Beschreibung:
"This new volume, The Hospitality and Tourism Industry in China: New Growth, Trends, and Developments, is an insightful look into the great changes in the hospitality and tourism industry in China in recent years. The steady growth of the GDP in China, the increasing middle-income population, life style changes of the Chinese people, and fast infrastructure development (speed trains, airports, highways, and seaports, linking many mega cities, mid-level cities, and townships) have all had a significant effect on the Chinese hospitality industry, which is booming in China. The volume looks at the value drivers that have impacted hotels, restaurants, meetings and conventions, cruise line industries, tourist attractions, and destination developments. With much more money in their pockets, the Chinese are spending more than 60% of their disposable income on food and travel. International food and hotel chains have responded by increasing their presence in China, and in turn, new domestic restaurant and hotel chains have sprung up to compete for the business"--
Budget hotels in China : recent development, changes, and challenges / Lianping Ren -- Co-creating value with Chinese hotel owners : based on governance mechanism theory / Bo Qu -- Development of international brand hotels on Hainan Island / Xiangxiang Xie -- The expansions of Chinese companies in the foreign hospitality industry / Kun Yang and Jinlin Zhao -- Chinese hotel mergers and acquisitions (M&As) / Nan Hua and Huiming Gu -- New developments of the Chinese restaurant industry / Jinlin Zhao and Mohan Song -- E-tourism evolutionary effect : studying e-tourism in China / Beiqi Shi -- The development and change of the cruise industry in China over the decade (2006-2016) / Xinliang Ye -- Profile and trend of the exhibition industry in China / Qiuju Luo -- Tourism higher education in China : profile and issues / Zhangxin Yin and Fang Meng -- Leisure agriculture and rural tourism development in China (2006-2016) / Hong Xu, Conglin Zhao, and Xinying Ma -- A review of studies on China tourism destination competitiveness during the past decade / Jingna Wang