Setting standards for green: An analysis of Taiwan green hotel rating program

Actual Problems of Economics

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 544-553

  Shieh, Hwai Shuh ^a   Deng, Wen Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental compatibility; Food miles; Green hotel; Green hotel rating program; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867826568     PISSN: 19936788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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