Customers' perceptions of floating restaurants in Egypt

Anatolia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Abdelhamied, Hany H S ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Food quality; Repeat patronage intention; Sailing Floating Restaurants (SFR); Service quality

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CAIRO [CAIRO (GVR)]; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 80051805551     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2011.556212     Document Type: Article

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