The Origins of Hospitality and Tourism is an exciting new text about the true origins of hospitality and tourism, identifying how an understanding the past can inform modern approaches to hospitality and tourism management.

"…this text should be a required reading for any PhD in the field. Beyond graduate students, this text should be a must-read for industry managers. The text is well written, beautifully researched, and makes a contribution as being the first book that examines the origins of hospitality and tourism." - Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2011