Why go green? The business case for environmental commitment in the Canadian hotel industry

Anatolia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-270

  Graci, Sonya ^a   Dodds, Rachel ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefits; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62149111482     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2008.9687072     Document Type: Article

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