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Informationen zum Autor Dr Roy C Wood FHEA, FIH, Hon. FCHME, has enjoyed a varied career in hospitality education and training. Amongst the positions he has held are: Professor of Hospitality Management at The Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; Principal and Managing Director of IMI Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management in Luzern, Switzerland, a private university college; Dean of the Oberoi Hotels Centre of Learning and Development (responsible for both the corporate management training centre and the corporate apprenticeship programme); and Chief Operating Officer of the Gulf Hospitality and Tourism Education Company in Bahrain. Since February 2010 Roy Wood has been Professor in International Hospitality Management at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Dr Wood is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 15 books and over 60 research papers in refereed journals as well as numerous other publications. His first book, Working in Hotels and Catering (Routledge, 1992; second edition 1997) remains a major reference point for the study of employment in the hospitality industry. He co-edited, with Dr Robert Brotherton, The Sage Handbook of Hospitality Management (2008) the current definitive reference work in the hospitality field, and was editor of Key Concepts in Hospitality Management (2013) also published by Sage. Klappentext Finally there is a key concepts book in hospitality management available on the market! Tailored to your course structure and written with your needs in mind, as well as being international in its core (contributors from around the globe), this makes out for an excellent companion throughout your hospitality degree. Zusammenfassung Finally there is a key concepts book in hospitality management available on the market! Tailored to your course structure and written with your needs in mind! as well as being international in its core (contributors from around the globe)! this makes out for an excellent companion throughout your hospitality degree. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor¿s Introduction - Roy C Wood Accommodation, Lodging and Facilities Management - Roy C Wood Beverages and Beverage Management - Gareth Currie Consumer Behaviour in Hospitality - Bert Smit Customer Relationship Management in Hospitality - Olaf W Hermans Design for Hotels - Geoff Marée Entrepreneurship in Hospitality - Stephen Ball Food, Beverage and Restaurant Management - Gareth Currie Food Production and Service Systems - Roy C Wood Franchising - E Hachemi Aliouche and Udo A Schlentrich Front Office Management - Simen Kooi Gastronomy and Haute Cuisine - Marc B Stierand The Hospitality Finance Environment - John Mackillop Hospitality and Hospitality Management - Bob Brotherton Hospitality Management Education - Roy C Wood Hotels, Hospitality and Sustainability - Frans Melissen Hotels and the Internet - Peter O¿Connor Hotels and Security - Protyush Banerjee Housekeeping Management - Marina Brinkman-Staneva Human Resource Management in Hospitality - Yvonne Guerrier Income Statements in Hospitality Finance - Rob van Ginneken Industry Structure and Sectors in Hospitality - Michael Schwarz Information Technology in Hospitality - Peter O¿Connor Innovation in Hospitality - Marc Stierand Investing in Hotels - Constantinos Verginis Marketing in Hospitality - Sue Horner and John Swarbrook The Meal Experience - Roy C Wood Meetings, Incentives, conferences, Conventions and Events/Exhibitions (MICE) - Udo A Schlentrich Operations Management in Hospitality - G Barry O¿Mahoney Organizational Behaviour in Hospitality - Yvonne Guerrier Procurement in Hospitality - Jane F Eastham and Alisha Ali Revenue Management - Stan Josephi Service Quality in Hospitality - G Barry O¿Mahoney Service, Service Industries and the Hos...