Crisis planning and preparedness in the United States tourism industry

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-320

  Pennington Gray, Lori ^a   Thapa, Brijesh ^a   Kaplanidou, Kyriaki ^a   Cahyanto, Ignatius ^a   McLaughlin, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

crisis communication; crisis management; emergency preparedness; tourism industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960335035     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965511410866     Document Type: Article

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