From eco-ignorance to eco-certificates: Environmental management in Slovene hotels

Tourism Enterprises and the Sustainability Agenda across Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 135-150

  Sibila Lebe, Sonja ^a   Zupan, Saša ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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