An exploratory case study of hotel E-marketing in Ho Chi Minh City

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-388

  Bui, Tung X ^a,b,c,d   Le, Truc ^e   Jones, Wayne D ^f,g  

^a Matson Navigation Co   (United States)

^b Department of Global Business ^*  (United States)

^c Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e City University of Technology School of Industrial Management Programme

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g Administration's International Management Program   (United States)

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EID: 33646678895     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20100     Document Type: Article

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