Tourism, Conventions & Event Management

Tourism & Hospitality Industry

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• Hospitality & Tourism Complete is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Subject areas covered include demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more. Complete list of publications included.

• Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABI) LeisureTourism.com contains extensive information from the leisure, recreation, sport, hospitality, tourism and culture sectors, including: new academic research, industry reports, books, book reviews and news.

• ABI/INFORM provides citations from over 1000 worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also provides information on 60,000+ companies.

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Other journals:

• Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education (freely available on the Internet) is the peer-reviewed, international e-journal of the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Network and aims to promote, enhance and disseminate research, good practice and innovation in all aspects of education in the hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism subject areas.

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Best bet: search IUCAT (go to Getting Started if you're not sure how to begin)

• G 150s - General tourism industry
• TX 900s - Hospitality industry
  

General References:

• Compendium of Tourism Statistics 2002 - 2004 [Reference G155 .A1 T5896 2006]
• Dictionary of Travel and Tourism Terminology [Reference G155 .A1 B38 2002]
• Dictionary of Travel, Tourism & Hospitality [Reference G155 .A1 M397 2003]
• Encyclopedia of Tourism [Reference G155 .A1 E4295 2000]
• International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management [Reference TX905 .I58 2005]
• International Handbook of the Economics of Tourism [Reference G155 .A1 I5132 2006]
• Sports Market Place Directory [Reference HD9992 .U5 S667 2007]
• Tourism Market Trends [Reference G155.A1 T6877 2002]
• 2006 Outlook for Travel and Tourism [Reference G155 U6 M37 2006]
• 2007 Travel & Tourism Market Handbook [Reference G155 .U6 T718 2007]
• Yearbook of Tourism Statistics [Reference G149 I73 2006]

Web Links:

Indiana Cultural Tourism Conference
Indiana Office of Tourism Development [see also the Office's Strategic Plan (pdf)]
Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association
Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission supports and encourages an environment where arts and culture flourish, and lets the world know about Indy's vibrant cultural scene.
Intute: Travel & Tourism UK site with links to resources on all aspects of the tourism industry.
Office of Travel & Tourism Industries is the US Department of Commerce entity responsible for development and management of tourism policy and gathering and disseminating statistics.
TourismConcern works with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the outbound tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased.
U.S. Tour Operators Association (USTOA) is a professional association representing the tour operator industry.
World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the forum for global business leaders comprising the presidents, chairs and CEOs of 100 of the world's foremost companies, representing the private sector in all parts of the travel amd tourism industry worldwide.