Classifying US association meeting planners based on international destination selection criteria: A case study of South Korea

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-199

  Jun, Jaekyoon ^a   McCleary, Ken W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association meeting planners; International destination selection; Multiple discriminant analysis (MDA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033148765     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-4319(99)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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