Services research in tourism: Advocating the integration of the supplier side

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-363

  Zehrer, Anita ^a   Muskat, Birgit ^b   Muskat, Matthias ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptual article; enablers of services in tourism; service design; service quality; supplier perspective; tourism services research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908147227     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766714533334     Document Type: Article

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