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Introduction To Electronic Distribution For Hotel Management, John Niser, Martha Coussement
Introduction To Electronic Distribution For Hotel Management, John Niser, Martha Coussement
John C. Niser
This book is intended for undergraduate students and professionals who seek to gain fundamental knowledge about electronic distribution as it relates to the lodging industry. The text covers a wide range of topics that are related to marketing, yield management, content distribution, payments, channel management, and networks in the context of a rapidly changing landscape.
Evaluating E-Relationship Marketing Features On Hotel Mobile Apps, Xiaolin Lu
Evaluating E-Relationship Marketing Features On Hotel Mobile Apps, Xiaolin Lu
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The advent of technology has changed the course of marketing in both the academic and the business field. Given the increasing number of mobile transactions, hotel companies have launched mobile applications (apps) as an alternative e-relationship marketing (e-RM) channel. This study modified a progressive five-level e-relationship building model. The model was employed to evaluate e-RM features of the top 10 hotel companies’ mobile apps. The results indicated that these hotel companies maintained e-RM feature sophistication at the lower levels (Basic and Reactive), but relatively speaking, they did not utilize e-RM features extensively at the higher levels (Accountable, Proactive and Partnership). …
The Use Of Twitter By Luxury And Midscale Hotels, Yolanda M. Tselepidakis
The Use Of Twitter By Luxury And Midscale Hotels, Yolanda M. Tselepidakis
Honors Theses and Capstones
Twitter has demanded a presence in company brands since its start up in 2008, including the hotel industry. As an up and coming marketing tool, the social media website is still new to both hotels and their guests. Observing the different strategies incorporated by luxury and midscale hotels, the paper provides explanations on how these two segments differ in utilizing Twitter. Through direct interviews with US luxury and midscale hotels and analyzing individual Twitter feeds, it was found that luxury hotels and their target market are much more active on Twitter than the midscale hotel segment. Implications suggest that although …
Hospital Marketing And The Internet: Revisited, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell
Hospital Marketing And The Internet: Revisited, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell
Faculty and Research Publications
In 1995 a study was conducted to explore the use of the Internet in hospital marketing. Use of the Internet has exploded since that study was published. This manuscript replicates the 1995 study and extends it by investigating several managerial and operational issues concerning the use of the Internet in hospital marketing.