Meeting revenue management challenges: Knowledge, skills and abilities

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 132-142

  Cetin, Gurel ^a   Demirciftci, Tevfik ^b   Bilgihan, Anil ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges; KSAs; Revenue management; Revenue managers; Yield management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978374749     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2016.06.008     Document Type: Article

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