Collections

Hospitality – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)

LibreTexts includes material regarding the hospitality industry, a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and drink service, event planning, theme parks, and transportation. It includes hotels, restaurants and bars.

WISC-Online (CC BY-NC)

This is a collection of videos and other learning materials targeted on hospitality, e.g., staffing (housekeeping, beverage servers), and airports.

Textbooks

Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry (CC BY)

This book is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.

Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality (CC BY 4.0)

This textbook is an introduction to the tourism and hospitality industry in British Columbia, and is written with a first year college and university audience in mind. It is a collaborative work with input from educators, industry leaders, employers, and past graduates of BC’s tourism and hospitality management programs.

All chapters have been reviewed by experts in the field. Each chapter is organized thematically moving from a global, then national, and finally provincial context. Chapters contain “Spotlight On” boxes that highlight an organization, business, or other key component and “Take a Closer Look” features that encourage further reading on particular subjects. Key terms, exercises and case studies can be found at the end of each chapter.