►Gives professional and home bakers peerless up-to-date coverage of the theory and practice of baking. ►Discusses the basic equipment and techniques and information on how to troubleshoot common baking problems. ►Offers an excellent foundation for mastering the art and craft of baking.
► Focuses on the successes and challenges islands face in achieving sustainable tourism. ► Provides innovative discussions and practical management structures through the use of various island project work. ► Discusses the challenge of sustainability within tourism livelihoods to explore the vulnerabilities that tourism livelihoods create and redress.
► Provides a basic understanding of a leader′s role and responsibilities applied to the hospitality industry. ► Considers the viewpoints of all levels of associates to create an informed picture of management and supervision in the hospitality industry. ► Focuses on the different roles of employees from beginning leaders in hospitality industry.
► Gives all the information that caterers need to set up and run a successful catering business of any kind. ► Provides the tools to fully understand the challenges and benefits of running a successful catering business. ► Discusses every aspect of the catering business, showing operators how to troubleshoot and creatively solve problems.
This updated edition reveals all the hidden facets of this fast-paced business and shows you how to succeed as a food service manager. Study how to start organizing and managing a food service keeping in mind essential principles to follow. Learn how to organize a food service establishment, effective management, administrative aspects of management, personnel management, and personnel policies…
•• Provides table-setting guidelines for various menus and occasions, features step-by-step, •• Illustrates instructions for skirting and napkin folding, and includes ideas for party table settings. •• A comprehensive guide to the dinner table covers manners, settings, tableware, history, and lore.
► Deals with modern equipment and management techniques used to produce a pleasant environment for guest. ► Provides an in-depth analysis of the major components of the ‘rooms division’ within a hotel. ► Calculates and interprets operating statistics and ratios used to assess the performance of the rooms division.
► Describes the functions of the room service department. ► Discusses the factors that makes room service complex. ► Enhances communication skills and the ability to work calmly under pressure.
► Presents the basic terms related to the front office management. ► Details policies and procedures that address the department’s critical role of serving guests. ► Enhances employee communication and technology to benefit guests, staff and owners.
This edition identifies the criteria and standards which can be used in planning, designing, equipping and operating conference, convention and exhibition facilities. Meeting and conventions planning is presented in a clear concise manner that shows the art as well as the science of good planning. This book is an invaluable tool to students following events management, hospitality and tourism…