Introduction to Hospitality, Global Edition - Softcover

Walker, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292469838 ISBN 13: 9781292469836

Verlag: Pearson Education Limited, 2025

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Introduction to Hospitality is a lively, comprehensive survey of hospitality, the world's largest industry, designed for tomorrow's leaders. You'll explore the vibrant inner workings of each hospitality segment, including lodging, restaurants, tourism, recreation, attractions, clubs and managerial areas.

A core goal of this text is to help you advance your hospitality career. In that spirit, Author John Walker offers you lively material and interesting features to facilitate the learning process.

The 9th Edition maintains its five-part organization and features an all-new chapter on cruising. All chapters are updated to include COVID-19 implications, as well as What do you think? critical-thinking discussion questions.

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Dr. John R. Walker, DBA, FMP, CHA, is the McKibbon Professor of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of South Florida and a Fulbright Senior Specialist. John's years of industry experience began with management training at the Savoy Hotel London. This was followed by terms as food and beverage manager, assistant rooms division manager, catering manager, and general manager with Grand Metropolitan Hotels, Selsdon Park Hotel, Rank Hotels, Inter-Continental Hotels and the Coral Reef Resort, Barbados, West Indies.

John has taught at two- and four-year schools in Canada and the United States. In addition to being a hospitality management consultant and text author, he has been published in The Cornell Hotel Restaurant Administration Quarterly, The Hospitality Educators Journal, and the New York Times. He is a 10-time recipient of the President's Award for teaching, scholarship and service, and he has received the Patnubay Award for exemplary professional performance through teaching and authorship of tourism and hospitality publications.

John is an editorial advisory board member for Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research. He is a past president of the Pacific Chapter of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE). He is a certified hotel administrator (CHA) and a certified foodservice management professional (FMP).

John is married to Josielyn T. Walker, and they have twins, Christopher and Selina. The Walkers live in Sarasota, Florida.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson Education Limited
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1292469838
• ISBN 13: 9781292469836
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Pearson; https://in.pearson.com/; ; via Lombardia 4; Arluno; Milano; 20004; Italien