Tourism SMEs, service quality and destination competitiveness /

Tourism SMEs, service quality and destination competitiveness / edited by Eleri Jones and Claire Haven-Tang. - Wallingford : CABI, c2005. - xxv, 366 p. : ill., map

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book focuses in on the dominant role of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) in the tourism and hospitality industry. This book focuses in on the dominant role of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) in the tourism and hospitality industry. It explores their impact on consumer perceptions of a destination, drawing on examples of small hotels, guesthouses, cafes and restaurants. It also highlights the challenges faced by SMEs to promote destination business growth - with discussion of competitiveness, quality and standards. With its entity-relationship model of a destination, this edited collection of international papers fully explores the dynamics SMEs. Case studies from around the world also puts SMEs research into a global context.




Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781845930882 (ebook)


Tourism--Economic aspects.
Small business.
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