The characteristics of hotel websites and their implications for website effectiveness

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 504-516

  Schmidt, Serje ^a   Cantallops, Antoni Serra ^b   dos Santos, Cristiane Pizzutti ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hotel; Internet; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149084896     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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