REVIEW OF TEXTBOOKS

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, 2nd Edition. By Mary L. Tanke. Delmar, 2001, Hardcover, 446 pp., ISBN: 0-8273-7321-X. Reviewed by Steve Siegel

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, 1st Edition. By William P. Andrew and Raymond S. Schmidgall. Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association, 1993, Paperback, 472 pp., ISBN: 0-86612-186-2. Reviewed by Steve Siegel     

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China's Outbound Tourism. By Wolfgang Georg Arlt. Oxon and New York: Routledge, ISBN 10: 0-415-36536-8 (hard back), 2006, xv + 300 pp. (tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index), £85. Reviewed by Tony Tse

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2005. Edited by Andrew J. Frew. Springer-Verlag Wien New York (New York), ISBN 3-211-24148-5, 2005, 576-pp (figures), US$ 169.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Rob Law     

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WORKING AT PLAY: A HISTORY OF VACATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES by Cindy S. Aron. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 19 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 1999, ISBN: 0-19-505584-5, 324 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by John D. Keiser.

ECOTOURISM: AN INTRODUCTION by David A. Fennell. London: Rout-ledge, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE UK, LSBN: 0-415-20168-3, 1999, xx + 315 pp. (tables, charts, photographs, references, bibliography, index) $75.00 (cloth), $22.99 (paper). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

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Ecotourism: A Guide for Planners and Managers K. Lindberg and D.E. Hawkins (eds) North Bennington, VM, USA: The Ecotourism Society, 1993. Pp. 175. ISBN 0–9636331–0–4.     

Key Success Factors for Tourism Resort Management

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NEW HORIZONS IN TOURISM: STRANGE EXPERIENCES AND STRANGER PRACTICES. By Tej Vir Singh. CABI Publishing (Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8DE UK), ISBN 0-8519-9863-1, 2004, xv + 221-pp. (tables, photographs, bibliography), £49.95 (hardbound). Reviewed By C. Michael Hall

DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANISATIONS. By Steven Pike. Elsevier (The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom), ISBN 0-0804-4306-0, 2004, 231-pp. (bibliography, indices), £59.99 (hardbound). Reviewed By Chris Ryan     

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MANAGING BY VALUES. Blanchard, Ken and Michael O'Connor. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. (450 Sansome Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94111-22330 USA) ISBN: 1-57675-007-8, 1997, 150 pp. (charts, tables, diagrams) $20 US (cloth). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.

GUNG HO!: TURN ON THE PEOPLE IN ANY ORGANIZATION. Blanchard, Ken and Sheldon Bowles. William Morrow (1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 USA), ISBN: 0-699-15428-X, 1998, xvii + 186pp. (tables and diagrams) $20 US (cloth). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

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CURRENT ISSUES IN CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION FACILITY DEVELOPMENT. By Robert R. Nelson (Editor), The Haworth Hospitality Press (10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA), ISBN 0-7890-2597-3 (hard cover), ISBN 0-7890-2598-1 (soft cover), 2004, 164-pp. Reviewed by John N. Mellon     

REVIEW OF PERIPHERAL PUBLICATIONS

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INTERNET MARKETING FOR YOUR TOURISM BUSINESS. Susan Sweeney. Gulf Breeze, FL: Maximum Press, 562 pp., ISBN: 1-885068-47-6, 2000, US$39.95 (Paperback). Reviewed by Rob Law

THE GUIDE FOR GUIDES: A TOUR GUIDE MANUAL. Michael Noam. Jerusalem, Israel: Noam, 1999, 127 pp. Reviewed by Donald E. Hawkins     

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. Go, Frank M., Mary L. Monachello, and Tom Baum. John Wiley & Sons (Professional, Reference and Trade Group, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012), ISBN: 0-471-11056-6, 1996, xvii + 330 pp. (tables, charts, diagrams, references, appendix, index) $45 (hardcover). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. Dessler, Gary. Prentice-Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) Seventh edition. ISBN: 0-13-234352-5, 1997 xx + 715 pp. (tables, charts, graphs, photographs, diagrams references, cases, appendix, index) $55 (hardcover). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

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WELCOMING THE JAPANESE VISITOR: INSIGHTS, TIPS, TACTICS. Kazuo Nishiyama. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-1759-1, 1996, 205pages, US$22.95, paperback. Reviewed by Connie Mok.     

PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW

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CRUISING: A GUIDE TO THE CRUISE LINE INDUSTRY. Mancini, Marc. Delmar Thomson Learning, 2000, $41.95, ISBN 0-76680-971-4. Michael A. Freiband Reviewed by Program Head

THE DISTANCE LEARNER'S GUIDE. Connick, George P. (Ed.) Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ 07548 USA), 1999, xvi + 192 pp. (Diagrams, checklists, exercises, website, index), $22.15 (softcover) Reviewed by William N. Chernish

TOURISM: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, PHILOSOPHIES, 8th Edition. Goeldner, Charles R., J. R. Brent Ritchie, and Robert W. Mclntosh. John Wiley and Sons, 1999, Hardcover, $64.95, pp. 752 Reviewed by Zongqing Zhou     

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THE PROFITABLE TRADE SHOW. By Michael R. Hough, MRH Associates (P.O. Box 290772, Wethersfield, CT 06129-0772 USA) ISBN 0-9707973-0-3, 2001, 159 pp. (checklists, formulas, glossary, appendix) Reviewed by Curtis Love.     

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Progess in Tourism, Recreation and Hospitality Management, Volume 6. C.P. Cooper and A. Lockwood (eds). Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1994. Pp. xviii+295. ISBN 0–471–94859–4 (hbk): £45.00/$72.50.     

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THE MCGRAW-HILL HANDBOOK OF DISTANCE LEARNING: AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR TRAFNERS AND HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS. By Alan Chute, Melody Thompson, and Burton Hancock, McGraw-Hill (11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA) ISBN 0-0712028-5, 1999, ix + 236 pp. (diagrams, tables, exercises, checklists, glossary, appendix, index) $39.95 (cloth). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

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INNOVATION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM: CREATING SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE (FIRST EDITION). Edited by Bibiana Walder, Klaus Weiermair and Amparo Sanco Perez. Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co., (Genthiner Strasse 30G, 10785 Berlin, Germany), ISBN 13-978-3-503-09079-2, 2006, viii + 170-pp. (tables, figures, references, authors, index) ε(D)34.00 (paper). Reviewed by Linda Roberts

MARKETING TO WOMEN: HOW TO UNDERSTAND, REACH, AND INCREASE YOUR SHARE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARKET SEGMENT (SECOND EDITION). By Marti Barletta. Dearborn Trade Publishing. (30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2500, Chicago, IL 60606-7481, U.S.A.), ISBN 1-4195-2019-9, 2005, xxi + 316 pp. (tables, charts, photographs, appendix, endnotes) U.S. $23.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Ingrid Y. Lin     

World Leisure and Recreation Association International Position Statement on Leisure Education and Community Development

Tourism as a Factor in National and Regional Development. Proceedings of a meeting of the International Geographical Union's Working Group on the Geography of Tourism and Recreation, September 1974. Occasional Paper 4. Trent University, Department of Geography, Petersborough, Ontario, 1975. Pp. 107

Work and Leisure. An Interdisciplinary Study in Theory, Education and Planning. Edited by J. T. Haworth and M. A. Smith. Princeton, Princeton Book Company, 1976. Pp. 216

The Golden Hordes: International Tourism and the Pleasure Periphery. By Louis Turner and John Ash. London, Constable, 1975. Pp.319.

Florida's Disney World: Promises and Problems. By Leonard E. Zehnder. Tallahassee, Florida, The Peninsular Publishing Company, 1975. Pp 360     

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Tourism Marketing. By Salah Wahab, Jack Crampon, and L. Rothfield. London, England: Tourism International, 1976. 273 pp. U.S. $16.00

Tourism in the Bahamas and Bermuda: Two Case Studies. By Brian H. Archer. Bangor, Wales: University of Wales Press, 1977. Pp. ix, 87. £3.25

Park Planning Handbook: Fundamentals of Physical Planning for Parks and Recreation Areas. By Monty L. Christiansen. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977. Pp. xiv, 413. Hardcover: $18.95

Educating for Leisure‐Centered Living. By Charles K. Bright‐bill and Tony A. Mobley. (2nd Edition—Revised). New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1977. Pp. viii, 128. Paperback: $4.95

