How much is my hotel worth? What is the optimal purchasing price for a hotel? These questions are answered by the first industry-related book about valuations.

Since 2000, USALI is finally available in German as well. Based on a department-oriented profit and loss statement, revenues, expenditures and various ratios of hotels can be compared with each other.

In this mixture of encyclopaedia and compendium, numerous articles offer an insight into essential aspects of the tourism and hotel industry. Due to the alphabetical strcuture, the textbook (with almost 500 pages) is mainly suited as a reference item.

The book explains the economic basics of controlling for hotels. Both operative and strategic approaches to controlling are dealt with.

Edgar E. Schaetzing is probably the best-known professor for hotel management in Germany. His textbook Management in Hotellerie und Gastronomie (already available in its 7th edition!) gives an overview of selected aspects concerning the hospitality industry.

The bible of the hotel industry! In 1926 William J. Forster, a chartered accountant from New York (and co-founder of Pannell Kerr Forster/PKF), had the idea to create a unified system of accounts for hotels. Since its first publication, USALI has become an industry standard and is used by individual hotels and hotel groups worldwide.

This book, as mentioned in the subtitle, deals with the "concept, financing and marketing of spa projects". It stands out against the mass of - very often esoterically influenced - wellness literature. The book critically assesses the sense and economic viability of spa and wellness facilities in hotels.