The Effect of Tourism Clusters on U.S. Hotel Performance

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-167

  Peiró Signes, Angel ^a,b   Segarra Oña, Maria del Val ^a,b   Miret Pastor, Luis ^a   Verma, Rohit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

hotels economic performance; tourism and hospitality clusters; travel; U.S. hotel industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926221902     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: 19389663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965514557354     Document Type: Article

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