Factors that impact mature customer dining choices in Las Vegas

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-192

  Kim, Yen Soon ^a   Bergman, Christine ^a   Raab, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dining; Mature customer market; Preferences; Restaurant; Restaurant attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955933333     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15378020.2010.500237     Document Type: Article

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