Host-guest dating: The potential of improving the customer experience through host-guest psychographic matching

Hospitality, Tourism, and Lifestyle Concepts: Implications for Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-32

  Tucker, Hazel ^a   Lynch, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homestay; Hostguest interactions; Lifestyle segmentation; Psychographics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917012025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J162v05n02_02     Document Type: Chapter

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