MyHospitalityLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Intro to Hospitality, 6/e and Introduction to Hospitality Management

by Walker, John R.; Walker, Josielyn T.

• ISBN13: 9780134104911
• ISBN10: 0134104919
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2015-01-13
• Publisher: Pearson
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Personalize learning with MyHospitalityLab

MyHospitalityLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. To help students explore the hospitality industry, MyHospitalityLab includes industry-specific simulations from Hospitality & Tourism Interactive (HTi), and real case studies written by industry leaders. 

 

Author Biography

Dr. John R. Walker, DBA, FMP, CHA, is the McKibbon Professor of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of South Florida and a Fulbright Senior Specialist. John’s years of industry experience began with management training at the Savoy Hotel London. This was followed by terms as food and beverage manager, assistant room’s 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.

 

John 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, The Hospitality Educators Journal,and the New York Times. He is a 10-time recipient of the President’s Award for teaching, scholarship, and service, and he has received the Patnubay Award for exemplary professional performance through teaching and authorship of tourism and hospitality publications.

 

John is an editorial advisory board member for Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research. He is a past president of the Pacific Chapter of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE). He is a certified hotel administrator (CHA) and a certified foodservice management professional (FMP).

 

John is married to Josielyn T. Walker, and they have twins, Christopher and Selina. The Walkers live in Sarasota, Florida.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 

PART I: THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND TOURISM

1.      Welcome to the Hospitality Industry

2.      Tourism

 

PART II: LODGING

3.      The Hotel Business

4.      Rooms Division Operations

5.      Food and Beverage Operations

 

PART III: RESTAURANTS, MANAGER SERVICES AND BEVERAGES

6.      Restaurant Business

7.      Restaurant Operations

8.      Managed Services

9.      Beverages

 

PART IV: RECREATION, THEME PARKS, CLUBS AND GAMING ENTERTAINMENT

10.  Recreation, Theme Parks and Clubs

11.  Gaming Entertainment

 

PART V: ASSEMBLIES AND EVENT MANAGEMENT

12.  Meetings, Conventions, Expositions

13.  Special Events

 

PART VI: MANAGERIAL AREAS OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

14.  Leadership and Management

15.  Planning

16.  Organizing

17.  Communicating and Decision-Making

18.  Control