Evaluating generation Z’s environmental awareness and accommodation preferences through online travel agencies

Generation Z have become hugely important travellers in recent years. They are transforming the way accommodation is chosen through Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), which means it is important to understand their preferences. As a result, this paper focuses on the scoring systems of the OTAs and exami...

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Autores: González Del Pozo, Raquel, Segura Maroto, Marina, Pozo García, Eva María Del
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/129990
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129990
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Online travel agencies
Generation Z
Decision-making
Compositional data
Expedia
Investigación operativa (Matemáticas)
Teoría de la decisión
Turismo
1207 Investigación Operativa
5311.07 Investigación Operativa
1209.04 Teoría y Proceso de decisión
5312.90 Economía Sectorial: Turismo
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Sumario:Generation Z have become hugely important travellers in recent years. They are transforming the way accommodation is chosen through Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), which means it is important to understand their preferences. As a result, this paper focuses on the scoring systems of the OTAs and examines the priorities of this generation, with the view to improving the rating procedures and facilitating the selection of accommodation. For this purpose, the paper presents a new approach that combines decision-making procedures and compositional data analysis to examine the preferences of this type of traveller. Likewise, this contribution explores the environmental awareness of young people through Expedia’s eco-friendly criterion, it being the first OTA to incorporate environmental aspects into its scoring system.