656 Pages
    by Routledge

    656 Pages
    by Routledge

    A comprehensive and wide-ranging introduction to operational hotel management, this textbook brings together business administration, management and entrepreneurship into a complete overview of the discipline. Essential reading for students of hospitality management, the book also benefits from online support materials including student tests, a glossary and PowerPoint slides.

    1. The Hospitality Industry – Past, Present and Future

    2. Rating Systems and the Structure of the Hospitality Industry

    3. Hotel Management – Viewed from Above

    4. The Rooms Department

    5. The Food and Beverage Department

    6. Hospitality Human Resource Management

    7. Marketing for the Hospitality Industry

    8. Financial Control and the Accounting Department

    9. Facility Engineering and Maintenance

    10. Managing Safety and Security Issues

    11. Managing Hospitality Services

    12. Conceiving Hospitality Processes

    13. Designing Hospitality Processes

    14. Delivering Hospitality Services

    15. Managing Change in the Hospitality Industry

    16. Managing Quality in the Hospitality Industry

    Biography

    Michael Chibili, Shane de Bruyn, Latifa Benhadda, Conrad Lashley, Saskia Penninga, and Bill Rowson are all teachers with years of experience at the Stenden Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Netherlands