Analyzing the usability of travel web sites in Hainan, China: The perspectives of e-buyers and e-lookers

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-626

  Law, Rob ^a   Cheung, Catherine ^a   Hu, Tao ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Performance management; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549126806     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110910967845     Document Type: Article

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