Tourism and Hospitality
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Links
to Industry Associations <http://hotel.unlv.edu/IndustResProAsso.html>
From the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, a lengthy list of
links to trade and industry associations ranging from the
American Automobile Association to the World Waterpark Association
and covering lodging, food service and tourism.
Travel
and Tourism Research Association <http://www.ttra.com/>
Although many services of the organization are for members
only, check the site's Resources and Communications categories for
links to other industry information, full text articles, and a career service.
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INTERNET GATEWAYS
Hospitality
Net <http://www.hospitalitynet.org>
An online resource for the hospitality industry, featuring
all the latest news, events, job opportunities, discussion
forums, vendors and industry links.
Hostline
<http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/>
Created by the research service of the Nestle Library at Cornell
University's School of Hotel Administration, these links cover
food service, lodging, travel and tourism, golf, casinos,
clubs, conventions, hospitality education, human resources,
and real estate.
Review of Tourism Research <http://ertr.tamu.edu/researchlinks.cfm>
From the editors of a well-known scholarly tourism journal, links to a variety of tourism resources that can help in conducting research
Tourism Research Links
<http://www.waksberg.com/>
Intended for use by tourism researchers, this website contains
links to organizations which manage, consult, or research
tourism with special links to niche marketing and technology.
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEWS
(See also Business Subject Guides--Industries)TranStats <http://www.transtats.bts.gov/>
From the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, provides detailed information
and statistics about travel in the U.S., state-to-state and to and
from metropolitan areas. Covers various modes of travel and travel topics such as economics, security, energy use, etc.
The Big Picture: Travel Industry World Yearbook Ref. G155.A1B54
A review of the year's events in the travel industry around
the world. Looks at developments in each of the U.S. states
and the world's regions and various industry segments. Includes
statistical and cost data.
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LODGING
American
Hotel and Lodging Association <http://www.ahla.com/>
The trade association of the U.S. lodging industry, their
website has a variety of information useful to industry professionals.
Also valuable is the Information Center with industry history,
current profile, and statistics and a link to the association's
journal: Lodging News.
Hotel
Resource <http://www.hotelresource.com/HR-index.html>
Offers a variety of information resources to the hotel and
hospitality industry. See the Directory under Resources for
a list of links to industry associations, suppliers, vendors, etc.
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RESTAURANTS & FOOD SERVICE
Food
Service.com <http://www.foodservice.com/>
Features information for and about the food service industry
including news, market reports and suppliers, food safety,
equipment, links to other food service sites, etc.
National
Restaurant Association <http://www.restaurant.org/>
This site provides a survey of the restaurant industry, industry
forecasts and trends, and full text access to archived articles
from Restaurants USA. Also has links to other industry trade
magazines on the web and all the major industry employment sites.
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TRAVEL & TOURISM
Park
Net <http://www.nps.gov/>
Created by the National Park Service as a comprehensive site
for the facilities it manages. Information includes phone
numbers, addresses, facilities, camping information, and a
centralized reservation system for many of the major parks.
Tourism
Institute--University of Tennessee <http://web.utk.edu/~tourism/>
In addition to information about UT's tourism programs and projects, has links to regional tourism organizations and to tourism data for Tennessee counties.
Tourism
Offices Worldwide Directory <http://www.towd.com/>
Lists only official government tourism offices, convention
and visitors bureaus, and similar agencies. Select tourism
offices from listings by country. Most national agencies include
links to both home and overseas offices.
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LOCATING ARTICLES
Academic Search Premier A UT Libraries database
A multi-disciplinary database with full text for nearly 4,500 journals. Tourism, travel, and the hospitality industry are covered here.
Business
Source Premier A UT Libraries
business database
Search by company name, product, or subject in this index
of 2300 popular, trade, and scholarly business journals. Full
text is available for most of the titles included; coverage
begins in the 1970s
Center
for Hospitality Research <http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/pubs/>
Located at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration,
the Center provides a forum where scholars and industry professionals
can work together. The website has links to a variety of research
projects and an index of the Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly and other Cornell hospitality publications. Abstracts only, no full text.
Factiva
A UT Libraries business database
Search, using either "free-text" or Factiva's
indexing terms, the full text of over 8,000 newspapers,
periodicals, wire services, media transcripts, or web sites
for articles about companies, products, and subjects.
General
BusinessFile ASAP A UT Libraries business
database
Indexes business magazines and newspapers, trade journals,
and brokerage reports and can be searched for company names,
products, and subjects. Some full text articles included.
Hospitality
and Tourism Index
An index of the major journals in the hospitality and tourism
industries, ranging from research journals to trade magazines.
Limited full text.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe A UT Libraries business
database
Search both the News and the Business sections of this database
for the full text of articles from a variety of sources.
RDS
Business & Industry A
UT Libraries business database
This index of trade and industry journals is a primary source
of corporate, industry and product information. Full text
available for most articles.
Sports
Business Research Network A UT Libraries
business database
Full text of articles and other data from trade magazines
covering the sporting goods market; individual and team sports;
sports participation; sport sponsorship; and broadcasting.
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LOCATING BOOKS
Use the UT Libraries catalog to find call numbers and locations of books about tourism and hospitality.
Created and maintained by Karmen Crowther, Business LibrarianLast revision: 08/13/07