Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to you with respect to my edited book entitled "Corporate Rivalry and Market Power: Competition Issues in the Tourism Industry" published by IB Tauris.

Conventional wisdom paints a picture of the tourism industries as made up of many small and medium enterprises with no strategic behaviour. The 
reality, however, is different: in addition to these small and medium enterprises a powerful oligopoly of service providers and intermediaries 
has emerged, employing sophisticated techniques of corporate rivalry to enhance their position and exercise market power. "Corporate Rivalry and 
Market Power" investigates this reality and provides an integrated perspective on competition issues in tourism. The work begins with an 
overview of the main principles and issues in competition analysis.   Corporate rivalry in the areas of transport for tourism, the 
accommodation sector and travel distribution are then examined, drawing examples and case studies from the international arena. Among the 
studies included are corporate rivalry and competition in the airline industry, the impact of information technology on tourism competition, 
the travel distribution system in the US retail sector and competition  in visitor attractions and holiday parks. Finally, emerging problems and 
the measures required to alleviate them are discussed. With contributors drawn from leading experts in the field, "Corporate Rivalry and Market 
Power" provides an important and original analysis of competition issues in the tourism industry. It will form essential reading for scholars and 
practitioners in tourism, industrial economics and economic geography.

The book is available in both paperback and hardbound editions.

You may wish to visit the following sites with respect to the book:
http://www.ibtauris.com/ibtauris/display.asp?ISB=1845111567&TAG=&CID= (this is the IB Tauris website with general information on the book)
http://www.trioptron.org (this is my website, where you can find a relevant banner from Amazon).

My best regards,

Andreas Papatheodorou.

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Dr Andreas Papatheodorou
Assistant Professor in Industrial Economics with emphasis on Tourism
Department of Business Administration
University of Aegean

Telephone: +30 210 64 24 401
Facsimile: +30 210 64 36 931
Mobile: +30 6977 64 68 36
Website: www.trioptron.org