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Consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality, and leisure . Volume 3 / [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch ... [et al.]
| Consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality, and leisure . Volume 3 / [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.4/791/0019 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CrouchGeoffrey I <1954-> (Geoffrey Ian) |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior
Hospitality industry Tourism - Psychological aspects Travelers - Psychology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-86642-X
9786610866427 0-85199-865-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
1. Building Foundations for Understanding the Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure -- 2. Profiling the One- and Two-star Hotel Guests for Targeted Segmentation Action: a Descriptive Investigation of Risk Perceptions, Expectations, Disappointments and Information Processing Tendencies -- 3. The Influence of Consumers' Emotions on their Service Product Evaluation -- 4. Validating a Guttman-type Social Distance Scale for Explaining Residents' Attitudes towards Tourism -- 5. Motivation for Domestic Tourism: a Case Study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia --
6. Ecotourists' Environmental Learning Opportunity as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Are Ecotourism Operators Missing the Boat with their Advertising? -- 7. Domestic Leisure Traveller Consumption Systems -- 8. Tourist Activity Planning in Congested Urban Tourism Environments: Towards a Game-theoretic Model and Decision Support System -- 9. Comparing First-time and Repeat Visitors' Activity Patterns in a Tourism Environment -- 10. A Study of Tourist Decision Processes: Algarve, Portugal -- 11. The Consumption of Association Convention Sites: Preliminary Results from a Study of Site Choice -- 12. Context and Dynamics of Social Interaction and Information Search in Decision Making for Discretionary Travel -- 13. A Duality in Vacation Decision Making -- 14. A Model of Vacation Choice: an Integration of Personality and Vacation Choice with Leisure Constraints Theory -- 15. Effects of Holiday Packaging on Tourist Decision Making: Some Preliminary Results -- 16. An Examination of the Antecedents and Consequences of Customer Satisfaction -- 17. First-time and Repeat Visitors to Orlando, Florida: a Comparative Analysis of Destination Satisfaction -- 18. Aristotelian Ethical Values within a Tourism/Hospitality Industry Context -- 19. The Role of Expressive and Instrumental Factors in Measuring Visitor Satisfaction -- 20. Profiling Airline Web Users: a Segmentation Approach -- 21. Towards More Thorough Data-driven Segmentation in Tourism: a Tracking Framework for Exploring Segment Development -- 22. Sustainable Tourism and Stakeholder Groups: a Case Study of Colorado Ski Resort Communities -- 23. Cultural Determinants of Tourist Intention to Return -- 24. Towards the Conceptualization of Tourism Destination Loyalty 25. Measuring Comparative Performance of Vacation Destinations: Using Tourists' Self-reported Judgements as an Alternative Approach -- 26. Cross-cultural Behaviour Research In Tourism: a Case Study on Destination Image -- 27. Journeys of the Imagination? The Cultural Tour Route Revealed. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455797003321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality, and leisure . Volume 3 / [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch ... [et al.]
| Consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality, and leisure . Volume 3 / [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.4/791/0019 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CrouchGeoffrey I <1954-> (Geoffrey Ian) |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior
Hospitality industry Tourism - Psychological aspects Travelers - Psychology |
| ISBN |
1-280-86642-X
9786610866427 0-85199-865-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
1. Building Foundations for Understanding the Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure -- 2. Profiling the One- and Two-star Hotel Guests for Targeted Segmentation Action: a Descriptive Investigation of Risk Perceptions, Expectations, Disappointments and Information Processing Tendencies -- 3. The Influence of Consumers' Emotions on their Service Product Evaluation -- 4. Validating a Guttman-type Social Distance Scale for Explaining Residents' Attitudes towards Tourism -- 5. Motivation for Domestic Tourism: a Case Study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia --
6. Ecotourists' Environmental Learning Opportunity as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Are Ecotourism Operators Missing the Boat with their Advertising? -- 7. Domestic Leisure Traveller Consumption Systems -- 8. Tourist Activity Planning in Congested Urban Tourism Environments: Towards a Game-theoretic Model and Decision Support System -- 9. Comparing First-time and Repeat Visitors' Activity Patterns in a Tourism Environment -- 10. A Study of Tourist Decision Processes: Algarve, Portugal -- 11. The Consumption of Association Convention Sites: Preliminary Results from a Study of Site Choice -- 12. Context and Dynamics of Social Interaction and Information Search in Decision Making for Discretionary Travel -- 13. A Duality in Vacation Decision Making -- 14. A Model of Vacation Choice: an Integration of Personality and Vacation Choice with Leisure Constraints Theory -- 15. Effects of Holiday Packaging on Tourist Decision Making: Some Preliminary Results -- 16. An Examination of the Antecedents and Consequences of Customer Satisfaction -- 17. First-time and Repeat Visitors to Orlando, Florida: a Comparative Analysis of Destination Satisfaction -- 18. Aristotelian Ethical Values within a Tourism/Hospitality Industry Context -- 19. The Role of Expressive and Instrumental Factors in Measuring Visitor Satisfaction -- 20. Profiling Airline Web Users: a Segmentation Approach -- 21. Towards More Thorough Data-driven Segmentation in Tourism: a Tracking Framework for Exploring Segment Development -- 22. Sustainable Tourism and Stakeholder Groups: a Case Study of Colorado Ski Resort Communities -- 23. Cultural Determinants of Tourist Intention to Return -- 24. Towards the Conceptualization of Tourism Destination Loyalty 25. Measuring Comparative Performance of Vacation Destinations: Using Tourists' Self-reported Judgements as an Alternative Approach -- 26. Cross-cultural Behaviour Research In Tourism: a Case Study on Destination Image -- 27. Journeys of the Imagination? The Cultural Tour Route Revealed. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780322303321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality, and leisure . Volume 3 / [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch ... [et al.]
| Consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality, and leisure . Volume 3 / [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.4/791/0019 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CrouchGeoffrey I <1954-> (Geoffrey Ian) |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior
Hospitality industry Tourism - Psychological aspects Travelers - Psychology |
| ISBN |
1-280-86642-X
9786610866427 0-85199-865-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
1. Building Foundations for Understanding the Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure -- 2. Profiling the One- and Two-star Hotel Guests for Targeted Segmentation Action: a Descriptive Investigation of Risk Perceptions, Expectations, Disappointments and Information Processing Tendencies -- 3. The Influence of Consumers' Emotions on their Service Product Evaluation -- 4. Validating a Guttman-type Social Distance Scale for Explaining Residents' Attitudes towards Tourism -- 5. Motivation for Domestic Tourism: a Case Study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia --
6. Ecotourists' Environmental Learning Opportunity as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Are Ecotourism Operators Missing the Boat with their Advertising? -- 7. Domestic Leisure Traveller Consumption Systems -- 8. Tourist Activity Planning in Congested Urban Tourism Environments: Towards a Game-theoretic Model and Decision Support System -- 9. Comparing First-time and Repeat Visitors' Activity Patterns in a Tourism Environment -- 10. A Study of Tourist Decision Processes: Algarve, Portugal -- 11. The Consumption of Association Convention Sites: Preliminary Results from a Study of Site Choice -- 12. Context and Dynamics of Social Interaction and Information Search in Decision Making for Discretionary Travel -- 13. A Duality in Vacation Decision Making -- 14. A Model of Vacation Choice: an Integration of Personality and Vacation Choice with Leisure Constraints Theory -- 15. Effects of Holiday Packaging on Tourist Decision Making: Some Preliminary Results -- 16. An Examination of the Antecedents and Consequences of Customer Satisfaction -- 17. First-time and Repeat Visitors to Orlando, Florida: a Comparative Analysis of Destination Satisfaction -- 18. Aristotelian Ethical Values within a Tourism/Hospitality Industry Context -- 19. The Role of Expressive and Instrumental Factors in Measuring Visitor Satisfaction -- 20. Profiling Airline Web Users: a Segmentation Approach -- 21. Towards More Thorough Data-driven Segmentation in Tourism: a Tracking Framework for Exploring Segment Development -- 22. Sustainable Tourism and Stakeholder Groups: a Case Study of Colorado Ski Resort Communities -- 23. Cultural Determinants of Tourist Intention to Return -- 24. Towards the Conceptualization of Tourism Destination Loyalty 25. Measuring Comparative Performance of Vacation Destinations: Using Tourists' Self-reported Judgements as an Alternative Approach -- 26. Cross-cultural Behaviour Research In Tourism: a Case Study on Destination Image -- 27. Journeys of the Imagination? The Cultural Tour Route Revealed. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817108403321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Great expectations [[electronic resource] ] : imagination and anticipation in tourism / / edited by Jonathan Skinner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
| Great expectations [[electronic resource] ] : imagination and anticipation in tourism / / edited by Jonathan Skinner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/819 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SkinnerJonathan, Ph. D.
