Personality, satisfaction, image, ambience, and loyalty: Testing their relationships in the hotel industry

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-20

  Jani, Dev ^a   Han, Heesup ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ambience; Hotel; Image; Loyalty; Personality; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887586899     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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