Identifying the vacation travel innovator

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-336

  Goldsmith, Ronald E ^a   Litvin, Stephen W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Marketing; Tourism; Vacation innovators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008298923     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135676679800400402     Document Type: Article

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