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Hospitality degree programs, according to the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA-CAHM)
American Hotel & Lodging Association
Hospitality Financial & Technical Professionals' Research Center
Hospitality.Net (International news and industry resources)
“Hotel,” and “Caravanserai,” Oxford Art Online
McDonough, Brian, Building type basics for hospitality facilities, John Wiley & Sons, TX911.2B84 2001
Rhoads, Marcela Abadi, Applying the ADA: designing for the Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for accessible design in multiple building types, Wiley, 2013 (via Ebook Central)
STR (Industry data provider offers a listing of hospitality organizations)
Zimmerman, Mike, “Hospitality giants: towering accomplishments,” Interior design, October 2017, p.129-144 (Largest hospitality interior design firms) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)




Airbnb (“Find a place to stay”)
Forino, Imma, “Airbnb,” Abitare, March 2012, p.122-125 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Goodman, Jeffrey, “Could You Bnb My Neighbor? A Planner’s Take on the Sharing Economy,” Planning, February 2016, p.2–33 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Living architecture (“Holidays in modern architecture”)
Winkelmann, Arne, “Typologie Der Ferienzeit: Das Pionierlager Artek Auf Der Krim," Bauwelt, April 28, 2000, p.12-19 (Part of a theme issue on the Soviet resort Artek, on the Caspian Sea) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Maynard, W. Barksdale, “Architecture and Culture in the Earliest Summer Camps,” Winterthur Portfolio, Spring 1999, p.3-29
Paris, Leslie, Children's Nature: the rise of the American summer camp, NYU Press, 2008 (via Ebook Central)
TrailSpace (“Outdoor gear reviews”)
Barker, Thomas & Marjie Britz, Jokers Wild: legalized gambling in the twenty-first century, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 (via Ebook Central)
Center for Gaming Research (U. of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Daniel, Tom, “Nothing serious,” Log, #27, Winter/Spring 2013, p.21-30 (on “new buildings, especially casinos, for the Cotai area of Macau”) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
O’Brien, James, “Rome in a day: corporate development practices and the role of professional designers,” Journal of Architectural Education, November 2000, p.68-79 (via JSTOR)
Venturi, Robert, et al, Learning from Las Vegas, MIT Press, Office-NA735 .L3 V4 1972
Vinegar, Aron & Michael J. Golec, Relearning from Las Vegas, University of Minnesota Press, 2009 (via Ebook Central)
Destination Marketing Association International
Meeting Professionals International
Meetings & Conventions (Industry news)
International Association of Conference Centers
Uffelen, Chris van, Convention centers, Braun Publishing, NA6880 .U23 C767 2012
Chon, Kaye Sung & Arthur Asa Berger, Ocean travel and cruising: a cultural analysis, Taylor & Francis, 2012
Delgado, Martin, et al. “Destination whatever: touring the cruise industry of the Caribbean,” Harvard Design Magazine, 2014, #39, p.10-21 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Dowling, Ross K., Cruise Ship Tourism, CABI, 2006 (via Ebook Central)
Hart, Douglas, “Sociability and ‘separate spheres’ on the North Atlantic,” Journal of Social History, Fall 2010, p.189-212 (via JSTOR)
Pearman, Hugh, “City at sea,” RIBA Journal, February 2010, p.30-36 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Tihany, Adam, et al, “Giganti Del Mare = Giants of the Ocean,” Domus, November 2023, p.6–13 (Ship interiors) (Kappe Library Journals)
Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, Ryokan: a Japanese tradition, Könemann, DS821 .F34 2001
Berger, Molly W., Hotel dreams luxury, technology, and urban ambition in America, 1829-1929, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 (via Ebook Central)
