Carlson Rezidor hotel group maximizes revenue through improved demand management and price optimization

Interfaces

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-36

  Pekgün, Pelin ^a,b   Menich, Ronald P ^a   Acharya, Suresh ^a   Finch, Phillip G ^a   Deschamps, Frederic ^c   Mallery, Kathleen ^c   Van Sistine, Jim ^c   Christianson, Kyle ^c   Fuller, James ^d  

^a JDA SOFTWARE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group   (United States)

^d Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitor prices; Demand forecasting; Hospitality; Hotel; Price elasticity; Price optimization; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873622732     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1120.0660     Document Type: Article

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