This volume provides evidence-based insights and discussions on today’s workplace realities in the hospitality industry. It uses comparative perspectives and insights from international case studies to illustrate what is wrong, what needs to change, and how change can best be implemented to ensure fair work in hospitality.

A comprehensive hands-on guide to this vital role in the operation of a hotel. With insights from international industry experts and real-life case studies, it provides the reader with a comprehensive how-to guide to all elements of this essential role as well as the theoretical foundations and operational techniques.

Guides managers to see hospitality and tourism as essential service businesses requiring a holistic cross-functional approach to meeting customers’ needs. Demonstrates how service organizations can capitalize on, or are impacted by, technological and social changes such as the sharing economy, social media, mobile technologies and more.