The Do's and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors

Hardback (06 Jun 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Avoid business blunders with? Do?s and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors "Roger Axtell is an international Emily Post." ?The New Yorker America hosts some 41 million international visitors who spend $50 billion dollars each year while mixing trade and tourism. Do?s and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors offers hosts an indispensable guide to everything from entertaining and business protocol to the role of interpreters and corporate gift giving. You?ll find:

List of tips by country on specific aspects of hosting and other valuable resources and references
Guidance for doing business with special groups, such as the British and Japanese
What foreign guests find peculiar about American dining, social drinking, and office protocol

With the information in Do?s and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors, you?ll make your clients and colleagues? visits more pleasant and avoid social mistakes that could ruin a deal. Instead, you?ll gain a competitive edge by laying an important cornerstone of a good business relationship. "Knowing the appropriate protocol, customs, and etiquette when hosting business guests from overseas can often be more significant than the business discussion itself. This book provides all that and more." ?William A. Guenther, Manager, The Council House, Official Guest Facility of S.C. Johnson Wax Company

ISBN:	9780471515722
Publisher:	Wiley
Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pub date:	06 Jun 1990
DEWEY:	395.52
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	236
Weight:	548g
Height:	235mm
Width:	162mm
Spine width:	22mm