Special Issue Service Failure Recovery In Hospitality Tourism

Tourism and hospitality services are highly prone to service-failure due to a high level of customer-employee contact and the inseparable, intangible, heterogeneous and perishable nature of these services. Service Failures and Recovery in Tourism and Hospitality, with its extensive coverage of the literature, presents an invaluable source of information for academics, students, researchers and practitioners. In addition to its extensive coverage of the literature in terms of recent research published in top tier journals, chapters in the book contain student aids, real-life examples, case studies, links to websites and activities alongside discussion questions and presentation slides for in-class use by teaching staff. This book is enhanced with supplementary resources. The customizable lecture slides can be found at: www.cabi.org/openresources/90677

This project focuses upon the topic of service failure and recovery processes in the tourism sector. This report investigates the consumer thought processes and responses associated with service failure/ recovery events. Thus, the perspective of the customer, including the assigning of meaning to outcomes and actions associated with the service failure/recovery process, is paramount in this report. As a result, an overall aim of this research was to achieve a better understanding of how customers think and feel about service failures and subsequent recovery process. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

This textbook on service failures and recovery in tourism and hospitality is written for academics, practitioners, as well as researchers. As the book has been written with the above audiences in mind, chapters contain many student aids such as real-life examples, case studies, links to websites, activities and discussion questions, recent research findings from top-tier journals and presentation slides for in-class use by teaching staff. The book is divided into four parts with the following headings: (1) understanding service failures and recovery; (2) understanding emotions in service encounters, service failures and recovery; (3) the influence of technology, systems and people; and (4) training for service failures and recovery. The book has 14 chapters and a subject index.

Innovation and Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism Research contains 71 accepted papers from the Hospitality and Tourism Conference (HTC 2015, Melaka, Malaysia, 2-3 November, 2015). The book presents theup-and-coming paradigms and innovative practices within the hospitality and tourism industries, and covers the following topics:Mana

Globally the hospitality and tourism industry is evolving and undergoing radical changes. The past practices are now advancing through the rapid development of knowledge and skills acquired to adapt and create innovations in various ways. Hence, it is imperative that we have an understanding of the present issues so that we are able to remedy problems on the horizon. Current Issues in Hospitality and Tourism: Research and Innovations is a complilation of research in the broad realm of hospitality and tourism. This book is divided into eight sections covering the following broad themes: – Training and education (hospitality students learning); – Organization and management (practical issues and current trends in the hotel, catering and tourism industry); – Product and food innovation; – Marketing; – Islamic hospitality and tourism issues; – Gastronomy; – Current trends; – Tourism The contributions, from different parts of the globe, present a new outlook for future research, including theoretical revelations and innovations, environmental and cultural exploration aspects, tourist destinations and other recreation and ecotourism aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry. Current Issues in Hospitality and Tourism: Research and Innovations will be useful as a reference for academics, industry practitioners and policy makers, and for those with research interests in the fields of hotels, tourism, catering and gastronomy.