Please, talk about it! When hotel popularity boosts preferences

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-164

  Viglia, Giampaolo ^a   Furlan, Roberto ^b   Ladrón de Guevara, Antonio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b KANTAR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotel; Popularity; Preference; Quality; Reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904742754     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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