Profiling the silent generation: Preferences for travel

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 73-95

  Pennington Gray, Lori ^a   Lane, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Older adult; Profile; Silent generation; Travel preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992940334     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v09n01_06     Document Type: Article

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