Older, single female holidaymakers in the United Kingdom - Who needs them?

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-17

  Stone, Graham J ^a   Nichol, Sandra ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holidays; Market segments; Middle aged women; Motivation; Singles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646308418     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135676679900500102     Document Type: Article

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