An Empirical Investigation into Convention Hotel Demand and ADR Trending

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-20

  Maier, Thomas A ^a   Johanson, Misty ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

convention bureaus; convention hotels; group segmentation ADR performance; hotel revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874148425     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15470148.2012.755427     Document Type: Article

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