Quality of hotel service and consumer protection: A European contract law approach

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Bech Serrat, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contract law; Hospitality; Information; Price reduction; Quality

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; STANDARD (REGULATION); TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 78649907433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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