Online travel planning and college students: The Spring Break Experience

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 79-91

  Bai, Billy ^a   Hu, Clark ^b   Elsworth, Jeffrey ^c   Countryman, Cary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Online consumer behavior; Online travel planning; Spring break travel; Web travel service portals

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749086141     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v17n02_07     Document Type: Article

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