Does hotel attribute importance differ by hotel? Focusing on hotel star-classifications and customers' overall ratings

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 576-587

  Rhee, Hosung Timothy ^a   Yang, Sung Byung ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Customers' overall rating; Hotel attribute importance; Hotel star classification; Hotel type; Multiple case study

Indexed keywords

RATING; SALES; STARS;

ATTRIBUTE IMPORTANCE; CONJOINT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOTEL SERVICES; MATRIX DESIGN; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; ONE DIMENSION; SLEEP QUALITY;

HOTELS;

EID: 84930091316     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.069     Document Type: Article

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