Professional Hotel Management

ABOUT THE BOOKIn these days of globalization, managing a hotel properly requires a different set of skills. Hotel management involves combination of various skills like management, marketing, human resource development, financial management.This is the only textbook available in the market which deals with all the aspects of hospitality industry, covering food production, food service, lodging, housekeeping, hospitality careers and hospitality management.This comprehensive and well-written text explains the basic principles of hotel management and highlights the applications of these principles. The book provides the students with a practical and up-to-date approach to how professionals across the industry manage different departments within their operation.Covering the latest issues affecting the industry, this book is an up-to-date and dynamic learning resource. This book helps readers to develop the wide-ranging knowledge and analytical skills they need to succeed in today's burgeoning and dynamic hotel industry. This comprehensive volume encourages critical thinking by providing different points of view through contributions from leading industry professionals and academics. Within a coherent theoretical structure, this updated edition enables readers to formulate their own ideas and solutions.KEY FEATURESWritten in a simple and easy-to-understand language.Gives activities to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills.• Incorporates tables, figures, photographs and case studies for better understanding of the concepts discussed.• Includes objective type quizzes such as multiple choice, matching type, fill in the blank, true and false for practice.• Gives terminology, appendices and bibliography.This book is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of hospitality management programmes. Besides, it will also be useful to the managers, executives, potential owners and planners of tourism and hotel business.ABOUT THE AUTHORDr. JAGMOHAN NEGI, International Adviser, Hospitality Education and Tourism Development, has been holding important positions such as Director, National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (Ministry of Tourism, Government of India), New Delhi; Research Professor, Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition, New Delhi; Senior Director-cumm Research Professor, Amity University, NOIDA.Based on his outstanding contribution in Hotel Management, in the year 1974, Dr. Negi was honoured with an international title "Fellow of Hotel Catering and Management Association" (FHCIMA) by world famous International Hotel Association, London (UK). In 1972, he qualified the Advanced Professional Courses from World Tourism Organization, Switzerland. He has more than 33 years of industry experience.Dr. Negi has written several books.

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Publisher: S CHAND
Bookseller: BADE BOOKS
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