DocumentCode
2171215
Title
Online information monitoring for utilize hotel occupancy rate
Author
Chawla, Niran
Author_Institution
Comput. & Eng. Manage., Assumption Univ., Bangkok, Thailand
fYear
2013
fDate
17-19 Nov. 2013
Firstpage
754
Lastpage
758
Abstract
With the propagation of mobile internet and e-payment systems are a part of this vivid online booking ecosystem and have to deploy to new realms, new forms of electronic transaction usage and new online marketing channels. The online travel sales worldwide have increased in double digit every years and the online booking market reached the scale of $374 billion USD in 2012. Hotel industry is developing new ways of accomplishing their missions by leveraging the power of information and applying network-centric concepts. This research is applied the concept of online information monitoring for utilize hotel occupancy rate. The empirical findings reveal a lost opportunity during online booking process that is the most important in developing effective occupancy distribution of budget hotel chain. The findings also indicate an appropriate algorithm of intelligent recursive method (IRM) that helps customers design about the new hotel choices if intended booking hotel is already full booking.
Keywords
Internet; customer services; hotel industry; information management; mobile computing; reservation computer systems; IRM; budget hotel chain; e-payment systems; electronic transaction usage; hotel industry; hotel occupancy rate; intelligent recursive method; mobile Internet; network-centric concepts; occupancy distribution; online booking ecosystem; online booking market; online booking process; online information monitoring; online marketing channels; online travel sales; Consumer electronics; Industries; Internet; Market research; Monitoring; Smart cards; Hotel information management; Online booking; Online information monitoring;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communication Technology (ICCT), 2013 15th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Guilin
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCT.2013.6820475
Filename
6820475
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