Sustainability in the global hotel industry

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-17

  Jones, Peter ^a   Hillier, David ^b   Comfort, Daphne ^a  

^a Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global hotel industry; Hospitality; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890404723     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-10-2012-0180     Document Type: Review

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