Overcapacity in Shanghai's High-End Hotel Sector: Analysis Based on an Inventory Model

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-270

  Zheng, Tianshu ^a   Gu, Zheng ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

high end hotels; optimal capacity; overcapacity; Shanghai; single period inventory model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859324840     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15470148.2011.621585     Document Type: Article

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