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The Business of Resort Management

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The Business of Resort Management by Peter Murphy offers a comprehensive guide to managing sustainable resorts profitably, balancing business management principles with environmental and social concerns. The book addresses key challenges such as seasonality, competition for leisure spending, environmental impact, staffing in remote locations, and financial risk management. Using global case studies, it highlights best practices and strategies tailored to both urban and rural resort developments, making it a vital resource for governments, developers, and investors committed to sustainable tourism.
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This book is ideal for resort owners, managers, investors, policymakers, and developers seeking to understand the complexities of sustainable resort management. It also appeals to students and professionals in business management and sustainable tourism looking for practical insights into balancing profitability with environmental and social responsibility.

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Combines business management principles with environmental and social concerns. Taking an holistic and contemporary approach to the problem of developing sustainable tourism operations, this book provides an assessment of the strategies that need to be considered by various governments, developers and, in particular, the customer-investor.

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How can owners and managers ensure that their considerable capital investments will return a competitive return on their investments? How can users and owners be sure they enjoy the promises of tantalising marketing and real estate claims? Managing Sustainable Resorts Profitably combines business management principles with environmental and social concerns to offer development solutions to these questions.

By taking a holistic and contemporary approach to the problem of developing sustainable tourism operations, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the strategies that need to be considered by various governments, developers and, in particular, the customer-investor.

The major features of resort development covered by this book include:

  • Environmental scanning of principal external and internal influential factors
  • The curse and blessings of seasonality
  • Competition for people's recreation and retirement dollars
  • Guest activity programming
  • Environmental issues
  • Cruise ships as mobile resorts
  • Staffing issues in isolated areas
  • Financial challenges for owners and operators alike
  • Risk Management
  • Mutually beneficial options for various stakeholders

Based on an analysis of global resort opportunities and trends, the book focuses on those generic features that differentiate regional resort management from urban-centric management needs and priorities. Using comparative case studies, the author emphasises best case/benchmark examples of a range of resortsβ€”large and small, urban and ruralβ€”to illustrate what can be achieved.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780750666619

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 October 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 360

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