Theory and practice of environmental management and monitoring in hotel chains

Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 102-130

  Bohdanowicz, Paulina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

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EID: 67449155607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884256     Document Type: Chapter

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