Pre-crisis period planning: Lessons for hospitality and tourism

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-74

  Malhotra, Richa ^a   Venkatesh, Umashankar ^b  

^a Institute for International Management and Technology   (India)

^b ITM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Hospitality services; Management strategy; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052987226     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554210910949896     Document Type: Article

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