Research in brief: Disintermediation of hotel reservations: The perception of different groups of online buyers in Hong Kong

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 766-772

  Law, Rob ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Hong Kong; Hotels; Internet; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350291369     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110910976007     Document Type: Article

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