Authors: Josef Ransley, Hadyn Ingram
ISBN-13: 9780750659826, ISBN-10: 0750659823
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition
A host of English hotel managers, solicitors, architects, and academics describe the key issues in developing hospitality properties. They discuss design, planning, buildings, maintenance, and operational relationships, offering a model-based perspective of the process while avoiding technical language. The thematic structure of the book takes the reader through the entire process of developing a property, from concept to conclusion. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pt. 1 | Concept | 1 |
1 | Concepts | 3 |
2 | Feasibilty | 23 |
3 | Design | 43 |
Pt. 2 | Planning | 59 |
4 | Development strategy | 61 |
5 | Project finance | 79 |
6 | Legal agreements and contracts | 95 |
Pt. 3 | Construction | 113 |
7 | The design team | 115 |
8 | Building costs | 140 |
9 | Managing construction | 162 |
Pt. 4 | Operations | 193 |
10 | Operational planning and relationships | 195 |
11 | Planning accommodation | 215 |
12 | Service provision | 232 |
Pt. 5 | Asset management | 249 |
13 | Asset management | 251 |
14 | Product development and brand management | 266 |
15 | International and cultural issues | 285 |
Conclusions | 299 |