Improving hotel ratings by offering free Wi-Fi

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-245

  Bulchand Gidumal, Jacques ^a   Melián González, Santiago ^a   López Valcárcel, Beatriz González ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business centers; Communication technologies; Consumer behaviour; Hotels; Pets; Room service; Tourism technology; TripAdvisor; Wi Fi; WLAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869231003     PISSN: 17579880     EISSN: 17579899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17579881111173776     Document Type: Article

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