Understanding the Hospitality Consumer
Published 16 May 2012
Alastair Williams
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Introduction Consumers and services Individual processes Social processes Cultural influences Consumer decision models The end of the marketing concept Postmodern consumers Marketing meaning and signification Researching contemporary consumers Hospitality implications of the revolution in consumption.
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Agricultural and Biological SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting
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