Tools for Benchmarking and Recognizing Hotels' Green Effort-Environmental Assessment Methods and Eco-labels

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-185

  Lo, Jennifer Y ^a   Chan, Wilco ^b   Zhang, Carol X ^c  

^a Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eco label; environmental assessment; environmental performance; Hotel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940302113     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2013.857626     Document Type: Article

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