Customers' perceptions of best available hotel rates

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-162

  Rohlfs, Kristin V ^a   Kimes, Sheryl E ^b  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fairness; Pricing; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247327672     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: 15523853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010880407300562     Document Type: Article

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2. All results are significant at a minimum of p ⇆x3C;. 05.
3. r = -.90
4. r =.03
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