How information quality and market turbulence impact convention and visitors bureaus' use of marketing information: Insights for destination and event marketing

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-292

  Lee, Seonjeong ^a   Close, Angeline G ^b   Love, Curtis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convention and visitors bureaus; Customer change; Event marketing; Information quality; Online information use; Technology change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649872194     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15470148.2010.530541     Document Type: Article

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