The importance of water management in hotels: A framework for sustainability through innovation

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1090-1107

  Kasim, Azilah ^a   Gursoy, Dogan ^b   Okumus, Fevzi ^c   Wong, Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Asia Overland Ltd ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

corporate environmentalism; hotel management; responsible tourism

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84903314784     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.873444     Document Type: Article

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