Impact of location on profitability in the Spanish hotel sector

Tourism Management

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 405-415

  Lado Sestayo, Rubén ^a   Otero González, Luis ^a   Vivel Búa, Milagros ^a   Martorell Cunill, Onofre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hotel; Location; Market structure; Profitability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PROFITABILITY; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND;

SPAIN;

EID: 84938354844     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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