The productivity and competency of information technology in upscale hotels: The perception of hotel managers in Turkey

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-490

  Karadag, Ersem ^a   Dumanoglu, Sezayi ^b  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Hotels; Productivity rate; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549084666     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110910955712     Document Type: Article

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