Progress on information and communication technologies in hospitality and tourism

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 727-750

  Law, Rob ^a   Buhalis, Dimitrios ^b   Cobanoglu, Cihan ^c  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Hospitality; Information technology; Journal; Review; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915810766     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-08-2013-0367     Document Type: Article

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