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Introduction To Electronic Distribution For Hotel Management, John Niser, Martha Coussement
Introduction To Electronic Distribution For Hotel Management, John Niser, Martha Coussement
John C. Niser
This book is intended for undergraduate students and professionals who seek to gain fundamental knowledge about electronic distribution as it relates to the lodging industry. The text covers a wide range of topics that are related to marketing, yield management, content distribution, payments, channel management, and networks in the context of a rapidly changing landscape.
Consumer Hookah Consumption: Is The Hubble Bubble The New Coffee And Cocktail?, Tracy Harmon-Kizer
Consumer Hookah Consumption: Is The Hubble Bubble The New Coffee And Cocktail?, Tracy Harmon-Kizer
Tracy R. Harmon-Kizer Ph.D.
Hookah smoking is a growing practice among American teens and young adults. In a single hookah smoking session, a smoker may inhale 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled in a single cigarette. Yet, the risks and adverse consequences of hookah smoking are relatively unfamiliar to health professionals, tobacco policy regulators and consumer behavior researchers. To extend our understanding of this epidemic-like consumption practice, this study explores consumer initiation and continued practice, and the meanings, attitudes and beliefs held by those who smoke hookah, especially with respect to cigarette smoking. Our findings reveal adulterated ways in which hookah …