Customer satisfaction and loyalty in the tourism sector is highly dependent upon the behaviours of front-line service providers. Service is about people, how they relate to one another, fulfill each other's needs and ultimately care for each other. Yet surprisingly there are few or any books...

This special issue of International Marketing Review focuses on "Services research in across-national or cross-cultural context." The growth of the services sector in a globalcontext has been and continues to be phenomenal. While excellent quantitative as wellas qualitative research is ongoing...