Introduction to Hospitality - Softcover

John R. Walker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132993074 ISBN 13: 9780132993074

Publisher: Pearson Educacion, 2012

Synopsis

"This text offers a comprehensive overview of the industry and is designed for the hospitality management professionals of tomorrow. By involving readers in each step of this exciting journey, Introduction to Hospitality invites students to share the unique enthusiasm and passion surrounding the industry. Each chapter has been vetted by professionals and includes several hands-on examples that help students understand the how-to aspects of the hospitality industry." - Preface

About this title

About the Author

"Dr. John R. Walker" is professor and director of the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management Program at the Alliant International University in San Diego, California. John's fifteen years of industry experience includes management training at the Savoy Hotel London. This was followed by terms as food and beverage manager, assistant rooms division manager, catering manager, and general manager with Grand Metropolitan Hotels, Selsdon Park Hotel, Rank Hotels, Inter-Continental Hotels, and the Coral Reef Resort, Barbados, West Indies.

For the past twenty years he has taught at two- and four-year schools in Canada and the United States. In addition to being a hospitality management consultant and text author, he has been published in "The Cornell Hotel Restaurant Administration Quarterly" and "The Hospitality Educators Journal."

John is an editorial advisory board member for "Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research," published by John Wiley & Sons. John is a past president of the Pacific Chapter of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE). He is a certified hotel administrator and a certified Foodservice Management Professional (FMP).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Educacion
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132993074
• ISBN 13: 9780132993074
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 577