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Spas, Wellness and Medical Tourism
Health, Tourism and Hospitality: Spas, Wellness and Medical Travel, 2nd Edition by Melanie Smith provides an extensive and up-to-date overview of global developments in tourism and hospitality, with a special focus on wellness and medical travel. This study book analyzes the history, organization, and marketing of these growing sectors and discusses innovations and current trends.
This revised edition covers, among other things:
- A broader view of the hospitality sector, with an emphasis on spa management
- Detailed information on medical tourism, in line with the worldwide growth in medical travel
- Recent developments such as population aging, preventive healthcare, alternative therapies, self-help, and economic influences
- New case studies from various countries on conventional and complementary care, wellness lifestyle, cosmetics, healthy nutrition, and anti-aging
Product specifications
- Author: Melanie Smith (Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences, Hungary)
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Publication date: December 10, 2013
- Number of pages: 544
- ISBN: 9780415638654
- Topic: Hospitality and service industries
- BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service
About the author
Melanie Smith is Associate Professor and researcher in tourism at the Budapest College of Communication and Business. She is Chair of ATLAS, an international organization for tourism and leisure education. Smith specializes in wellness and holistic tourism and has published various academic articles and chapters.
Laszlo Puczko (PhD MSc MA CMC) is Managing Director at Xellum management consulting and an expert in the fields of health, wellness, and spa tourism, strategy, and management.
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