The peculiar impact of higher room rates on customers' propensity to book
The peculiar impact of higher room rates on customers' propensity to book
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较高房价对顾客预订倾向的特殊影响
DOI:
10.1108/09596111011013462
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Chihchien Chen
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文献类型:
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作者:
Z. Schwartz;Chihchien Chen
Purpose – This study's goal is to examine how an intensified room rate signal affects customers' perceptions, their propensity to book, and consequently hotels' revenue maximization.Design/methodology/approach – Subjects were asked to assess quality, sellout risk and the likelihood of getting a better deal based on an advanced booking scenario, where the signal's intensity was manipulated through the level of uncertainty. Analysis was conducted using a GLM multivariate procedure and a polytomous universal model.Findings – The results suggest that high quoted rates might affect customers' perceptions, their propensity to book, and consequently the hotel's revenues. Surprisingly, the impact of the high room rate signal on the sellout risk perception reversed its direction with the intensified signal.Research limitations/implications – The results imply that the maximal achievable revenue levels reported in a previous theoretical study ought to be re‐calculated because the assumptions used were not supported...