“Hotel,” and “Caravanserai,” Oxford Art Online
Keys, Leslee F., Hotel Ponce de Leon: the rise, fall, and rebirth of Flagler’s gilded age palace, University of Florida Press, 2015 (via Ebook Central)
Pearman, Hugh, “A thousand and one nights: a romp through the history of hotel typology,” RIBA Journal, February 2010, p.38-40, 42 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
“The American Hotel,” The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Vol.25, 2005 (PDF via Jstor) (Theme issue)
Donzel, Catherine, et al, Grand American Hotels, Vendome, NA7840 .D6613 1989
Koch, Alexander, Hotels, Restaurants, Café- und Barräume, A. Koch, NA7800.K58
"Hotels," Architectural Record, May 1957 (Building types study) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
"Hotels," Architectural Record, February 1976 (Building types study) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
"Hotels," Architectural Review, October 1960 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
"The Next Wave of Hospitality Design," Interior Design, October 1997 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Rutes, Walter A. & Richard H. Penner, Hotel planning and design, Whitney Library of Design, NA7800 .R87 1985
"Special Hotels for Special Places," Architectural Record, June 1984 (Building types study) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Wharton, Annabel Jane, Building the cold war: Hilton International hotels and modern architecture, University of Chicago, NA7850.M628 W48 2001
Beamon, Kelly, et al, “What’s next in Hospitality? : A Couple of Change Agents Tell Us How They’re Reshaping Spaces,” Metropolis, March 2023, p.154–57
Chang, Gary, Hotel as home: the art of living on the road, Princeton Architectural Press, NK2195.H6 C53 2006
Cuito, Aurora (editor), Hotels: designer & design, Kliczkowski, NA7800 .H67 2001
“The Dream hotel,” Metropolis, April 2012, p.56-67 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Hofmeister, Sandra, “Und Welcher Hoteltyp Sind Sie? = What Type of Hotel Are You?” Detail, January 2023, p.22–29 (Four hotel projects)
Hotel Online (Industry news)
“Hotels,” Domus, July/August, 2011 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
“Hotels & Restaurants,” Arch Daily
International Hotel & Restaurant Association
Jones, Lauren, et al, “Spectrum : An Essential Survey of Architecture and Design Today,” Metropolis, June 2021, p.31-40 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Pizzi, Mia, “Nine hotels scattered around the world,” Abitare, September 2010, p.150-169
Plunkett, Drew, Detail in contemporary hotel design, Laurence King, NK2195 .H6 P59 2013
Thoisy, Éric de, “Des Espaces Hôtes = About Hospitality,” Architecture d’aujourd’hui, August 2023, p.76–81 (Introduction to a featured section on hospitality)
Wilkinson, Tom, “Typology hotel,” Architectural Review, July/August 2017, p.104-113 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
… The largest hotel chains in the world, as of 2022, are: Wyndham Hotel Group (Days Inn, Howard Johnson, La Quinta, Ramada, etc.), Marriot International, Choice Hotels International (Quality Inn, Comfort Inn, Extended Stay Hotel, Econo Lodge, etc.), Hilton Worldwide, and InterContinental Hotels Group (Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, etc.) [See: “The largest hotel chains in the world,” WorldAtlas.com, 2022]
Motel Americana (Elaborate personal page of motel-related kitsch)
"Motor Hotels," Architectural Record, April 1958 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
"Motor Hotels," Architectural Record, July 1960 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Wood, Andrew, “The rise and fall of the great American motel,” Smithsonian.com, June 2017
Wyndham Hotel Group (including Ramada Worldwide, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, etc.)
