What caused the decrease in RevPAR during the recession?: An ARIMA with intervention analysis of room supply and market demand

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1225-1242

  Zheng, Tianshu ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Box Jenkins; Hotel overbuilding; Intervention; Recession; RevPAR; Seasonal ARIMA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912529748     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-05-2013-0192     Document Type: Article

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