Exhibitor Perspectives of Exhibition Service Quality

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-308

  Lin, Chin Tsai ^a   Lin, Chiu Wen ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); exhibition; exhibition marketing; exhibitor; service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888020635     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15470148.2013.837020     Document Type: Article

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