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Good discounts earn good reviews in return? Effects of price promotion on online restaurant reviews [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)
Online consumer reviews (OCRs) are valuable to consumers and sellers. Online price promotion is commonly used by local merchants to increase sales. However, knowledge of the differences in OCRs between consumers who received ...
Examining hotel salespeople's new membership programme sales performance [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)
Promoting new membership programmes can be a rewarding, yet challenging task for hotels. However, high-performance sales teams can improve consumer perceptions of new membership programmes in the market and allow hotels ...
A Framework for Online Sales Negotiations of Hospitality and Tourism Services [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)
E-Commerce is having a profound impact on the traditional modes of selling hospitality and tourism services. This article provides an overview of three negotiation models (state your price buying, electronic request for ...
Airbnb and the Hotel Industry: The Past, Present, and Future of Sales, Marketing, Branding, and Revenue Management [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)
For a long time, the hotel industry did not consider Airbnb a threat. Both the industry and Airbnb claimed they were serving different markets and had different underlying business models. Over the years, as Airbnb become ...
Social media analytics: Extracting and visualizing Hilton hotel ratings and reviews from TripAdvisor [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-24)
Analyzing and extracting insights from user-generated data has become a topic of interest among businesses and research groups because such data contains valuable information, e.g.,consumers’ opinions, ratings, and ...
(Re)Creating spaces for tourism: Spatial effects of the 2010/ 2011 Christchurch earthquakes [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-04-06)
This paper applies an economic geographical perspective and Niche Construction Theory (NCT) to the spatial effects of the Christchurch earthquakes on the city’s tourism and hospitality spaces. An analysis of policy and ...
Coronavirus impact / Job losses may be seen in retail, hospitality, travel sectors [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-04-06)
The India chief executive of a global HR consulting firm said the country is in a unique situation given the economic slowdown is leading to job losses and COVID-19 is forcing companies to curtail business operations.
Hotel Owners Face Reality of the Spreading Coronavirus Outbreak [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-04-06)
COVID-19 in occupational settings: lessons from 100 years ago and addressing the disease today [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-05-17)
COVID-19 is a disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). On January 30th, 2020 the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus 2019 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. ...
Vector control in Zika-affected communities: Local views on community engagement and public health ethics during outbreaks [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-05-03)
Aerial spraying of products to kill larvae or adult mosquitoes is a public health measure used to control vector-borne diseases. In some outbreaks, the intervention has evoked controversy and community resistance. This ...