Low-cost pricing strategies in leisure markets

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Salanti, Andrea ^a   Malighetti, Paolo ^a   Redondi, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Leisure routes; Low cost carriers; Price discrimination

Indexed keywords

LEISURE INDUSTRY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82955236113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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