The development of a conceptual model of greening in the business events tourism sector

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-94

  Mair, Judith ^a   Jago, Leo ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business events; Corporate environmentalism; Corporate greening; Environment; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 77949374234     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580903291007     Document Type: Article

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