Can a festival be too successful? A review of Spoleto, USA

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-49

  Litvin, Stephen W ^a   Fetter, Elizabeth ^a  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Festivals; Hotels; Tourism management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644587703     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110610641966     Document Type: Review

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