RevPAR determinants of individual hotels: Evidences from Milan

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-311

  Sainaghi, Ruggero ^a  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospitality management; Hotels; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955597369     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111122497     Document Type: Article

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