Association meeting planners' loyalty to hotel chains

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-275

  Weber, Karin ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convention hotels; Loyalty; Meeting planners

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345854865     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4319(01)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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