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Choices III

Choices III

Includes demographic and psychographic data from a nationwide survey called “National Consumer Study” (NCS). It surveys the buying and media habits of the American public.

Marketresearch.com Academic

Marketresearch.com Academic

International full text database of market research reports. Tourism, lodging, food and beverages, casinos, restaurants, and demographics are topics of many reports.

Tourism Data

The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides access to the Survey of Current Business: Travel & Tourism Satellite Accounts Data at http://www.bea.gov/Industry/Index.htm

Regional Business News

Regional Business News

Regional Business News is a full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network and Phillips Business Information Highlights. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Factiva

Factiva

Business news and articles, current company and stock information, and full-text of the top 50 US newspapers.  It also contains a significant collection of international newspapers and business publications. Full-text.

Lexis/Nexis

LexisNexis Academic

LEXISNEXIS Academic, is a full text database containing primarily legal, business, and newspaper sources. Search the Company Financial Information section for SEC documents, NAARS documents, Mergers & Acquisitions Reports, Bankruptcy reports, and more. Full-text.

Choose the Sources tab then Filter by Topic. Scroll to the Industry subcategories and choose Travel, Hospitality, and Tourism

ABI/Inform

ABI/Inform

• Dateline
• Global
• Trade & Industry

The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies. Full-text & full image.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier

Provided through EBSCO’s EBSCOhost web search interface. A database of news covering international business, economics, management, operations, finance, and accounting. The database contains full text format for over 740 titles including Business Week, American Banker, Forbes, Fortune, and The Economist.