Association meeting planners' perceptions and intentions for five major US convention cities: The structured and unstructured images

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 743-752

  Baloglu, Seyhmus ^a   Love, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association meeting planners; Convention city; Image; Intentions; Perceptions; Quantitative and qualitative

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; MARKETING; URBAN PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20544460100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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