Consumers ideal eating out experience as it refers to restaurant style: A case study

Journal of Retail and Leisure Property

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-276

  Alonso, Abel Duarte ^a   Oneill, Martin A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; consumers; descriptions; dining experiences; restaurant style

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649752498     PISSN: 14791110     EISSN: 17502098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/rlp.2010.9     Document Type: Article

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