International Tourism Research and Concepts

In tourism business productivity is decisive for competitiveness and growth. But there is a high uncertainty how to increase productivity without loss of quality and cost increases.
This book, edited by Peter Keller and Thomas Bieger, provides an integrated analytical framework for understanding and improving productivity in tourism.
Issues in the book are
- the labour productivity problem and possibilities for rationalisation in labour-intensive businesses
- trade-off between quality and productivity
- information and communication technology and productivity
- optimal firm size and cooperation for productivity
- the role of government and tourism policy to improve productivity.
This work contains highly qualified contributions from 32 leading researchers from 10 countries. They are empirically founded with a background of many practical cases. Readers will find fundamental insights, which drive to new solutions in business and new research in the field.

Real Estate is one of the driving factors of destination development. In some destinations value added from the construction and sales of second homes even surpasses value added created in the traditional tourism sectors.
This book, edited by Peter Keller and Thomas Bieger, contributes to the deeper understanding of the dynamics of Real Estate development in destinations:
- the Role, Structure and Development of Destination Real Estate Markets
- evolving Real Estate Business Models in Destinations
- the Socio-Economic Impacts of Real Estate on Destinations
- optimizing Destination Capacity through Real Estate Management Strategies
- public-private Governance Approaches for Managing Holiday Property Market Development
The book provides a unique database for the important topic of Real Estate and destination development in tourism: with contributions from 43 researchers from 10 countries and 18 case studies.