Organisational channel discrepancies between CVBs and meeting planners in the USA

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-115

  Kim, Dae Young ^a   Lehto, Xinran Y ^b   Kline, Sheryl F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CVBs; Information channel; Meeting planners; Organisational behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERCEPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952045374     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.737     Document Type: Article

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