Safety and security as part of the hotel servicescape for meeting planners

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-34

  Hilliard, Tyra W ^b   Baloglu, Seyhmus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotel; Meeting planner; Safety; Security; Servicescape

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649960084     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15470140802104557     Document Type: Article

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