Does ICT adoption enhance hotel performance?

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-49

  Sirirak, Sirawit ^a   Islam, Nazrul ^a   Khang, Do Ba ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Customer satisfaction; Hotels; Operations management; Productivity rate; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869223766     PISSN: 17579880     EISSN: 17579899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17579881111112403     Document Type: Article

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