The Hotel Development and Management Guide

The Hotel Development and Management Guide is an accessible, global, end-to-end reference book that illustrates how hotel concepts are conceived, financed, branded, operated and governed, connecting strategy, finance and department-level operations into one integrated framework.

Readers gain a clear, decision-grade understanding of how hotel value is created and sustained across the full lifecycle. The book integrates feasibility, brand and operator strategy, departmental operations, asset management, and emerging forces such as AI and ESG, using practical frameworks, checklists, and financially grounded analysis to support real-world decision-making. Case studies are integrated throughout from hotel owners around the world to showcase real life situations and issues.

This invaluable text offers an integrated, one stop professional-level reference for hotel owners and investors, as well as upper-level undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and executive-education students studying hospitality management and hotel operations management.