advice on the use and cautions associated with some of the more common research designs and tools used by tourism researchers. Also including an increased use of handy pedagogical features to aid learning, this new edition is an essential overview for undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism research, as well as a useful resource for researchers, consultants and managers.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Stephen L J Smith
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2016-12-19
File : 286 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780648873


Service Quality In Leisure Events Tourism And Sport 2nd Edition

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Service quality is at the forefront of how the leisure, events, tourism and sport (LETS) sectors operate. An important consideration for any business, and therefore any student of the subject, this new edition of a successful textbook addresses the key points and principles of managing service quality across the industry sector. Considering the underpinning theory of service quality, this book informs the reader of the practical application of service quality management tools and techniques in an industry with distinctive features and challenges. An invaluable read for students within the LETS sectors, it also provides a useful refresher for practitioners working in the industry.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : John Buswell
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2016-12-20
File : 324 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780645445


Food And Wine Tourism 2nd Edition

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This established textbook explores how regions, and food industry, travel and hospitality companies present themselves to tourists experiencing the culture, history and ambience of a location through the food and wine it produces. It provides practical suggestions and guidelines for establishing a food-related tourism destination and business, discussing the environment, understanding the food tourist, supply issues, tours and tasting sessions, themed itineraries, planning and developing the tourist product, marketing and best practice strategies. It also includes numerous case studies from around the world and plentiful pedagogical features to aid student learning. If food and wine tourism is well planned, managed and controlled, it can become a real economic resource. Suitable for students in tourism and leisure subjects, the practical application provided in this book also makes it an ideal resource for those operating in the food and wine sector.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Erica Croce
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2017-04-13
File : 265 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786391278


Research Methods For Leisure Recreation And Tourism 2nd Edition

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Describing the fundamental elements of research methods for leisure, recreation and tourism, this new edition of a popular textbook is updated throughout. It covers the measurement of variables, sampling, questionnaire design and evaluation methods, and also a wider discussion of writing proposals, communicating research findings, cross-cultural research, and the use of new technologies in conducting research. Written by internationally renowned researchers in an accessible style, this book introduces both undergraduate and graduate students to the vital skills they will need to succeed in the leisure, recreation, tourism and hospitality industries.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Ercan Sirakaya-Turk
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2017-04-13
File : 409 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786390486


Tourism Information Technology 3rd Edition

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Fully updated, this new edition covers IT applications and social media across the industry, including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, food service, destinations, events and entertainment. Organized around the visitor journey, it considers how tourists use technologies for decision making before, during and after their travels.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Pierre J Benckendorff
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2019-02-21
File : 403 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786393432


Leisure Sport And Tourism Politics Policy And Planning 4th Edition

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The gap between theory and practice in the leisure, sport and tourism studies areas seems to have widened as scholars have become more specialized. Nevertheless, it is imperative that students be as familiar as possible with a wide range of social and political theory, and also be able to reconcile that knowledge with their own current and future roles as practicing professionals. As well as extensive updating of sources, this new edition examines such topics as libertarianism, theocracy, anti-establishment politics, and the concept of generations. A new chapter presents discussions of a number of 'issues and challenges' facing the leisure, sport and tourism sector. Introducing the subject for undergraduate and postgraduate students of leisure, sport and tourism, this book is also a useful addition to the shelf of any policy maker or practitioner within the industries.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : A J Veal
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2017-05-05
File : 441 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780648033


Rural Tourism And Enterprise

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Marketing and management processes across industries can be very similar, but contexts vary where political intervention, public interest and local sustainability are involved. The rural business setting is especially intricate due to the assortment of different business opportunities, ranging from traditional agriculture, to tourism enterprise and even high-tech business. Including pedagogical features and full colour throughout, this new textbook provides an engaging and thought-provoking resource for students and practitioners of tourism, rural business and related industries.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Ade Oriade
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2017-05-02
File : 285 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780647494


Planning For Tourism

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This text provides an innovative approach to the pedagogy of contemporary planning processes within different cultural contexts globally. It adopts an innovative multi-disciplinary social science approach and through the inclusion of international case studies, considers the extent to which intelligent design has enabled the needs of disabled residents and visitors to have universal access to social spaces and facilities. In incorporating the consideration into the fabric of the book it will encourage the mainstreaming of universal design and accessible tourism, as keystones of planning processes within the C21st.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Nigel D Morpeth
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2015-05-01
File : 317 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780644585


Introduction To Tourism Transport

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Transport is an inherent part of tourism; whether as a functional means of transportation, such as between origin and destination or within the destination; or as a key element of the holiday experience itself, as in cruising or traveling along scenic or historic routes. This book provides the necessary background information to gain a comprehensive understanding of transportation markets, with each of the three modes of transportation – air, ground and marine – explored in detail. Each section includes definitions, the historical development of the market and international institutional frameworks, with case studies, learning objectives and study questions incorporated to facilitate an active learning process.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Sven Gross
Publisher : CABI
Release : 2014-08-26
File : 251 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780642147