Estimating the impact of showroom entertainment on the gaming volumes of Las Vegas hotel-casinos

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-111

  Suh, Eunju ^a   Lucas, Anthony F ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Casino management; Casino marketing; Entertainment; Operations analysis; Showrooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957880955     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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