First-class airline travellers' perception of luxury goods and its effect on loyalty formation

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 497-520

  Hwang, Jinsoo ^a   Hyun, Sunghyup Sean ^b  

^a Dongseo University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

airline travellers; consumer attitude; customer identification; first class fight; luxury goods; well being perception

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODEL TEST; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC GOODS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901384645     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2014.918941     Document Type: Article

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