Jodidio, Philip, Nomadic homes: architecture on the move, Taschen, NA8480 .J627 2017
Kane, Ted & Rick Miller, Polar inertia: migrating urban systems, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, HN80 .L7 K36 2007
Krakhmalnikov, Eduard, “The trailer park that became a city,” Minnesota History, Winter 2017-18, p.314-324 (via JSTOR)
Seonwook, Kim & Pyo Miyoung, Mobile architecture: construction and design manual, NA2545 .P5 A29 2012 v.4
Sandu Publishing (editors), New portable architecture, Sandu, Promopress, NA8480 .N486 2014
Trailer Life (Published by Good Sam Enterprises)
Twitchell, James, Winnebago nation: the RV in American culture, Columbia University Press, 2014 (via Ebook Central)
Curry, Andrew, “The rebirth of a Nazi resort,” Architect, November 2017, p.121-122, 124-26, 128-31 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière, Ah, wilderness!: resort architecture in the Thousand Islands, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, NA7850.C22 T4 2004
"Four Resort Hotels," Architectural Record, October 1977 (Building types study) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Gray, Fred, Designing the seaside: architecture, society and nature, Reaktion, NA7576.G73 2006
Gwilliam, Tony, Far from boring : the story of Bloo Lagoon Eco Village, [Self-published], NA2542.36 G85 2015
Hibbard, Don, Designing paradise: the allure of the Hawaiian Resort, Princeton Architectural Press, NA7820.H53 2006
"International Resorts," Architectural Record, September 1978 (Building types study) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Kiger, Patrick J., “Buy the seaside,” Urban Land, May/June 2016, p.62-68 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
"Resort Hotels: Symbol and Association in Their Design," Architectural Record, December 1969 (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
“Resortrends,” Urban Land, February 2009 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
“Bath & spa,” Dwell, Winter 2013 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Connell, John, Medical tourism, CABI, 2011 (via Ebook Central)
Farameh, Patrice & Martin Nicholas Kunz, Luxury hotels: spa & wellness, Tenues Publishing Group. NK2195.H6 L89 2006
“Fuente Santa Spa,” Croquis, 2016, #184, p.112-117 (Competition) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
“Hotels & spas,” A+U, February 2002 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Ikeuchi, “The Cosmology of the bath: touring Europe’s hot spring resorts,” a feature in several issues of Space Design magazine: 1988: June, September-December, 1989: February-April. (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Koren, Undesigning the Bath, GT2845 .K67 1996
Kramer, Sibylle, Bath & spa, Thames & Hudson, NA7010 .K73 2008
Olin, Laurie, “Algerian Journal: among the ruins of provincial Rome,” SiteLINES, Spring 2016, p.7-11 (PDF via JSTOR)
Rosenbaum, Adam T., “Grounded modernity in the Bavarian Alps: the Reichenhall spa culture at the turn of the twentieth century,” Central European History, March 2014, p.30-53
“Wellness,” Domus, November 2008 (Theme issue) (Kappe Library Bound Journals)
Klingmann, Anna, Brandscapes: architecture in the experience economy, MIT Press, NA2540 .K51 2007
Gassan, Richard H., “Tourists and the city: New York's first tourist era, 1820-1840,” Winterthur Portfolio, Summer/Autumn 2010, p.221-246 (PDF via JSTOR)
Judd, Dennis R. (editor), The infrastructure of play: building the tourist city, Routledge, 2015 (via Ebook Central)
Deupi, Victor & Jean-François Lejeune, "Tropicality, tourism, and leisure" in, Cuban modernism : mid-century architecture 1940-1970, Birkhäuser, NA803 .D48 2021
Pearce, Philip L., Tourist Behaviour: Themes and Conceptual Schemes, Channel View Publications, 2005 (via Ebook Central)
Travel & Tourism Research Association
Treffers, Fulco, et al, A vision for Mariupol : the easternmost gateway of Europe, DOM publishers, HT169.U382 M378 2023 (see Chapters 5.6 Festival and sports tourism, and 5.8 Memorial tourism)
All-inclusive resorts, B&Bs, Baths, Bed and breakfasts, Boutique hotels, Camping equipment, Casinos, Coach inns, Conference centers, Convention centers, Convention facilities, Cruise lines, Cruise ships, Destination marketing, Entertainment design, Grand hotels, Guest houses, Health resorts, Home exchange, Hot springs, House swap, Hospitality industry, Inns, Khāns, Mineral springs, Pensions, Recreational vehicles, Resort cities, Resorts, Ski resorts, Spas, Summer camps

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