Towards Strategic Intent: Perceptions of disability service provision amongst hotel accommodation managers

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 468-476

  Darcy, Simon ^a   Pegg, Shane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Attitude; Disability; Hearing; Hotel; Lodging; Management perception; Mobility; Service; Social model; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751533480     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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