Establishing attributes of an environmental management system for green hotel evaluation

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-208

  Hsiao, Teng Yuan ^a   Chuang, Chung Ming ^a   Kuo, Nae Wen ^b   Yu, Sally Ming Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Environmental auditing; Environmental management system (EMS); Green hotels; Taiwan hotel industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885769996     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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