The chronicle of Jamaican entrepreneur Gordon “Butch” Stewart and his all-inclusive Caribbean resort chain, Sandals Resorts, is an engaging travel business success story. Stewart began his career selling air conditioners door-to-door, and, in 1968, founded Appliance Traders Limited, a booming appliance business still in operation today in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1981, with no hotel...
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Effectively Develop and Manage a Resort Property-Revised and Updated In recent years, the definition of “resort” has expanded to include any facility that provides recreation and entertainment in combination with lodging. Revised and updated for these changes, Resorts: Management and Operation, Second Edition covers both new trends, like the increasing popularity of timeshares and...
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From Library Journal The authors of a similar title about Europe (Innocents Abroad: Traveling with Kids in Europe, Plume, 1991), Sutherland and Deutsch began their present work as an informal sharing of inexpensive vacation spots with friends, places not mentioned in other travel guides. They offer a descriptive list of “the best for less”...
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