The website design and Internet site marketing practices of upscale and luxury hotels in Turkey

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Baloglu, Seyhmus ^a   Pekcan, Yakup A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

4 and 5 star hotels; Correspondence analysis; Internet marketing; Turkey; Web design

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INTERNET; MARKETING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 27644459552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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