The Development of the Hotel and Tourism Industry in the Twentieth Century Comparative Perspectives from Western Europe, 1900–1970

Carlos Larrinaga is Reader in Economic History at the University of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. His research is in the history of tourism, railways in the 19th century and the service sector. He has undertaken research in several stays at Bordeaux-Montaigne University and at Aberystwyth University. He leads the project ‘Tourism in Spain in the first third of the 20th century: characteristics and evolution of an economic activity and a social practice in comparative perspective’, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain and European Regional Development Fund.

Donatella Strangio is Full Professor of Economic History at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She has been Director of Masters program in Business Management at Sapienza University of Rome. She is a researcher of the project ‘Tourism in Spain in the first third of the 20th century: characteristics and evolution of an economic activity and a social practice in comparative perspective’, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain and European Regional Development Fund.