Benchmarking: Destination attractiveness and small hospitality business performance

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 184-188

  Kozak, Metin ^a   Rimmington, Mike ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Hotels; Restaurants; Small firms; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992975946     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596119810227767     Document Type: Article

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