Environmental awareness and initiatives in the Swedish and Polish hotel industries-survey results

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 662-682

  Bohdanowicz, Paulina ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental awareness; Environmental initiatives; Hotels; Poland; Survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749354156     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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