María D. Illescas-Manzano – University of Almería, st Sacramento (Almería) Spain
Manuel Sánchez-Pérez – University of Almería, st Sacramento (Almería) Spain
Sergio Martínez-Puertas – University of Almería, st Sacramento (Almería) Spain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2020.539
Keywords: Hospitality, Hotels, Horizontal differentiation, Differentiation index.
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