Demand for hotel spending by visitors to Hong Kong: A study of various forecasting techniques

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 17-29

  Law, Rob ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Hong Kong; Hotel spending; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010413830     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v06n04_03     Document Type: Article

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