Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry

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Principles of sustainable operations

By Willy Legrand and Philip Sloan and Joseph S. Chen

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Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry, Third Edition, offers a thorough introduction to the economic, environmental, and social sustainability challenges facing the hospitality sector. This updated edition covers new topics such as sustainable food systems, hotel energy solutions, technology impacts, waste management, green hotel design, certification and ecolabelling, and evolving corporate social responsibility strategies. It includes new chapters on environmental accounting and managing accessibility, enriched with international case studies and reflective questions to demonstrate practical, real-world responses to sustainability issues.
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Essential reading for students and aspiring managers in the hospitality industry seeking to understand and implement sustainable operational practices.

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry, third edition, is the only book available to introduce the students to economic, environmental and social sustainable issues specifically facing the industry as well as exploring ideas, solutions, and strategies of how to manage operations in a sustainable way.

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Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry, Third Edition, is the only book available to introduce students to economic, environmental and socially sustainable issues specifically facing the industry, as well as exploring ideas, solutions and strategies for managing operations sustainably.

Since the second edition of this book, there have been many important developments in this field, and this latest edition has been updated in the following ways:

Updated content including sustainable food systems, hotel energy solutions, impacts of technology, water and food waste management, green hotel design, certification and ecolabelling systems and the evolving nature of corporate social responsibility strategies.
New chapters exploring environmental accounting and the internalisation of externalities, as well as the management of accessibility in hospitality.
Updated and new international case studies with reflective questions throughout to explore key issues and show real-life operational responses to sustainability within the hospitality industry.

This accessible and comprehensive account of Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry is essential reading for all students and future managers in the hospitality industry.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138915374

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 38 Tables, color; 18 Line drawings, color; 74 Halftones, color; 92 Illustrations, color

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 1140g

Pages: 524

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Business & Entrepreneurship Education & Reference Joseph S. Chen Non-Fiction Philip Sloan Willy Legrand

About the Author

Willy Legrand Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, IUBH School of Business and Management, Bonn, Germany.

Philip Sloan Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, IUBH School of Business and Management, Bonn, Germany.

Joseph S. Chen Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.