First of three review articles seeking to organize and summarize work on the definition and specification of quality in the hospitality industry – this one covers early work on quality definition and specification.

Reviews the development of systems and techniques in the hospitality industry. Describes the transfer of quality management applications from the manufacturing sector to hospitality and discusses their further development to cope with the diverse, tangible/intangible product mix. Also deals with...

This third and final article in a review series covers the literature relating to modern developments in quality measurement and management. It carries on the themes developed in the previous two articles and to some extent explores the way these aspects are interrelated. This review ends with...

Outlines the changes which have occurred in the hospitality business environment during the period 19901995 and reviews the resulting changes in skills, attitudes and competences now required of hospitality managers. It is important that these developments are reflected in the hospitality...

Examines variations in the nature of hospitality operations from a strategic perspective. Operational strategy is regarded as a response to environmental risk. Looks at various ways in which organizations have decentralized their operations in response to environmental conditions. Hospitality...