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Hare And Tortoise: How Do Price Change Patterns Affect Propensity To Book, Zhuoyang Li
Hare And Tortoise: How Do Price Change Patterns Affect Propensity To Book, Zhuoyang Li
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With an increasing using of online booking, hotel room rate changing information becomes nearly transparent to consumers. And this trend encourages deal-seeking consumer behaviors, which are based on price change information. So hotels can influence consumers' propensity to book through managing price changes. The present study aims at examining consumers' propensity to book in a more realistic context by introducing two conditions: different price changing patterns and interaction between price-moving trends and price patterns. It is important for hotel managers to understand the impact of different price change trends and patterns because price changes can directly affect consumer perception and …