Tried and tested: The impact of online hotel reviews on consumer consideration

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Vermeulen, Ivar E ^a   Seegers, Daphne ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consideration set; Consumer choice; Electronic word of mouth; Hotels; Implicit measurement; Online reviews

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 56649111315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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