Hotel selection: When price is not the issue

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-159

  Chan, Eric S W ^a   Wong, Simon C K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

frequent individual travellers; hotel; price; selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949110939     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766706062154     Document Type: Article

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