Giants of Tourism

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Edited by Richard W. Butler and Roslyn Russell

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September 2010

9781845936525

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The development of tourism and its associated elements owes much to the efforts of individuals. Many of them left imprints on tourism, through their innovations, promotion or insight, that have continued long after they have departed the scene. This volume consists of essays by experts in their fields on individuals who have influenced tourism over many hundreds of years of travel: development of destinations, services and accommodation, creation of transportation links and attractions, tourist behavior, innovations in the era of large scale tourism and the establishment of future trends.

INTRODUCTION
ORIGINS OF TOURISM
1. Early Significant Figures
2. Beau Nash
3. Thomas Cook
4. Baedeker
5. John Muir

ACCOMMODATION AND INTEGRATED RESORTS
6. Billy Butlin
7. Walt Disney
8. Hilton
9. De Haans

ENTERTAINMENT
10. Stanley Ho
11. A.J. Hackett
12. Kerry Packer

TRANSPORT
13. Freddie Laker
14. Stelios Haji-Ioannou
15. Branson

REGIONAL DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT
16. Cockburn
17. Keith Williams
18. The Ruling Family of Dubai

CONCLUSIONS

Richard W. Butler

Richard W. Butler was educated at Nottingham University and the University of Glasgow (Ph.D. Geography 1973), and spent thirty years at the University of Western Ontario in Canada as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Geography, and then the University of Surrey, where he was Professor of Tourism from 1997 to 2005. He is currently Emeritus Professor of International Tourism in the Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has published a large number of journal articles, fourteen books on tourism and many chapters in other books. His fields of interest are the development process of tourist destinations, the impacts of tourism, carrying capacity and sustainability, and tourism in remote areas and islands.