Profitability and survivability of hotel distribution channels: An industry perspective

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Kang, Bomi ^a   Brewer, Kathleen Pearl ^b   Baloglu, Seyhmus ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Distribution Systems; Merchant model; Multi dimensional scaling; Online hotel distribution channels; Online intermediaries; Opaque sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649001146     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v22n01_03     Document Type: Article

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