Revenue management: Resolving a revenue optimization paradox

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-521

  Tse, Tony S m ^a   Tung Poon, Yiu ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Hotel demand; Hotel revenue management; Hotels; Optimization; Optimization techniques; Room rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861549130     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111211226798     Document Type: Article

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