The exploration of hotel reference prices under dynamic pricing scenarios and different forms of competition

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-55

  Viglia, Giampaolo ^a   Mauri, Aurelio ^b   Carricano, Manu ^c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Hotel pricing; Price comparison; Price competition; Reference price

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943811936     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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