Written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, easy-to-remember style, Foundations of Lodging Management tells readers the basics about how the lodging industry and the hotels in that industry operate. KEY TOPICS: Included are chapters on the history and structure of the lodging industry as well as on the individual operating departments such as front office, sales and marketing, housekeeping and maintenance that are so vital to the success of a hotel. The book concludes with an extensive chapter detailing alternative “careers” in the lodging industry. MARKET: For hotel general managers, assistant general managers, controllers, front office managers, food and beverage directors, executive housekeepers, chief maintenance engineers, and franchise service directors.