Exploring the adoption and processing of online holiday reviews: A grounded theory approach

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-224

  Papathanassis, Alexis ^a   Knolle, Friederike ^b  

^a Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E Tourism; Grounded theory; Holiday selection; Online reviews; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEURISTICS; INTERNET; THEORY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649880855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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