Competitive pricing decisions in uncertain times

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-341

  Enz, Cathy A ^a   Canina, Linda ^b   Lomanno, Mark ^c  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^b Cornell Hospitality Quarterly ^*  (United States)

^c Smith Travel Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotel operations; Lodging demand; Macroeconomics; Strategic pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149113583     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965509338550     Document Type: Article

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