International Dictionary of Hospitality Management

Annals of Tourism Research, 2008

When reviewing a dictionary, the definition of a dictionary as presented by Ambrose Bierce in his Devil’s Dictionary, first published in 1881, springs to mind. Bierce defines a dictionary as: “a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic”, adding the caveat that his own dictionary, however, “is a most useful work”. To the best of the reviewer’s knowledge, the International Dictionary of Hospitality Management is the first ever dictionary entirely devoted to the area of Hospitality Management. It is a long-awaited, abridged and generally more affordable version of The International Encyclopaedia of Hospitality Management (Pizam 2005). In a relatively short space of time this dictionary will undoubtedly prove to be the ideal companion for all students and practitioners studying and working the hospitality industry, not least because of price and size but also due to the user friendly layout. This redacted version is an excellent companion volume to the Encyclopaedia and should encourage those students who wish to know more to go to the library and explore the Encyclopaedia. The editors have taken the definitions that the 216 original authors provided for the Encyclopaedia and redacted them to entries averaging 150 words. Considering that the Dictionary covers the same 734 topics ranging from à la carte to zoning codes, this is a considerable editorial achievement. It provides succinct and clear definitions of topics as diverse as entrepreneurship, liquidity ratios, psychological contracts and yield management – some of which this reviewer had not previously understood fully! The Dictionary defines a wide range of relevant issues in the field of hospitality management, from both a sector level: Lodging; Restaurants and Food service; Timeshare; Clubs, and Events, as well as a managerial one: Accounting and Finance; Marketing; Strategic Management; Human Resources; Information Technology; and Facilities Management.

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 1999

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International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2019

The aim of this paper is to provide a complete lifetime overview of the academic structure of the journal using bibliometric indicators since its inception and until the last year completed. This analysis includes key factors such as the most cited articles, leading authors, originating institutions and countries, the publication and citation structures, and the keywords most commonly used. The bibliometric data used to conduct this analysis come from the Scopus database. Additionally, the VOS viewer software is used to create a graphic map of the bibliometric results. The graphical analysis uses cocitation, bibliographic coupling and co-occurrence. Results indicate that IJHM is a leading journal in the areas where it is indexed, with publications from a wide range of authors, institutions, and countries around the world.