The effect of selected socio-demographic factors on lodging demand in the USA

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-142

  Rao Palakurthi, Radesh ^a   Parks, Sara J ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; Demographics; Hotels; Market segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986047318     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110010281791     Document Type: Article

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