Selling tourism on the internet: Analysis of the balance of power between seller and consumer during information exchange and negotiation

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 49-64

  Fischer Lokou, Jacques ^b   Guéguen, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Institut Universitaire de Technologie   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Selling; Tourism marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847041213     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v09n03_04     Document Type: Article

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