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Going behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels, this study gives a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited personal attention. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic research in a range of hotel jobs, it analyses what exactly luxury servic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sherman, Rachel, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Hospitality industry > Customer services > United States.
Hotel management > United States.
Luxuries > Social aspects > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Accueil (Tourisme) > Service à la clientèle > États-Unis.
Hôtels > Gestion > États-Unis.
Produits de luxe > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Small Business.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Hospitality industry > Customer services.
Hotel management.
Luxuries > Social aspects.
Social classes.
Luxushotel
Dienstleistung
Klassenbewusstsein
Soziale Ungleichheit
Kultursoziologie
United States.
USA
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Going behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels, this study gives a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited personal attention. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic research in a range of hotel jobs, it analyses what exactly luxury service consists of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 366 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index.
ISBN:9780520939608
0520939603
9780520247826
0520247825
1433700026
9781433700026

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