Room rate parity analysis across different hotel distribution channels in the U.S.

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-308

  Demirciftci, Tevfik ^a   Cobanoglu, Cihan ^b   Beldona, Srikanth ^b   Cummings, Pamela R ^b  

^a Information Technology Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct distribution channel; Indirect distribution channel; Online distribution; Rate parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954828377     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368621003667010     Document Type: Article

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