Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Albergo Diffuso as an original model for hotelier hospitality -- 3. Rural hamlets: Basic requirements for setting up the hospitality model -- 4. Analyzing resources for sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based...

The changes that have been taking place in the last five years require that everyone work together successfully with others. Now, the Albergo diffuso, other hoteliers and also the public have been accustomed to cooperate without deeply analyzing their whole supplying, marketing, management and...

Coordinating SME’s systems becomes a science (thanks to the Albergo diffuso). The albergo diffusos (scattered hotels) in Italy are trying to represent the cultural identity of typical villages toward the tourism market in an effective and sustainable way since 1982, the year in which the first...

The Albergo diffuso is a new form of hotel in which typical rooms and houses are scattered throughout different buildings within the same village, are overseen by one manager to achieve the highest hotel quality and social involvement standard.When this new business opportunity is presented...