Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Education

Discusses the role of tourism and hospitality education and how higher education meets the needs of today’s tourism and hospitality industry. Focuses on core concepts of tourism and hospitality education, illustrating its evolution. Explores challenges to higher tourism and hospitality education and looks at the new opportunities. Worldwide, the tourism and hospitality industry has been expanding quickly over the past two decades as a result of globalization. The role of tourism and hospitality education at colleges, universities, and vocational schools plays a critical role in achieving excellence in the tourism industry. In the tourism and hospitality industry, being a highly competitive work-market focused on services, there is the constant demand for developing educational programs that emphasize professional skills along with student quality. This new book looks at how higher education in tourism and hospitality meets the demands and expectations of today's tourism and hospitality industry.

Pagina's: 306, Editie: Eerste editie, Hardcover, Apple Academic Press