TheodossopoulosDimitrios |
| Collana | New directions in anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Tourism - Psychological aspects
Travelers - Psychology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-85745-278-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Great Expectations; Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Play of Expectation in Tourism; Chapter 2 - Success and Access to Knowledge in the Tourist-Local Encounter: Confrontations with the Unexpected in a Turkish Community; Chapter 3 - Emberá Indigenous Tourism and the World of Expectations; Chapter 4 - The Paradox of Gaze and Resistance in Native American Cultural Tourism: An Alaskan Case Study; Chapter 5 - Forward into the Past: 'Digging' the Balearic Islands; Chapter 6 - On Difference, Desire and the Aesthetics of the Unexpected: The White Masai in Kenyan Tourism
Chapter 7 - Displeasure on 'Pleasure Island' Tourist Expectation and Desire on and off the Cuban Dance FloorChapter 8 - The Coach Fellas: Tourism Performance and Expectation in Ireland; Chapter 9 - Going on Holiday to Imagine War: The Western Front Battlefields as Sites of Commenoration and Contestation; Chapter 10 - Touring the Dead: Imagination, Embodiment and Affect in Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds Exhibitions; Chapter 11 - Afterworld: The Tour as Imagined, Lived, Experienced and Told; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452703303321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Great expectations [[electronic resource] ] : imagination and anticipation in tourism / / edited by Jonathan Skinner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
| Great expectations [[electronic resource] ] : imagination and anticipation in tourism / / edited by Jonathan Skinner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/819 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SkinnerJonathan, Ph. D.
TheodossopoulosDimitrios |
| Collana |
New Directions in Anthropology
New directions in anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Tourism - Psychological aspects
Travelers - Psychology |
| ISBN | 0-85745-278-9 |
| Classificazione | LB 57000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Great Expectations; Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Play of Expectation in Tourism; Chapter 2 - Success and Access to Knowledge in the Tourist-Local Encounter: Confrontations with the Unexpected in a Turkish Community; Chapter 3 - Emberá Indigenous Tourism and the World of Expectations; Chapter 4 - The Paradox of Gaze and Resistance in Native American Cultural Tourism: An Alaskan Case Study; Chapter 5 - Forward into the Past: 'Digging' the Balearic Islands; Chapter 6 - On Difference, Desire and the Aesthetics of the Unexpected: The White Masai in Kenyan Tourism
Chapter 7 - Displeasure on 'Pleasure Island' Tourist Expectation and Desire on and off the Cuban Dance FloorChapter 8 - The Coach Fellas: Tourism Performance and Expectation in Ireland; Chapter 9 - Going on Holiday to Imagine War: The Western Front Battlefields as Sites of Commenoration and Contestation; Chapter 10 - Touring the Dead: Imagination, Embodiment and Affect in Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds Exhibitions; Chapter 11 - Afterworld: The Tour as Imagined, Lived, Experienced and Told; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779353503321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Great expectations [[electronic resource] ] : imagination and anticipation in tourism / / edited by Jonathan Skinner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
| Great expectations [[electronic resource] ] : imagination and anticipation in tourism / / edited by Jonathan Skinner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/819 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SkinnerJonathan, Ph. D.
