Giants of Tourism

Richard Butler was educated at Nottingham University and the University of Glasgow (PhD Geography 1973), and spent thirty years at the University of Western Ontario in Canada as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Geography, and then the University of Surrey, where he was Professor of Tourism from 1997 to 2005. He is currently Emeritus Professor of International Tourism in the Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has published a large number of journal articles, fourteen books on tourism and many chapters in other books. His fields of interest are the development process of tourist destinations the impacts of tourism, carrying capacity and sustainability, and tourism in remote areas and islands. is a Principal Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at RMIT University, Australia. Roslyn completed her PhD at Griffith University, Australia, in 2000 and lectured in entrepreneurship in tourism at La Trobe University. Roslyn's research explored the role of individuals in tourism development using a framework of chaos and complexity theories. Roslyn has published many chapters, journal articles and conducts a wide range of research projects for industry and government bodies.

• Part I: Giants of Hospitality 1: Historical Giants: Forefathers of Modern Hospitality and Tourism 2: The Master of Ceremonies: Beau Nash and the Rise of Bath, 1700-1750 3: Sir William Edward Heygate Colbourne (Billy) Butlin, 1899-1980 4: Conrad 'Connie' Nicholson Hilton,1887-1979: the Consummate Hotelier 5: The DeHaan Family and RCI: the Development of the Timeshare Industry Part II: Giants of Travel 6: Thomas Cook: Image and Reality 7: Baedeker: the Perceived 'Inventor' of the Formal Guidebook - a Bible for Travellers in the 19th Century 8: Freddie Laker: First Giant of Low-cost Air Travel 9: Sir Stelios: the Easy-going Entrepreneur 10: Richard Branson: 'Screw It, Let's Do It' Part III: Giants of Activities 11: Walt Disney's World of Entertainment Attractions 12: Stanley Ho Hung-sun: the 'King of Gambling' 13: Kerry Packer: World Series Cricket (WSC) and the (R)Evolution of Modern Sports-related Tourism 14: AJ Hackett - a Giant of Tourism Part IV: Giants of Development 15: A.P. Cockburn: Canadian Transportation and Resort Pioneer 16: John Muir: Pioneer of Nature Preservation 17: Keith Williams: Chaos Maker on the Gold Coast 18: And Standing in the Shadows of these Giants - or Maybe on their Shoulders? 19: Conclusions