Drivers of customer convenience in electronic tourism industry

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 836-839

  Moharrer, Masoomeh ^a   Tahayori, Hooman ^b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convenience; E marketing; E tourism; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

SALES;

CUSTOMER SERVICES; DIRECT ACCESS; E TOURISM; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE); FOCUS GROUPS; TIME EFFICIENCIES; TOURISM INDUSTRY; WORKING HOURS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 48749133194     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2007.214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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