Guidebook

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Guidebook

a short reference work on a country or a city, mainly intended for tourists and containing information on local sights, cultural institutions, transportation, and hotels. Baedekers are guidebooks on different countries and are widely known. Guidebooks that are devoted to individual cultural institutions (for instance, museums and large libraries) and to historical and artistic complexes provide information on their history, structure, and collections.

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A MATTER OF HISTORY: Mick Aston with the latest Cadw guidebook at Chepstow castle

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At the time, Chabot says, "HUD could have disapproved the Guidebook, if its methodology or analysis were found faulty; but HUD did not exercise its right to have dissenting views attached to the Guidebook.

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Chapter titles include: Background to the Guidebook, Performance Measurement, Applying Performance Measures, Leadership, Policy and Strategy, People Management, Resources, Processes, Customer Satisfaction, People Satisfaction, Impact on Society, Business Results, Sources of Information; followed by References and Additional Reading suggestions.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT GUIDE

Second prize: Paul Lariat of London wins a Lonely Planet guidebook, a city guide, a phrasebook and a journeys book of his choice.

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"I was very happy and honored to be hosted in Florence at the conference at which the idea of this guidebook was started, and I am very grateful that we had a wonderful team from Italy who worked on this project and particularly my good friend HE the former Ambassador of Italy to Jordan, Mr.

Abu-Ghazaleh Launches the Guide Florence and the Islamic Culture

Speaking at the launch, Amaratunga said that this guidebook will be extremely vital in guiding thousands of Chinese tourists who visit Sri Lanka every year and it is an example for other embassies to follow in providing proper guidance in their respective languages to their citizens when they arrive in the country.

Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka unveils guidebook of consular protection

The SECP has proposed the guidebook keeping in view best practices for conducting board meetings and general meetings in the light of requirements of Companies Act, 2017, and regulations made under it.

SECP issues guide for board meetings

The new guidebook is being issued by the Society as a part of the same project, and contains maps of up-to-the-minute accuracy.

River-to-River Trail Guide free online

These were then used to create the most emotional and accurate guidebook of the country.

Georgian National Tourism Administration Launch AI to Help Create Accurate Guidebook Based on Tourist Emotions

FILE - Minister of Justice Hossam Abdel Rahim CAIRO -- 25 July 2018: Minister of Justice Hossam Abdel Rahim announced the formal completion of the first Egyptian legislative guidebook prepared to be followed by the legislators in Egypt occupying the Parliament, the Cabinet and the President.