Trends and sustainability in the Canadian tourism and hospitality industry

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-150

  Pollard, Anthony ^b   Chort, Valerie ^c   Choi, Chris ^d   Kibicho, Wanjohi ^e  

^a Chandi)   (Canada)

^b Mining Association of Canada   (Canada)

^c Deloitte and Touche LLP   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hotel industry; Hotels; Innovation; Sustainability; Tourism; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886530723     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554211311314164     Document Type: Article

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