Segmenting cruise passengers with price sensitivity

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 753-762

  Petrick, James F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cruise; Loyalty; Perceived value; Price; Price sensitivity; Repurchase; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

PRICE DYNAMICS; SHIPPING; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 20544454501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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