Standard hospitality elements at resorts: An empirical assessment

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Brey, Eric T ^a   Klenosky, David B ^b   Lehto, Xinran ^b   Morrison, Alastair M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribute or feature importance; Consumer evaluation; Hospitality marketing; Resort visitation

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 53549108564     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287508321195     Document Type: Article

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