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RESEARCH GUIDE: HOTEL,
RESTAURANT, AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
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Industry Trends and Associations
American Hotel
& Lodging Association
"AH&LA is a 95-year-old dual membership association of state
and city partner lodging associations throughout the United States with
some 10,000 property members nationwide, representing more than 1.4
million guest rooms."
American Hotel
& Lodging Association Education Institute
"The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging
Association (EI) is the premier source for delivering quality
hospitality education, training and professional certification
that serves the needs of hospitality schools and industries
worldwide."
Career
Guide to Industries
Industry basics and job descriptions from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Hotel
News Resource
A news portal including: hotel news, jobs, finance, realty, suppliers,
technology, trade shows, and trends.
National
Restaurant Association
"Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading
business association for the restaurant industry. Together with the National
Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the Association's
mission is to represent, educate and promote a rapidly growing industry
that is comprised of 900,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets employing
12.2 million people."
National
Restaurant Association Education Foundation
"The NRAEF is the premier provider of educational resources,
materials and programs which address attracting, developing and
retaining the industry’s workforce."
World
Tourism Organization
"The World Tourism Organization, a specialized
agency of the United Nations, is the leading international organization in
the field of tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy
issues and practical source of tourism know-how."
World
Travel and Tourism Council
"The business leaders' forum for Travel and Tourism, working with
governments to raise awareness of the importance of one of the world's
largest generators of wealth and jobs."
Electronic
Journals and Trade Magazines in HRTM
Cornell
Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly (via EBSCOhost)
Hotel
& Motel Management (via Business Source Premier)
Hotels: The
International Magazine of the Hotel and Hotel Restaurant Industry (via
Business Source Premier)
Journal
of Hospitality and Tourism Management (via Business & Company
Resource Center)
Journal of
Travel Research (via EbscoHost)
Nation's
Restaurant News (via Business Source Premier)
Quarterly Trends
in the Hotel Industry (USA) (via Business & Company Resource
Center)
Restaurant
Business (via Business Source Premier)
Restaurant
Hospitality (via ABI/Inform Global)
Restaurants
& Institutions (via Business Source Premier)
Travel Weekly
(via Business Source Premier)
Statistics
NAICS
New industry classification system from the U.S. Census Bureau
Economic
Census (from the U.S. Census Bureau)
The Economic Census profiles
American business every 5 years, from the national to the local
level.
Air
Travel Consumer Report (from the U.S. Department of
Transportation)
Includes: Flight Delays, Mishandled Baggage Oversales, Consumer
Complaints Customer Service Reports to the Dept. of Homeland Security,
Airline Animal Incident Reports
National
Transportation Statistics (from U.S. Department of Transportation)
The extent, condition, use and performance of
the physical transportation network Accidents, crashes, fatalities and
injuries for each mode and for hazardous materials
The relationship between transportation and the economy, including share
of Gross Domestic Product, employment, and transportation expenditures
Transportation energy use and environmental impacts
Office
of Travel and Tourism Industries OTTI ( U.S. government
agency)
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Massive compilation of statistics from the U.S. government.
Electronic Databases (full-text)
ABI/INFORM
Global
Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for full-text
information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources,
finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+
companies.
Business
& Company Resource Center Includes articles,
corporate hierarchical structures, investment reports, company histories,
product information, industry and company rankings, financial and industry
overviews, and human resources law case digests.
Business
Source Premier
Full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing,
management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full
text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry
reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Investext
Plus
Access the same research and analysis tools used at top investment
banks, consulting firms, and law firms.
This database is part of the Business
& Company Resource Center
1)Click on the Advanced Search Icon
2) In the content box select Investment
Reports
3) Type in the company name or NAICS
code
Mergent
Online
Full-text access to U.S. company financial reports and is
searchable by NAICS codes. (Use this feature to find out what
companies are in a subset of the HRTM industries. Also take a look at the
Industry Reports tab. Includes Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) EDGAR filings.
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Full-text access to over 7,000 legal, news, and business sources.
This page created by: Karen Volkman
Email: karen.volkman@plattsburgh.edu
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Updated: 09/21/09 | 