Tomorrow's Tourist

By 2030, China will be the world's largest tourism destination, holidays in Outer Space will be the ultimate luxury experience, extreme Swedish ironing will be an Olympic Sport, embedded technologies will be the norm in future tourists and skiing in the Alps will be no more. These are some of the changes that will occur between now and 2030 that will change world tourism. Tomorrows Tourist: Scenarios &amp; Trends enables readers to imagine what a future tourist might be, where they will go and what they will do. This is the most comprehensive analysis of how world tourism is changing and what it means for destinations. Each chapter consists of a scenario about a future tourist, which is then is backed up with evidence and trends plus a number of assumptions about the future. The book is accompanied by its own website at http://www.tomorrowstourist.com which is owned and regularly updated by the author. * Based on first hand cutting edge futures research * Forecasts for World Tourism to 2030 * Suggests what the tourist will be doing on holiday in 2030 * Discuss issues such as climate change, alternative tourist destinations and consumer trends * Shows you how to apply trends in your business * Information provided by the Future Foundation, one of Europe's leading consumer think tanks (www.futurefoundation.net)

Business & Money

Yeoman, Ian

Industries

Routledge

This text shows how to apply the principles of operations management to heritage visitor attractions such as museums and castles. There are sections on management, design, improvement, capacity and strategy, and case studies refer specifically to these subjects for attractions such as Leeds Castle.

Heritage Visitor Attractions: An Operations Management Perspective

Leask, Anna

Thomson Learning

* Quality as a tool for success*Covers a diverse range of quality issues and theories in the context of heritage attractions* Well-respected international contributor team of academics and practitionersHeritage Tourism is the fastest growing component of the tourism market. Tourists have more choices than ever and their past experiences and future expectations make them even more discerning customers. A focus on quality can assist with customer satisfaction and business excellence. This new book on Quality issues brings together a range of specialists who lead us from the evolution of quality to our current position on the quality roadmap. It provides a toolkit to assist on the continuous quality improvement journey and presents a vision of what lies ahead in this new millennium.'Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions' will prove an invaluable guide for students and practitioners in the field s of Heritage, Visitor Attractions and Tourism in general.Divided into six sections this text presents a different 'flavour' of quality by looking at aspects such as critical success factors for heritage organizations, methods of quality improvement, developing the concept and offering, quality tools for managers, managing the quality workforce and the future. - Well-respected international contributor team of academics and practitioners.- Covers a diverse range of quality issues and theories in the context of the heritage attractions- Quality as a tool for success

Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions

Sports & Outdoors

* Quality as a tool for success *Covers a diverse range of quality issues and theories in the context of heritage attractions * Well-respected international contributor team of academics and practitioners Heritage Tourism is the fastest growing component of the tourism market. Tourists have more choices than ever and their past experiences and future expectations make them even more discerning customers. A focus on quality can assist with customer satisfaction and business excellence. This new book on Quality issues brings together a range of specialists who lead us from the evolution of quality to our current position on the quality roadmap. It provides a toolkit to assist on the continuous quality improvement journey and presents a vision of what lies ahead in this new millennium. 'Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions' will prove an invaluable guide for students and practitioners in the field s of Heritage, Visitor Attractions and Tourism in general. Divided into six sections this text presents a different 'flavour' of quality by looking at aspects such as critical success factors for heritage organizations, methods of quality improvement, developing the concept and offering, quality tools for managers, managing the quality workforce and the future. - Well-respected international contributor team of academics and practitioners. - Covers a diverse range of quality issues and theories in the context of the heritage attractions - Quality as a tool for success

Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions Tutor Resource Pack

Drummond, Siobhan

Butterworth-Heinemann

This ground-breaking textbook covers all aspects of the subject and draws on a wide range of applications in the service industries. Three sections comprise this book: the first presents underpinning knowledge associated with Yield Management; the second examines contemporary models of Yield Management across a number of service sectors; and the third reviews how Yield Management acts as a decision support system for front-line staff and managers, and also highlights the growing importance of new technologies. The book concludes with a range of case studies taken from airlines, hotels, restaurants, cruise lines and leisure industries.

Yield Management: Strategies for the Service Industries

McMahon, Una

Ingold, Anthony

Economics

Cengage Learning EMEA

Examines Heritage Visitor Attractions from an operations management perspective. This book begins by defining the characteristics of HVAs and the principles of operations management and deals with the design of HVAs. It looks at their quality and improvement, examining capacity management.

Travel

By 2030, China will be the world’s largest tourism destination, holidays in Outer Space will be the ultimate luxury experience, extreme Swedish ironing will be an Olympic Sport, embedded technologies will be the norm in future tourists and skiing in the Alps will be no more. These are some of the changes that will occur between now and 2030 that will change world tourism. Tomorrows Tourist: Scenarios & Trends enables readers to imagine what a future tourist might be, where they will go and what they will do. This is the most comprehensive analysis of how world tourism is changing and what it means for destinations. Each chapter consists of a scenario about a future tourist, which is then is backed up with evidence and trends plus a number of assumptions about the future.The book is accompanied by its own website at http://www.tomorrowstourist.com which is owned and regularly updated by the author.

Companies that are better at fulfilling customer needs make better returns. In the current state of the world economy and cutthroat competition, the essence for survival is to create more customer value as percieved by your customers relative to your competitors. From the foreword by EJ Kreiken, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Revenue Management &amp; Pricing treats revenue management and pricing as a practical subject and demonstrates best practice throughout the tourism and hospitality industries by the extensive use of case material.

Revenue Management and Pricing: Case Studies and Applications

McMahon-Beattie, Una

Sports and Leisure Operations Management focuses on the operations management of games, events, experiences and activities within the world of Sport. All operations provide goods and services by devising processes which transform or change the state or condition to produce output. Sport and related activites are no exception. The operations manager is responsible for the activities, decision-making and duties associated with manageing the transformation process. This text explains and explores the process of operations management within the Sport and Leisure context. It is divided into six parts: sport and leisure in context, the design of sport and leisure facilities, inventory management, operations strategy, and merchandising and marketing. The final section provides real-life cases to set the text into context.

Sport and Leisure Operations Management

Cengage Learning Business Press

In 2050, it is predicted that 4.7bn or nearly 50% of the world's population will take an international holiday. But can humankind meet that forecast given the issues of ageing populations, peak oil, the global financial crisis and climate change? This book constructs scenarios from Shanghai to Edinburgh, Seoul to California encompassing complex topics such as human trafficking, conferences, transport, food tourism or technological innovation. This is a blue skies thinking book about the future of tourism and a thought-provoking analytical commentary.

2050 - Tomorrow's Tourism (Aspects of Tourism, 55)

Channel View Publications

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Tomorrow's Tourist

Heritage Visitor Attractions: An Operations Management Perspective

Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions

Quality Issues in Heritage Visitor Attractions Tutor Resource Pack

Yield Management: Strategies for the Service Industries

Heritage Visitor Attractions: An Operations Management Perspective

Tomorrow's Tourist

Revenue Management and Pricing: Case Studies and Applications

Sport and Leisure Operations Management

2050 - Tomorrow's Tourism (Aspects of Tourism, 55)