An analysis of daily occupancy performance: A basis for effective hotel marketing?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-189

  Jeffrey, Douglas ^a   Barden, Robin R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotels; Planning; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038258     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110010320715     Document Type: Article

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