Destination selection criteria: Key success factors evolve and dominate

Event Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Rompf, Paul D ^a   Breiter, Deborah ^a   Severt, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventions; Destination; Event planners; Event type; Selection criteria; Success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953564684     PISSN: 15259951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/152599509787992599     Document Type: Article

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