Posts Tagged ‘hotel’

The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs & Corso in Paris, 1957-1963

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

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The Beat Hotel is a delightful chronicle of a remarkable moment in American literary history. From the Howl obscenity trial to the invention of the cut-up technique, Barry Miles's extraordinary narrative chronicles the feast of ideas that was Paris, where the Beats took awestruck audiences with Duchamp and Celine, and where some of their most impor[Read More]

History and Mystery of the MENGER Hotel

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Who's haunting the Menger Hotel? Possibly some of its former guests: Robert E. Lee, Teddy Roosevelt, Mae West, Roy Rogers, and John Wayne. Founded in 1859, the Menger is renowned for colorful, fascinating, and often intriguing events that have made it a landmark hotel in San Antonio. Replete with photographs and anecdotes, This title will also keep[Read More]

Buying and Running a Guesthouse or Small Hotel

Sunday, August 8th, 2010
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Leads you through the process of buying and setting up a guesthouse or small hotel. This book aims to help you with the decisions that include: researching your market; setting your objectives and making your plan; finding the right property that you need to succeed; cooking and menu planning; and, reservations, reception and billing. In this bo[Read More]

Principles of Hotel Front Office Operations

Thursday, July 15th, 2010
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This student-centred guide to front office operations in the hotel industry employs a user-friendly approach to encourage self-access and enable students to progress at their own pace independently of the lecturer. Activities are provided throughout to help students move from an understanding of the basic principleds to thinking like a front office[Read More]

A General Manager’s Housekeeping Inspection Program: How To Create The Reputation Of The Cleanest Hotel In Town.

Thursday, July 15th, 2010
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A successful manager inspection program proven to work.

Perfect Phrases In Spanish For The Hotel and Restaurant Industries: 500 + Essential Words and Phrases for Communicating with Spanish-Speakers

Monday, July 5th, 2010
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Speak with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! Perfect Phrases in Spanish for the Hotel and Restaurant Industries gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the hotel and restaurant fields, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately. [Read More]

Hotel and Motel Sales, Marketing and Promotion: Strategies To Impact Revenue and Increase Occupancy

Monday, July 5th, 2010
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INCREASE OCCUPANCY, AVERAGE RATE AND REVENUE! A step by step promotional guide for every lodging property operator. Dramatically increase your revenue by applying the principles of this book. Today's rapidly changing tourist environment is creating many exciting opportunities for the small lodging property operator. However, many of these o[Read More]

Hotel Front Office Management

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
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The updated guide to running a successful hotel front office Hotel Front Office Management uses a human resources approach to cover the unique management and operational challenges in the front offices of today's hotels and lodging facilities. This Fourth Edition continues its emphasis on applying theory and management strategies, as well as[Read More]

International Hotel Industry: Sustainable Management

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
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Develop insight into the hotel management decision-making process The International Hotel Industry: Sustainable Management examines key theoretical issues and real challenges facing current hotel managers around the world. Each chapter includes case studies of management issues, insights from senior international hotel manager[Read More]

Paris Hotel Stories

Friday, July 2nd, 2010
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From the most luxurious to the most romantic, each has a story, a character and a style. All of them are exceptional, all unique; each captures the very soul of Paris. Lovers ans stars, the famous and the nameless, they've all felt the quickened heartbeat, the accelerated tempo of life at these grand architectural gems resplendent with the intimate[Read More]