The Last Resort: A Memoir of Mischief and Mayhem on a Family Farm in Africa
Thrilling, heartbreaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, The Last Resort is a remarkable true story about one family in a country under siege and a testament to the love, perseverance, and resilience of the human spirit. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers is the son of white farmers living through that country’s long and tense transition from postcolonial rule. He escaped the dull future mapped out for him by his parents for one of adventure and excitement in Europe and the United States. But when Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe launched his violent program to reclaim white-owned land and Rogers’s parents were caught in the cross fire, everything changed. Lyn and Ros, the owners of Drifters–a famous game farm and backpacker lodge in the eastern mountains that was one of the most popular budget resorts in the country–found their home and resort under siege, their friends and neighbors expelled, and their lives in danger. But instead of leaving, as their son pleads with them to do, they haul out a shotgun and decide to stay. On returning to the country of his birth, Rogers finds his once orderly and progressive home transformed into something resembling a Marx Brothers romp crossed with Heart of Darkness: pot has supplanted maize in the fields; hookers have replaced college kids as guests; and soldiers, spies, and teenage diamond dealers guzzle beer at the bar. And yet, in spite of it all, Rogers’s parents–with the help of friends, farmworkers, lodge guests, and residents–among them black political dissidents and white refugee farmers–continue to hold on. But can they survive to the end? In the midst of a nation stuck between its stubborn past and an impatient future, Rogers soon begins to see his parents in a new light: unbowed, with passions and purpose renewed, even heroic. And, in the process, he learns that the "big story" he had relentlessly pursued his entire adult life as a roving journalist and travel writer was actually happening in his own backyard. Evoking elements of The Tender Bar and Absurdistan, The Last Resort is an inspiring, coming-of-age tale about home, love, hope, responsibility, and redemption. An edgy, roller-coaster adventure, it is also a deeply moving story about how to survive a corrupt Third World dictatorship with a little innovation, humor, bribery, and brothel management.From the Hardcover edition.
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Resorts: Management and Operation
The 3rd Edition of Resorts: Management and Operation is a summary of almost 30 years of thought, analysis, and research into the field of resort management written from a business viewpoint yet takes into account the unique structure of resorts. The text is divided into three sections. Each section has a philosophical basis for the inclusion of the subsequent principles and practices.The first section covers major types of resorts: those that are mountain-based, beach-based and golf/tennis based. Two chapters are devoted to each of the various resort types. The first chapters of each resort type focuses on development issues with the impact on operations noted throughout. The second chapter in each resort type deals with guest profiles and management issues. The second section highlights what makes managing a resort different from managing a 'regular' hotel. The final section features a newly expanded chapter on spas, pools, and indoor water parks along with individual chapters on specialty resorts, cruise ships and casinos, reflecting the importance of these types of properties.
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UltraLuxe Hotels: The experience awaits...
Ultraluxe. A byword for comfort, where the ambience is comprised of carefully crafted interiors, unrivalled amenities and superlative service; in which the most discreet of staff attend to their guest’s every wish - in locations ranging from the international hot spots of Paris and New York to far flung villages in Cambodia, to exclusive island paradises and private villas in the Gulf offering the ultimate in spa treatments. From safaris to snorkelling to rural retreats, here is a selection of only the very best from around the globe.Lavishly illustrated and written by an expert in the field, this is a book for the seasoned traveller in search of the latest destinations, for the adventurous looking for ideas for their next journey, for the design savvy who want cutting–edge accommodation in the world’s most prestigious cities, for interior designers and hoteliers looking for fresh inspiration, and for those who simply want to dream.
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City (Hip Hotels)
Hip Hotels: City didn't just identify a trend, it led it. This revised edition reflects that, introducing around a dozen stunning new hotels (all of which have opened since first publication) and at least three new city destinations (Delhi, Marrakesh and Tokyo). New hotels include One Aldwych, a superb example of the new contemporary luxury; The Manor, Delhi, an amazing piece of fifties modern architecture originally built as a hunting lodge; Blakes, Amsterdam, Anouska Hempel's latest venture that brings her Asian-inflected minimalism to a superb piece of Golden Age Dutch architecture; and The Establishment in the heart of Sydney, which houses not just a hotel but the city's hottest bar, nightclub, restaurant and sushi bar, taking the hotel-as-destination concept to a whole new level. The book also has a new updated cover and a new contents spread.
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Accounting and Finance for the International Hospitality Sector
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Leading experts, specializing in hotel management said articles on this new collection, have contributed to latest developments in accounting and finance. The material is produced from a mixture of fieldwork and practical encounter. The primary priority means that the subject material is limited and not fully related internationally on the legal framework of every country. Accounting and Finance offers an overview of: * evaluation and evaluation methods and functionality methods * Arranging * Monetary info and manage rights * Financial Management. It also exhibits how operational analysis can be used as a management tool to boost performance. Tactics to predict the accomplishment or failure of the economic hotels are suggested. The study of hotel organizations in the U.S. and Europe shows key efficiency indicators utilized by hotel managers and monetary executives. other contributors explore the interface between accounting and advertising and human resources management, and there is an ideal coverage of the formulation of economic method. Readers will also locate helpful the section on statistical analysis and prediction of the behavior of fees in hotels Contributors: Raymond Schmidgall (Michigan State University, USA), Debra J. Adams (University of Bournemouth, UK), Professor. Elisa S. Moncarz (Florida International University, USA), Richard N. Kron (Kron Hospitality Consulting, USA), Angela Maher (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Peter J. Harris (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Geoff S. Parkinson (BDO Stoy Hayward, Chartered Accountants, UK), Paul Fitz-John (University of Bournemouth, UK), Paul Collier (University of Exeter, UK), Professor Alan Gregory (University of Glasgow , UK), Tracy A. Jones (Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Training, UK), Jacqueline Brander Brown (The University Manchester Metropolitan, UK), Nina J. Downie (Oxford Brookes University, UK): Catherine L. Burgess (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Ian C. Graham (Vacation Inn Worldwide, Belgium), Howard M. Area (International Hotel and Leisure Associates, UK), Professor Paul Beals (Canisius College, USA), Frank J. Coston (Pannell Kerr Forster Associates, UK). opinion of the British Association of Accountants hotels posts by specialists in the field of hotel management contributed Edited by foremost academic finance and accounting for the hospitality
Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment
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Judgement permeates human encounter. Do I have a situation strong enough to go to court? Does the adjust in interest prices the Fed? Can I trust this individual out? This book examines how men and women respond to these questions. How do folks with the complexity of the international economic climate, the uncertain behavior of pals and enemies, or just change their tastes and personalities? When the will of the men and women most likely to bias judgments, and which is responsible for their prejudices? This book provides the best psychologists attempts to answer these important questions.
Accounting and Finance for the International Hospitality Market
