Managing business travel: Developments and dilemmas in corporate travel management

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-284

  Gustafson, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business travel; Travel agency; Travel management; Travel policy; Virtual meeting

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; STAKEHOLDER; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 82955235617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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