"This highly authoritative text provides a very timely, reflective and forward-looking critique of tourism and hospitality education and the forces impacting its development and delivery across the world. The breadth and depth of issues included in the text provide comprehensive coverage of the subject with the international and inter-disciplinary approach adopted making it a highly useful, even essential, text for all tourism and hospitality scholars worldwide" - Professor Alan Fyall, Orange County Endowed Professor of Tourism Marketing Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, USA
"The editors have assembled a well crafted, timely and authoritative collection offering rich coverage of educational provision in diverse settings. Based on philosophical principles and drawing upon a strong research base, they convey the dynamic and challenging environment which is confronting tourism and hospitality educators in the classroom and beyond." - Professor Brian King - Associate Dean (Executive Education and Partnership) and Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

"Comprehensive and provocative, this book is a "must read" for faculty and administrators in hospitality and tourism programs the world over. It effectively presents the history and evolution of our programs, curricular challenges and innovations, and threats and opportunities for the future. Without doubt, hospitality and tourism have taken their rightful place in the higher education landscape. But, as this handbook so aptly argues, this is a landscape that is forever shifting. It is up to us to successfully navigate these changes and successfully chart a course for the future. Like many of the authors in this volume, I applaud the recognition that hospitality and tourism have the opportunity to shape the world for the better. It is up to us develop the curriculum that makes this abundantly clear; one that provides our students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and values that will help this be so. I have no doubt that this handbook will prove to be an immensely useful resource in this essential endeavour." Julia Christensen Hughes, College of Business and Economics Dean, University of Guelph

"This highly authoritative text provides a very timely, reflective and forward-looking critique of tourism and hospitality education and the forces impacting its development and delivery across the world. The breadth and depth of issues included in the text provide comprehensive coverage of the subject with the international and inter-disciplinary approach adopted making it a highly useful, even essential, text for all tourism and hospitality scholars worldwide" - Professor Alan Fyall, Orange County Endowed Professor of Tourism Marketing Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, USA
"The editors have assembled a well crafted, timely and authoritative collection offering rich coverage of educational provision in diverse settings. Based on philosophical principles and drawing upon a strong research base, they convey the dynamic and challenging environment which is confronting tourism and hospitality educators in the classroom and beyond." - Professor Brian King - Associate Dean (Executive Education and Partnership) and Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

"Comprehensive and provocative, this book is a "must read" for faculty and administrators in hospitality and tourism programs the world over. It effectively presents the history and evolution of our programs, curricular challenges and innovations, and threats and opportunities for the future. Without doubt, hospitality and tourism have taken their rightful place in the higher education landscape. But, as this handbook so aptly argues, this is a landscape that is forever shifting. It is up to us to successfully navigate these changes and successfully chart a course for the future. Like many of the authors in this volume, I applaud the recognition that hospitality and tourism have the opportunity to shape the world for the better. It is up to us develop the curriculum that makes this abundantly clear; one that provides our students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and values that will help this be so. I have no doubt that this handbook will prove to be an immensely useful resource in this essential endeavour." Julia Christensen Hughes, College of Business and Economics Dean, University of Guelph

Dianne Dredge is Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. She has 20 years experience as a tourism and environmental planner in various locations including Australia, Canada, Mexico and China. Dianne’s research focus is on tourism planning, policy and governance with a particular focus on the role of the state, relational and discursive policy development, community participation and capacity building. She also undertakes research in higher education policy, teaching and learning. Dianne won an Australian National Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2007, and was Chief Investigator on the national project ‘Building a stronger future: balancing professional and liberal education ideals in tourism and hospitality education’. David Airey is Professor of Tourism Management at the University of Surrey. He has been involved in tourism education for 40 years. He began his academic career at Surrey, then spent time with the UK Ministry of Education and with the European Commission before returning to academia in 1993. During his time at Surrey he has been head of School and Pro-Vice Chancellor, responsible for teaching and learning. He retired from his full-time post in 2009 and now continues at Surrey on a part-time basis. He currently holds a number of visiting professorships and fellowships and is in involved in a range of projects. His research focuses on matters related to education and to tourism policy. In 2006 he received the UNWTO Ulysses Award for his services to tourism education Michael J. Gross is a Lecturer with the University of South Australia in Adelaide. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with a major in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Denver, Masters Degrees in Education (MPET) and Business (MBA) from Deakin University, and a PhD from the University of South Australia. He has an extensive professional background in international hospitality management with some of the world's leading hotel firms. He currently teaches in hospitality and tourism programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research and publishing focus are on hospitality management and tourism management areas, with particular interests in international education, development and internationalization of hospitality firms, China hospitality industry, destination marketing, destination image, lifestyle tourism, consumer involvement, and place attachment.