Hospitality Financial Management, First Canadian Edition

Hospitality Financial Management is an up-to-date finance text that offers hospitality students a uniquely Canadian introduction to financial management specifically for hospitality and tourism majors.  The book uses hospitality examples throughout to cover concepts from a practical perspective, explaining and demonstrating the importance of financial management in the hospitality industry. 

Robert E. Chatfield is professor of finance and director of MBA programs at the College of Business, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  He has been teaching financial management for over 25 years and has worked as a financial consultant to the gaming industry in Las Vegas.  He has received teaching excellence awards both at Texas Tech University and Purdue University.

His research has been published in a number of leading finance journals, including Financial Management, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Financial Review, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, and Journal of Economics and Business.

Michael C. Dalbor is an assistant professor in the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  He holds a B.S. in Food Service and Housing Administration from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. in finance from Loyola College in Maryland. He also holds a Ph.D. in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Finance from the Pennsylvania State University.

He has published articles in the Journal of Hospitality Tourism Research, the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, the Appraisal Journal, the International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Hospitality Financial Management. He is active in the Association of Hospitality Financial Management Education and the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education.

Paul A. Willie is an accounting and finance professor at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Niagara College Canada.  He has taught and worked as a consultant to the hospitality industry for over 20 years. 

He is a graduate of the University of Guelph, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (Bachelor of Commerce in Hotel and Food Administration), and Nova Southeastern University, The Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, where he obtained his MBA and is now a Doctoral Candidate.  He is a Certified Financial Manager (CFM), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE), Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP), Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), and a Certified Food Service Manager (CFSM).

He has several published articles in leading hospitality management journals such as The International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, and The Bottomline, the Journal of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals.