Hospitality Tourism and Leisure - Suggested Additional Resources

There are a wide range of resources available to Hospitality Tourism and Leisure students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you'll find useful.

Government Sources

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport [DCMS]
  the main government department for these sectors.
  • Leisure day visits survey
  • Museums and galleries monthly visits

Newspapers

• Nexis UK. [LexisNexis executive]
  Huge amount of news content, Select Financial Times as a Source under the Source Tab to search the FT
• Refdesk
  links to US and international newspaper sites

Reading Lists

Reading lists may have been prepared by your lecturer specifically for your course.

• Department of Economics
• Department of Human Resource and Marketing Management

Resources in the Library

• Dictionary of hotels, tourism & catering management
  by P. H. Collin
  SUBJECT REF 647.9403/COL
• Encyclopedia of leisure and outdoor recreation
  edited by John M. Jenkins and John J. Pigram.
  790.03/ENC
• International encyclopedia of hospitality management
  chief editor Abraham Pizam.
  SUBJECT REF 647.9403/PIZ

Social Networking

• SPRIG(pdf)
  If you are interested in social networking you will find this SPRIG guide to blogs, Twitter feeds, wikis etc very useful

Statistics and Sources of Data

• Global market information database [GMID -]
  (Euromonitor Passport). You will find market reports on leisure time use for a variety of countries here.
• Key Note
  A database with both company and market data. It contains information on around 7 million UK companies and has tools which allow comparison of company performance against the sector. The market reports are detailed and cover a wide range of UK markets. Some key reports also contain a comparison with European markets. The database also provides access to 'UKplc'
• Mintel
  Lengthy reports with data on catering topics such as ethnic restaurants and roadside catering plus travel and leisure
• Overseas travel and tourism
  Quarterly business monitor detailing quarterly results from the International Passenger Survey. Contains data on visits to and from the UK by overseas residents and visits abroad by UK residents.
• VisitBritain
  has a huge amount of data and market intelligence on domestic and inbound tourism. Look under "Insights and Statistics".
• VisitEngland
  has statistics and market research on domestic tourism. Look under "Insights and Statistics".

Theses and Dissertations

• British Library EThOS
  A database of digitised UK doctoral theses offering free online access to theses of participating Higher Education institutions
• Index to theses
  This will help you identify UK and Irish theses
• Networked digital library of theses and dissertations