For those looking for new and different ways to teach hospitality management, the Education Institute has recently promoted a novel, entitled Saving the St. George, by hospitality veteran Greg Plank. The novel tells the story of retired Marine Edwin Christian who inherits the elegant but aging Hotel St. George from his grandfather. As it turns out, the hotel has fallen on hard times and Edwin must make decisions to restore it to its former luster. The novel is designed to be an interesting read for students who will read about Edwin’s attempt to turn around the hotel by handling such challenges as a dead body in a guest room, colorful and sometimes shady hotel guests, and more.
As an educational tool, the book is designed to a case study to help teachers have conversations with students around such topics as security, guest service, and purchasing. Another key feature of the novel is its price. Because it is not a “textbook” the cost to students to purchase the book is $10.00 (net-to-bookstore/academic price). To order, “Saving the St. George,” you may call EI at 800-344-4381 or 517-372-8800, or visit http://www.eiacademic.org/
Also, if you have used this book in your teaching and want to offer up a book review e-mail Mick La Lopa at Mlalopa@fooded.org. You can also share what you know about the book by responding directly to this post.
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