Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation

The rationalization of the cost of accommodation for the most representative night of the weekend (from Saturday to Sunday) was examined using hotel price information from the Internet. The overall data are related to 20 benchmark European cities, but also include brief comparisons with other cities...

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Autores: Poater Teixidor, Albert, Garriga Ripoll, Anna
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Turisme -- Europa
Tourism -- Europe
Preus -- Fixació
Pricing
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spelling Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodationPoater Teixidor, AlbertGarriga Ripoll, AnnaTurisme -- EuropaTourism -- EuropePreus -- FixacióPricingThe rationalization of the cost of accommodation for the most representative night of the weekend (from Saturday to Sunday) was examined using hotel price information from the Internet. The overall data are related to 20 benchmark European cities, but also include brief comparisons with other cities around the world. The tool used to obtain the information was a web searcher with similar characteristics to a travel agency, which allows booking via the Internet. The amount of data thus collected was much greater than could have been produced from any other available information source, enabling a more robust and detailed analysis. ‘Yield management’, as used by airlines, especially as it relates to price discrimination and ‘peak load pricing’, drives hotel prices. An overview of differences among the main types of customer is provided, distinguishing mainly between those travelling for financial reasons and those travelling for pleasure. The results reveal that ‘sun-and-beach’ destinations, especially abundant in southern European countries, and in particular in Spain, usually offer cheap prices. However, the best-known southern cities present prices in accordance with the price lists of the rest of Europe and, in some cases, their prices are even higher than those in some Nordic cities. Apart from price analysis, the quality of the hotels is also taken into account using the ‘coefficient by star’ parameterSAGE Publications2009info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/9404© Tourism Economics, 2009, vol. 15, núm. 1, p. 41-86Articles publicats (D-EC)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5367/000000009787536744info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1354-8166info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/2044-0375InChttps://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/94042026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
spellingShingle Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
Poater Teixidor, Albert
Turisme -- Europa
Tourism -- Europe
Preus -- Fixació
Pricing
title_short Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
title_full Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
title_fullStr Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
title_full_unstemmed Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
title_sort Tourism in European cities: insights into the dynamics of weekend hotel accommodation
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Garriga Ripoll, Anna
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Garriga Ripoll, Anna
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Turisme -- Europa
Tourism -- Europe
Preus -- Fixació
Pricing
topic Turisme -- Europa
Tourism -- Europe
Preus -- Fixació
Pricing
description The rationalization of the cost of accommodation for the most representative night of the weekend (from Saturday to Sunday) was examined using hotel price information from the Internet. The overall data are related to 20 benchmark European cities, but also include brief comparisons with other cities around the world. The tool used to obtain the information was a web searcher with similar characteristics to a travel agency, which allows booking via the Internet. The amount of data thus collected was much greater than could have been produced from any other available information source, enabling a more robust and detailed analysis. ‘Yield management’, as used by airlines, especially as it relates to price discrimination and ‘peak load pricing’, drives hotel prices. An overview of differences among the main types of customer is provided, distinguishing mainly between those travelling for financial reasons and those travelling for pleasure. The results reveal that ‘sun-and-beach’ destinations, especially abundant in southern European countries, and in particular in Spain, usually offer cheap prices. However, the best-known southern cities present prices in accordance with the price lists of the rest of Europe and, in some cases, their prices are even higher than those in some Nordic cities. Apart from price analysis, the quality of the hotels is also taken into account using the ‘coefficient by star’ parameter
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