Tourism management dynamics : trends, management and tools / / edited by Dimitrios Buhalis and Carlos Costa

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, [2005], c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4791; 910.68
• Soggetto topico: Tourism; Tourism - Management; Tourism - Forecasting
• Altri autori: BuhalisDimitrios CostaCarlos
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Tourism Management Dynamics; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Case Studies; Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part One: New Trends; 2. Demography; 3. Safety and security issues in tourism; 4. Crisis management in tourism; 5. Climate change and its implications for international tourism; 6. Monitoring as an approach to sustainable tourism; 7. Media and communications; 8. Liberalization and deregulation for tourism: implications for competition; 9. New knowledge in tourism research; Part Two: New Management ; 10. Organizations and management in the future11. Innovation, creativity and competitiveness; 12. Chaos theory and managerial approaches; 13. SMEs in tourism; 14. The future of work and employment in tourism; 15. Managing globalization; 16. Resource management: social, cultural, physical environment and the optimization of impacts; 17. Actors, networks and tourism policies; 18. Collaborative networks and partnerships for integrated destination management; Part Three: New Tools; 19. Consumer centric tourism marketing; 20. Cross-cultural tourism marketing ; 21. Information communication technology - revolutionizing tourism22. Tourism marketing information system: decision support for the tourism manager; 23. Forecasting tourism demand using econometric models; 24. Managing economic impacts, tourism satellite accounts and observatories; 25. Tourism planning, development and the territory; Part Four: Conclusion; 26. Conclusion: tourism management dynamics; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As the global tourism industry continues to expand and to become more complex, it is vital that those in the industry identify trends early and design proactive strategies to gain competitive advantage. Tourism Futures: dynamics, challenges and tools provides the readers with a comprehensive insight of the changes in the external business environment, and equips them with new managerial techniques and tools in order to adapt and profit from these changes and into the future. Written by a team of globally renowned thinkers and researchers, it provides the manager of tomorrow wi
• Titolo autorizzato: Tourism management dynamics
• ISBN: 1-136-35307-0; 1-280-63900-8; 9786610639007; 0-08-045590-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825103103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II