Building trust and satisfaction in travel counselor/client relationships

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 59-74

  Macintosh, Gerrard ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent client relationship; Satisfaction; Travel agents; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144256263     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v12n04_04     Document Type: Article

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