Private and Commercial Recreation: A Text and Reference. By Arlin F. Epperson. New York: John Wiley & Sons Publishing Company, Inc., 1977. Pp. 385. Hardcover: $15.95

The Economic Impact of Parks. A report prepared for the Federal/Provincial Parks Conference. By the Canadian Outdoor Recreation Research Committee. Toronto: Ontario Research Council on Leisure, 1975. Pp. 107. $4.50

A Model for Planning and Managing National Parks. By Laurence Prosser. Center of Leisure Studies, University of Oregon, 1977. Pp. 456. $25.00

Delivery of Community Leisure Services: An Holistic Approach. By James F. Murphy and Dennis R. Howard. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1977. Pp. vii, 219. Paperback: $9.75

Recreation Leadership. 3rd edition. By Maryhelen Vannier. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1977. Pp. 387. Hardcover: $12.50

Leisure: An Introduction. Edited by Hilmi Ibrahim and Fred Martin. Los Alamitos: Hwong Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. 360

Outdoor Recreation in America: Trends, Problems and Opportunities. 3rd edition. By Clayne R. Jensen. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. 269. Hardcover: $12.95

A Research Study into Provision for Recreation in the Highlands and Islands: Phase 1—Areas Affected by Oil‐Related Development. Research Reports 22, 23, and 31. Tourism and Recreation Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1976 and 1977. Pp. 339, 411, and 145.

Research Study into Provision for Recreation in the Highlands and Islands: Phase 2—Regional Perspective: A Commentary by J. A. Long, J. T. Coppock, and B. S. Duffield. Research Report 37. Tourism and Recreation Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1978. 110 pp.

The Environmental Impact of Outdoor Recreation. By Geoffrey Wall and Cynthia Wright. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Department of Geography Publication Series, Faculty of Environmental Studies. 1977, 69 pp. $5.00.

Avocational Counseling Manual—A Complete Guide to Leisure Guidance. By Robert Overs, Sharon Taylor, and Catherine Adkins. Washington, D.C.: Hawkins and Associates, Inc., 1977, 203 pp.

Leisure and Recreation: Introduction and Overview. By Clayne R. Jensen. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1977, 295 pp. Paperback $13.50.

The Joy of Sport. By Michael Novak. New York: Basic Books, 1976. Pp. 358. $10.95     

Asia pacific tourism association fifth annual conference: “Asia Pacific's role in the new millennium”

HRM in tourism &; hospitality: International perspectives on small to medium‐sized enterprises

HRM in Tourism &; Hospitality: International Perspectives on Small to Medium‐sized Enterprises Edited by Darren Lee‐Ross, Cassell (Wellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2R 0BB) ISBN 0–304–70410–5 (hc), 0–304–70411–3 (pb), 1999

Human Resource Management: International Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism In Norma D'Annunzio‐Green, Gillian A. Maxwell and Sandra Watson eds. The Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (The Tower Building, 11 York Road London SE1 7NX England) ISBN 0–8264–5765–7, April 2002     

Reviews

Retirement Communities: An American Original, by Michael E. Hunt, Allan G. Feldt, Robert W. Morans, Leon A. Pastalan, and Kathleen L. Vakalo. New York: Haworth Press. 1984. ISBN 0–86656–267–2. 278 pp. $29.95.

Senior Settlers: Social Integration in Retirement Communities, by Nancy J. Osgood. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1982. ISBN 0–03–059792–7. 296 pp. $29.95.

Life After Work: Retirement, Leisure, Recreation, and the Elderly, ed. Nancy J. Osgood. New York: Praeger Publishers. 1982. ISBN 0–03–060437–0. 372 pp. $32.95.

Work and Retirement, by Stanley Parker. London: George Allen & Unwin. 1982. ISBN 0–04–658238‐X. 203 pp. $9.95 paper, $28.50, cloth.

Adults and Their Leisure: The Need for Lifelong Learning, by John R. Verduin, Jr., and Douglas N. McEwen. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas. 1984. ISBN 0–398–04985–8. 170 pp. $17.50.     

Review essay: And leisure for all

Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City 1870–1920, by Roy Rosenzweig (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983). 320 pp., $29.95. ISBN 0–521–23916–8.

How Boston Played, by Stephen Hardy (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1982). 272 pp. $19.95 cloth. ISBN 0–930350–27–8.