Sustainable hotel practices and nationality: The impact on guest satisfaction and guest intention to return

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-233

  Berezan, Orie ^a   Raab, Carola ^a   Yoo, Michelle ^b   Love, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green hotel attributes; Green hotel practices; Guest satisfaction; Intention to return; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877116059     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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