Analysing room rates and terms and conditions for the online booking of hotel rooms

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-56

  Law, Rob ^a   Wong, Rachel ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Online bookings; Room rates; Terms and conditions

Indexed keywords

LEISURE INDUSTRY; MARKETING; PRICE DETERMINATION; TOURISM; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77950977592     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660903310102     Document Type: Article

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