Cultural perspectives: Chinese perceptions of UK hotel service quality

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-329

  Wang, yi ^a   Royo Vela, Marcelo ^b   Tyler, Katherine ^c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Customer satisfaction; Customer services quality; Hotels; Tourism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993027383     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506180810908970     Document Type: Article

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