A metaanalysis of hotel performance. Continental or worldwide style?

Tourism Review

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 46-69

  Sainaghi, Ruggero ^a  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hotel and catering industry; Performance criteria; Performance measurement (quality); Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993099402     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605371011083521     Document Type: Article

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