Perception of Green Hotels Among Tourists in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study

Services Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-352

  Han, Xing ^a   Chan, Kara ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

environmental practices; hotel industry; public attitudes; qualitative method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884269931     PISSN: 15332969     EISSN: 15332977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332969.2013.827069     Document Type: Article

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