Hospitality Industry TX 901 – TX953
Tourism G154.9 – G155.5
Travel G149 – G180
Cookbooks TX 643 – TX840. The subject for cookbooks is cookery, as in Cookery - Italy
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Hospitality and Tourism Complete database 500,000 records from more than 500 titles; worldwide.
This is now a full-text database! Use the Find IT! link for any citations that do not have a full-text icon.
ABI/Inform database
Strong coverage of hospitality subjects. And mostly full text. Use the Find IT! Link.
Factiva database
Not linked to Find It! but mostly full text. See instructions for searching in Business Subject Databases. Broad, with worldwide, coverage.
IBISWorld Database
Suggest search by key words: hotels, restaurants, travel, casinos, gaming, etc. Note Table of Contents in left column by reports. Reports reference and link to other reports of similar industries.
Mergent Online Database
See “Industry Reports” tab at top. Select Hospitality & Tourism from pull-down menu, match with a region of the world (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific). Reports go back to 2003.
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage database
Select “Industries” at top. Surveys for: Alcoholic Beverages, Foods and Non-alcoholic Beverages, Lodging and Gaming, and Restaurants.
Encyclopedia of Hospitality and Tourism Ref TX 905 .V57
U.S. Travel Data Center publications:
Impact of Travel on State Economies (Ref G 155 .U6 I46)
Survey of State Travel Offices (Ref G 155 .U6 U58a)
Tourism's Top Twenty (Ref G 155 .A1 T5928)
Travel Market Report (Ref G 155 .U6 T688)
2002 Economic Census (US Bureau of the Census):
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/ every five years. See Industry Series and Subject Series. Scroll down for NAICS 71 and 71 sections.
Business Plans:
Business Plans Handbook : a Compilation of Actual Business Plans Developed by Small Businesses throughout North America (Ref HD 62.7 .B865 Table #1)Hospitality Legal Reference Sources:
Hospitality Law Ref KF 2042 .H6 A134
A looseleaf service, updated.
Hospitality Law: Managing Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry
Ref KF 2042 .H6 H67 2006
Hospitality Industry Directories (examples):
Chain Restaurant Operators Ref TX 907 .D49
Includes industry rankings and statistics
Directory of Food Service Distributors Ref HD 9321.3 .D53
Includes industry rankings and statistics
Hotel & Travel Index, quarterly (Ref TX 907 .H59)
Information on over 45,000 hotels and resorts worldwide.
Food & Beverage Market Place 3v.(Ref HD9321.3 .T5)
Essential!
Demographics (examples): (statistics that tell you about people; where should you locate your hospitality business?)
MPA/ Market Profile Analysis: (Business Reference)
Los Angeles-Long Beach SMSA Ref HC 108 .L55 M22
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario SMSA Ref HC 108 .S62 M22
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove Ref HC 108 .A415 M22
US Census on the Internet: http://www.census.gov/
Buying power Indexes: (An index that tells you of discretionary income; how much do people in an area have free to spend on dining out?)
Daniel Hanne
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