The Meaning of Luxury in Tourism, Hospitality and Events

Examines the concept of luxury and its meaning across tourism, events and hospitality globally.Packed with case studies, it’s a challenging and innovative text that investigates how the idea of luxury is changing in response to a variety factors, such as social change, technological innovation and the challenge of sustainability.It covers the following areas, issues and case studies:* Traditional luxury products: the ‘golden age’ of luxury cruising; the grand old five star hotels and the ‘Ritzification’ of the European hotel industry, the early days of civil aviation, and the ‘Grand Tour. * Travel and Transport: the luxury tourist trains of today around the world; the First Class service of Gulf States airlines; taxi travel from limousines to Uber!* Tourism operators: small-scale tailor-made holidays - ‘Nomadic Thoughts’ in the UK; ethical community based tourism, the case of ‘Village Ways’; specialist music festival operators * Tourist destinations: luxury shopping destinations - desi