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 - des