A comparative study of the importance of hotel selection components by turkish business travelers

International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Cobanoglu, Cihan ^a   Corbaci, Kadir ^b   Moreo, Patrick J ^c   Ekinci, Yuksel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business travelers; Decision making; Hotel selection; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016458132     PISSN: 15256480     EISSN: 15286499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J149v04n01_01     Document Type: Article

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