Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2007

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Conrady, Roland (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Buck, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Θέματα: Business.; Tourism.; Management.; Economic geography.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; Business and Management.; Tourism Management.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Geography.; Human Geography.

As other industries, the global travel and tourism industry has been facing - mense challenges and highly visible upheaval since the beginning of the new m- lennium. The International Tourism Exchange ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade fair, aims at pinpointing the most important challenge...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Mega trends and their impact on the tourism industry
• Demographic change and its impact on the travel industry: Oldies — nothing but goldies?
• Eve-olution: Women’s rising power in travel decisions
• Polarization of markets: Luxury and budget hotels
• Smart shopping in the European low cost flight market
• Aviation management
• The global phenomenon of “low cost” carrier growth
• Consolidation in the airline business
• Effectively planning and managing European airport capacity
• Destination management
• FIFA World Cup 2006 and its legacy on tourism
• Traveling to a shopping adventure
• Alpine destination life cycles: Challenges and implications
• Marketing and sales management
• Commission systems in tourism
• New stationary distribution channels for tourism
• Travel technology
• Travel technology in the era of Web 2.0
• Website accessibility in the cruise market
• Business travel management
• Trends and issues in global business travel management
• Long-term perspectives in the tourism industry
• Space tourism
• The future of leisure travel.