A preliminary assessment of the function and conference service product at a UK stately home

Tourism Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 571-581

  Callan, Roger J ^a   Hoyes, Margaret K ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LA23 3BA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conference; Stately home; UK; Unusual venue; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040953332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(00)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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