The impact of online user reviews on hotel room sales

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-182

  Ye, Qiang ^a,b   Law, Rob ^b   Gu, Bin ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotel; Online reviews; Online sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549145746     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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