Towards an economic-geographical approach to the globalisation of the hotel industry

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-67

  Niewiadomski, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business models; global production networks; globalisation of services; international hotel groups; international hotel industry; tourism production system

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM;

EID: 84899992091     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2013.867528     Document Type: Article

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