Importance of Hotel Website Dimensions and Attributes: Perceptions of Online Browsers and Online Purchasers

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-312

  Law, Rob ^a   Hsu, Cathy H C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; hotel; Internet; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898999022     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348006287161     Document Type: Article

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