Content preferences for in-vehicle tourist information systems: An emerging travel information source

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 41-58

  Eby, David W ^a   Molnar, Lisa J ^a   Cai, Liping A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In Vehicle Information system; Information preferences survey; Intelligent transportation system; Tourist based information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002993336     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v06n03_04     Document Type: Article

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