Leisure as Marketing: The Nature and Experience of "Business Leisure"

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-60

  Dobni, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business and leisure relationships; corporate hospitality; work and play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861009044     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2011.611729     Document Type: Article

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