TheodossopoulosDimitrios |
| Collana |
New Directions in Anthropology
New directions in anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Tourism - Psychological aspects
Travelers - Psychology |
| ISBN | 0-85745-278-9 |
| Classificazione | LB 57000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Great Expectations; Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Play of Expectation in Tourism; Chapter 2 - Success and Access to Knowledge in the Tourist-Local Encounter: Confrontations with the Unexpected in a Turkish Community; Chapter 3 - Emberá Indigenous Tourism and the World of Expectations; Chapter 4 - The Paradox of Gaze and Resistance in Native American Cultural Tourism: An Alaskan Case Study; Chapter 5 - Forward into the Past: 'Digging' the Balearic Islands; Chapter 6 - On Difference, Desire and the Aesthetics of the Unexpected: The White Masai in Kenyan Tourism
Chapter 7 - Displeasure on 'Pleasure Island' Tourist Expectation and Desire on and off the Cuban Dance FloorChapter 8 - The Coach Fellas: Tourism Performance and Expectation in Ireland; Chapter 9 - Going on Holiday to Imagine War: The Western Front Battlefields as Sites of Commenoration and Contestation; Chapter 10 - Touring the Dead: Imagination, Embodiment and Affect in Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds Exhibitions; Chapter 11 - Afterworld: The Tour as Imagined, Lived, Experienced and Told; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815380303321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger
| Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger |
| Autore | Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (149 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.48 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean travel
Ocean travel - Psychological aspects Travelers - Psychology Cruise ships |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-05002-9
1-283-83894-X 1-136-41540-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Preface: The Joke Is on Me!; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1.The Economics of Cruising; Cruising to Alaska: A Case Study; Cruises Compared to Land-Based Vacations; Other Ways Cruise Lines Make Money; Cruise Categories; Consolidation of the Cruise Industry; Exploitation of Workers on Cruise Ships?; Conclusion; Chapter 2.Signs at Sea: The Semiotics of Cruising; A Primer on Semiotics; The Cruise Ship As a Sign System; Cruises and Pilgrimages; Names of Cruise Lines and the Perceived Elitism of the Cruise Experience
Taking Photographs and Using Video Cameras ConclusionConclusion; Chapter 3.Sociological Analysis of Cruising; Cruise Demographics; Gender and Cruising; Carnivalization Theory and Cruising; The Sociology of Dining; Time Budgets and the Busy Life at Sea; New Trends in Cruising; Conclusion; Chapter 4.A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising; The Compulsion to Cruise; Sea and Psyche; The Paradise Myth and Cruises; Cruise Liners As Floating Utopias; Hedonism and Pleasure Seeking; Cruise Taking As Regression in the Service of the Ego; The Gourmet/Gourmand Problem; Unconditional Love The Agony of the ChoiceEscaping the Boredom of Everyday Life; Behind the Facade: Daily Life of Crew Members; The Ship As a Labyrinth: A Speculative Theory; The Cruise Travel Agent As "Fairy Godmother"; Conclusion; Chapter 5.Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises; Interpreting Advertisements; What Can Be Analyzed in a Print Advertisement?; Cruise Advertising in the August 2002 Travel + Leisure Magazine; Commonalities in These Cruise Advertisements; Two Cruise Line Brochure (Catalog) Covers; Conclusion; Chapter 6.Cruising (on) the Internet; Cruising the Internet for Cruises Categories of Cruise-Related Web SitesInternet Cruise-Only Travel Agencies; Cruise Line Web Sites; Conclusion; Chapter 7.Notes from a Cruise Journal; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463080803321 |
Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, >
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| New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger
| Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger |
| Autore | Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (149 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.48 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean travel
Ocean travel - Psychological aspects Travelers - Psychology Cruise ships |
| ISBN |
1-136-41547-5
0-203-05002-9 1-283-83894-X 1-136-41540-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Preface: The Joke Is on Me!; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1.The Economics of Cruising; Cruising to Alaska: A Case Study; Cruises Compared to Land-Based Vacations; Other Ways Cruise Lines Make Money; Cruise Categories; Consolidation of the Cruise Industry; Exploitation of Workers on Cruise Ships?; Conclusion; Chapter 2.Signs at Sea: The Semiotics of Cruising; A Primer on Semiotics; The Cruise Ship As a Sign System; Cruises and Pilgrimages; Names of Cruise Lines and the Perceived Elitism of the Cruise Experience
