Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.

Setting the context for the study of hospitality consumption -- An introduction to the consumption of hospitality -- Consuming hospitality services -- The key perspectives seen as complementary to an understanding of hospitality consumer behaviour -- Frameworks for considering hospitality consumer decision-making -- Individual processes in consuming hospitality -- Social and cultural influences on hospitality consumer behaviour -- The influence of reference groups on hospitality consumers -- Understanding the hospitality consumer in contemporary society and beyond -- The end of the marketing concept -- Postmodern consumers of hospitality services -- Hospitality implications of the revolution in consumption: marketing simulacrity and hyperreality -- Researching contemporary hospitality behaviour.

Reprint. Originally published in 2002.