Managing online distribution for tourism growth in India

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-51

  Dutta, Kirti ^a   Manaktola, Kamal ^a  

^a Institute for International Management and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Hotels; India; Information retrieval; Internet; Sustainable development; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863046178     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554210910949878     Document Type: Article

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