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Chapter 11
Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management
“Health through water”; fountain. Water and the form it takes is the core foundation.
Published in Chapter:
Marketing Global Luxury Spa and Wellness Trends, Experiences, and Challenges
Ingrid Y. Lin (University of Hawaii – Manoa, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8606-9.ch011
Abstract
Luxury hotel and resort spas have been perceived and criticized for their similarities and for not having a true authentic or culturally thematic identity, and for losing their original intention of a spa experience due to rapid commercialization. Empirical research relating to spa management is also limited. The purposes of this chapter are (1) to highlight some of the important global market trends that force all sectors of the travel industry to gear towards a healthy, wellness-minded concept in designing their products and services; (2) to define wellness tourism and the meaning of spa; (3) to address several under-researched variables that account for a crucial role in differentiating or characterizing a spa's identity and customers' preferences or perceived authenticity of a spa. Relevant literature is reviewed. Theories from multiple fields are applied. Future research and managerial implications will also be discussed in the content of this chapter.
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Chapter 5
A Cloud Platform for Sharing Educational Digital Fabrication Resources Over the Internet
A single page application (SPA) is a kind of web application that interacts with the user by dynamically writing the web page rather than retrieving a new one from the server. In a SPA all the resources (HTML markup, JavaScript code and CSS stylesheets) are loaded just once when the page is retrieved the first time and dynamically added to the web page when necessary or when triggered by the user action. This results in a fluid user experience and in a behavior that resembles the one of a desktop application. In the case of large SPAs, the resources are retrieved in chunks rather that all at once, which may imply a communication with the server under the hood.
Published in Chapter: A Cloud Platform for Sharing Educational Digital Fabrication Resources Over the Internet; From: Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing Technologies
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Wellness Tourism Management: Well-Being as a Sustainability Concern for Wellness Tourism Management
Abbreviation from the Latin language of “Salus per Aqua” meaning “health coming from water”. Used as a term for defining globally all the products and services offered by the wellness industry.
Published in Chapter: Wellness Tourism Management: Well-Being as a Sustainability Concern for Wellness Tourism Management; From: Industrial and Managerial Solutions for Tourism Enterprises
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Chapter 24
Building an LMS with Ubiquitous Software
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Chapter 10
Supply Chain Models and Functions of Food Service Chains in Japan: The Food SPA at Saizeriya
SPA refers to a business model that eliminates SCM waste by vertically integrating the entire process from planning to manufacturing and sales of fashion products, thereby enabling a quick response to consumer needs.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Models and Functions of Food Service Chains in Japan: The Food SPA at Saizeriya; From: Frameworks and Cases on Evolutional Supply Chain
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Chapter 7
Accessibility to Spa Experiences
A commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatment through such means as steam baths, exercise equipment, and massage.
Published in Chapter: Accessibility to Spa Experiences; From: ICT Tools and Applications for Accessible Tourism
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