Dimensions of hotel experience of people with disabilities: An exploratory study

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-591

  Poria, Yaniv ^a   Reichel, Arie ^a   Brandt, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blind people; Crutches; Hotel experience; Israel; People with disabilities; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960051717     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111143340     Document Type: Article

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