Designing a seamless hotel organization

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Chacko, Harsha E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotels; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077364     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596119810222096     Document Type: Article

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