Electronic distribution of hotel rooms–an exploratory study of the european hotel industry

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 45-61

  Gilbert, David C ^a   Beveridge, Dominic W ^a   Lee Kelley, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel choice; Hotel distribution; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976890424     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v12n03_04     Document Type: Article

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