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Tourism Facilities Management: A New Course Design and Optimization Based on Survey

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Engineering Education and Management

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 112))

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Tourism and facilities management are both considered the sunrise industries in China. The application of professional facilities management and services in tourism industry is a new trend and has a collaborative effect. Thus a new course, Tourism facilities management, is designed to meet the future needs. Through three years’ teaching practices and survey, we identified the current problems on the course teaching, and further analyzed the results and effects. Finally, suggestions are given: increase the awareness of facilities management in tourism professionals; enrich the teaching content of tourism facilities management; conduct Service Learning and connect theories to hands-on practices; improve the textbook and teaching materials to enhance professional training.

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  1. Tourism Management Department, Changsha University, 410003, Changsha, China

    Hui Zhang & Yue Miao

  2. Business School, Hunan Normal University, 400081, Changsha, China

    Hongjian Cao

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    Liangchi Zhang

  2. , School of Mechanical and Electrical Eng., Guangzhou University, Wai Huan Xi Road 230, Guangzhou, 510006, China, People's Republic

    Chunliang Zhang

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Zhang, H., Cao, H., Miao, Y. (2012). Tourism Facilities Management: A New Course Design and Optimization Based on Survey. In: Zhang, L., Zhang, C. (eds) Engineering Education and Management. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24820-7_67

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