Influences of consumer characteristics on fairness perceptions of revenue management pricing in the hotel industry

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-251

  Heo, Cindy Yoonjoung ^a   Lee, Seoki ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness perceptions; Hotel pricing; Logit analysis; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751505753     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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