Taking Photographs and Using Video Cameras ConclusionConclusion; Chapter 3.Sociological Analysis of Cruising; Cruise Demographics; Gender and Cruising; Carnivalization Theory and Cruising; The Sociology of Dining; Time Budgets and the Busy Life at Sea; New Trends in Cruising; Conclusion; Chapter 4.A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising; The Compulsion to Cruise; Sea and Psyche; The Paradise Myth and Cruises; Cruise Liners As Floating Utopias; Hedonism and Pleasure Seeking; Cruise Taking As Regression in the Service of the Ego; The Gourmet/Gourmand Problem; Unconditional Love The Agony of the ChoiceEscaping the Boredom of Everyday Life; Behind the Facade: Daily Life of Crew Members; The Ship As a Labyrinth: A Speculative Theory; The Cruise Travel Agent As "Fairy Godmother"; Conclusion; Chapter 5.Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises; Interpreting Advertisements; What Can Be Analyzed in a Print Advertisement?; Cruise Advertising in the August 2002 Travel + Leisure Magazine; Commonalities in These Cruise Advertisements; Two Cruise Line Brochure (Catalog) Covers; Conclusion; Chapter 6.Cruising (on) the Internet; Cruising the Internet for Cruises Categories of Cruise-Related Web SitesInternet Cruise-Only Travel Agencies; Cruise Line Web Sites; Conclusion; Chapter 7.Notes from a Cruise Journal; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786464903321 |
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Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, >
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| New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger
| Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger |
| Autore | Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (149 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.48 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean travel
Ocean travel - Psychological aspects Travelers - Psychology Cruise ships |
| ISBN |
1-136-41547-5
0-203-05002-9 1-283-83894-X 1-136-41540-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Preface: The Joke Is on Me!; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1.The Economics of Cruising; Cruising to Alaska: A Case Study; Cruises Compared to Land-Based Vacations; Other Ways Cruise Lines Make Money; Cruise Categories; Consolidation of the Cruise Industry; Exploitation of Workers on Cruise Ships?; Conclusion; Chapter 2.Signs at Sea: The Semiotics of Cruising; A Primer on Semiotics; The Cruise Ship As a Sign System; Cruises and Pilgrimages; Names of Cruise Lines and the Perceived Elitism of the Cruise Experience
Taking Photographs and Using Video Cameras ConclusionConclusion; Chapter 3.Sociological Analysis of Cruising; Cruise Demographics; Gender and Cruising; Carnivalization Theory and Cruising; The Sociology of Dining; Time Budgets and the Busy Life at Sea; New Trends in Cruising; Conclusion; Chapter 4.A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising; The Compulsion to Cruise; Sea and Psyche; The Paradise Myth and Cruises; Cruise Liners As Floating Utopias; Hedonism and Pleasure Seeking; Cruise Taking As Regression in the Service of the Ego; The Gourmet/Gourmand Problem; Unconditional Love The Agony of the ChoiceEscaping the Boredom of Everyday Life; Behind the Facade: Daily Life of Crew Members; The Ship As a Labyrinth: A Speculative Theory; The Cruise Travel Agent As "Fairy Godmother"; Conclusion; Chapter 5.Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises; Interpreting Advertisements; What Can Be Analyzed in a Print Advertisement?; Cruise Advertising in the August 2002 Travel + Leisure Magazine; Commonalities in These Cruise Advertisements; Two Cruise Line Brochure (Catalog) Covers; Conclusion; Chapter 6.Cruising (on) the Internet; Cruising the Internet for Cruises Categories of Cruise-Related Web SitesInternet Cruise-Only Travel Agencies; Cruise Line Web Sites; Conclusion; Chapter 7.Notes from a Cruise Journal; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809460603321 |
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Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, >
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| New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tourism and intercultural exchange : why tourism matters / / Gavin Jack and Alison Phipps
| Tourism and intercultural exchange : why tourism matters / / Gavin Jack and Alison Phipps |
| Autore | Jack Gavin <1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Channel View Publications, ©2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages) : illustrations |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PhippsAlison M |
| Soggetto topico |
Tourism - Psychological aspects
Travelers - Psychology Cultural relations |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454628703321 |
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Jack Gavin <1973->
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| Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Channel View Publications, ©2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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