Investigation of social media marketing: How does the hotel industry in hong kong perform in marketing on social media websites?

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-368

  Chan, Nga Ling ^a   Guillet, Basak Denizci ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong kong; Hotels; Social media marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957647300     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2011.571571     Document Type: Article

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