Increasing customers' loyalty in a skiing resort: The contribution of place attachment and service quality

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 414-425

  Alexandris, K ^a   Kouthouris, C ^b   Meligdis, Andreas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Customer loyalty; Service quality assurance; Sports; Vacations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746363504     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110610673547     Document Type: Article

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