Modelling and prediction of a destination's monthly average daily rate and occupancy rate based on hotel room prices offered online

Tourism Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1380-1403

  Oses, Noelia ^a   Gerrikagoitia, Jon Kepa ^a   Alzua, Aurkene ^a  

^a Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Turismo CICtourGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average daily rate; Dynamic prices; Hotel performance metrics; Occupancy rate; Virtual channel closures

Indexed keywords

HOTEL INDUSTRY; MODELING; PREDICTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 85014172876     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2015.0491     Document Type: Article

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