The impact of e-word-of-mouth on the online popularity of restaurants: A comparison of consumer reviews and editor reviews

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 694-700

  Zhang, Ziqiong ^a   Ye, Qiang ^a   Law, Rob ^b   Li, Yijun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumer reviews; Editor reviews; Online popularity; Restaurant

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954534605     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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