Water management in the European hospitality sector: Best practice, performance benchmarks and improvement potential

Tourism Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-202

  Styles, David ^a,b   Schoenberger, Harald ^a   Galvez Martos, José Luis ^a,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Environmental management; Hotels; Sustainability; Tourism; Water conservation; Water efficiency

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84904909300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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