A data mining approach to developing the profiles of hotel customers

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 274-285

  Min, Hokey ^a   Min, Hyesung ^b   Emam, Ahmed ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Hotels; Management; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166011     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110210436814     Document Type: Article

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