This second edition is a must for anyone with an interest in the hospitality, travel and tourism industries. Readers will particularly enjoy the expanded section on casinos, which provides current information and career opportunities in this rapidly growing field. Everything you need to know to build a successful career in hospitality is right here at your fingertips.

This is a self-contained textbook introduces students to all aspects of the hospitality industry: lodging, food service, travel/tourism, etc.. Current trends and issues are addressed with special emphasis on legal, ethical, and cultural issues. Students learn about the interrelationship of each aspect of the hospitlaity industry and the importance of effective communication and human relationship skills. In addition, appendices containing valuable reference and resource information related to the hospitality industry is covered.

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This long-standing successful book introduces many of the "must know" topics important to hospitality, within a traditional business framework. It also provides readers with a snapshot of a wide variety of industry career paths, an attribute not found in other books. The goal is to provide a broad-brush survey approach to the hospitality industry, while offering the information needed to help students proceed into more advanced courses and readings. This text explores the topics that separate hospitality from other fields of study--Publisher.