The importance of hotel employee service attitude and the satisfaction of international tourists

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1073-1085

  Kuo, Chun Min ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MARKETING; SERVICE SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 46749148013     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701673752     Document Type: Article

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