Hospitality: Books & Ebooks

Businesses in the hospitality industry have many organizational structures to include whole ownership, franchising, consortia, and management contracts as key configurations. Affected by capital investment, travel and tourism trends, threats and opportunities, the hospitality industry has proved resilient.

This book investigates the genesis and success of innovation in the hospitality industry as detailed in over four dozen case studies. The cases include innovations for improved customer service, stronger human resources, and new food service and lodging concepts.

: A three-volume survey of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others.

In 2017 one out of every eighteen Americans was employed by the travel and hospitality industry, working for hotels, restaurants, casinos, cruise lines, ski resorts, and travel agencies. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at travel and hospitality jobs ranging from chef to flight attendant to lodging manager.

This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverage services as an ideal companion resource for social studies and American History courses, covering topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory nutrition information at fast food restaurants.

A thorough and objective profile of this groundbreaking and unusual company covers its founders, meteoric rise, nagging troubles, and global popularity.