Travelers' information search behavior

Handbook of Hospitality Marketing Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 266-295

  Gursoy, Dogan ^a   Chi, Christina G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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