TY - BOOK AU - Cottet,Patrice AU - Lichtlé,Marie-Christine AU - Plichon,Véronique AU - Ferrandi,Jean-Marc TI - Hospitality image of touristic cities: the role of communication PY - 2016///. N1 - 31 N2 - The aim of this paper is to identify the elements of communication that contribute to give a hospitality image. After about a literature review underlining the importance of communication in shaping the image of a destination and the specifics of the hospitality of a city, a qualitative exploratory study of tourists highlights five constituent factors of the hospitality of a city: the perception of tourism offer, the creation of a sense of hospitality, the experience of hospitality, the safety feeling and logistics dimension UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-recherches-en-sciences-de-gestion-2015-3-page-47?lang=en ER -