"and never the twain shall meet": Investigating the hospitality industry-education relationship in Cyprus

Education and Training

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 391-407

  Zopiatis, Anastasios ^a   Constanti, Panikkos ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Experiential learning; Hospitality education; Hospitality services; Hotel and catering industry; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250876506     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910710762959     Document Type: Article

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