TY - BOOK TI - Giants of Tourism U1 - 338.761910922 PY - 2010/// CY - UK PB - Cabi N1 - Part I: Giants of Hospitality1: Historical Giants: Forefathers of Modern Hospitality and Tourism2: The Master of Ceremonies: Beau Nash and the Rise of Bath, 1700-17503: Sir William Edward Heygate Colbourne (Billy) Butlin, 1899-19804: Conrad 'Connie' Nicholson Hilton,1887-1979: the Consummate Hotelier5: The DeHaan Family and RCI: the Development of the Timeshare IndustryPart II: Giants of Travel6: Thomas Cook: Image and Reality7: Baedeker: the Perceived 'Inventor' of the Formal Guidebook - a Bible for Travellers in the 19th Century8: Freddie Laker: First Giant of Low-cost Air Travel9: Sir Stelios: the Easy-going Entrepreneur10: Richard Branson: 'Screw It, Let's Do It'Part III: Giants of Activities11: Walt Disney's World of Entertainment Attractions12: Stanley Ho Hung-sun: the 'King of Gambling'13: Kerry Packer: World Series Cricket (WSC) and the (R)Evolution of Modern Sports-related Tourism14: AJ Hackett - a Giant of TourismPart IV: Giants of Development15: A.P. Cockburn: Canadian Transportation and Resort Pioneer16: John Muir: Pioneer of Nature Preservation17: Keith Williams: Chaos Maker on the Gold Coast18: And Standing in the Shadows of these Giants - or Maybe on their Shoulders?19: Conclusions ER -