Social Media in Tourism and Hospitality: A Literature Review

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 3-22

  Leung, Daniel ^a   Law, Rob ^a   van Hoof, Hubert ^b   Buhalis, Dimitrios ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumers; hospitality research; journal review; Social media; suppliers; tourism research; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874605741     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2013.750919     Document Type: Review

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