Chinese Leisure Travelers' Preferences of Rate Fences in the Airline Industry

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-348

  Guillet, Basak Denizci ^a   Xu, Yan Elsie ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

airline revenue management; Chinese customers; rate fences; rate restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874473254     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2011.653098     Document Type: Article

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