Customers' perceptions on the importance of hotel web site dimensions and attributes

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 493-503

  Law, Rob ^a   Hsu, Cathy H C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Hotels; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144482890     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110510612130     Document Type: Article

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