Award Date

Fall 2012

Degree Type

Professional Paper

Degree Name

Master of Hospitality Administration

Department

Hotel Administration

First Committee Member

Mehmet Erdem, Chair

Number of Pages

43

Abstract

The internet is a major delivery system of hotel reservations. Approximately 25% of all reservations made at a hotel come directly through the hotel’s website (Douglas, 2012). Another 11% of total reservations are booked online through online travel agent websites, or OTAs, such as Priceline.com or Expedia.com (Douglas, 2012). These additional reservations booked through the OTAs come at a cost to the hotel, however. Typical commissions for OTAs are approximately 25 % of a total booking (Sanders, 2012). In 2010, it was estimated that the commissions associated with these OTA bookings cost hoteliers 2.5 billion dollars (Douglas, 2012). Because of the increased cost associated with reservations that come through the OTAs, and the increased competition of competitors websites, hoteliers must takes steps to ensure that their property can easily be found within search engines.

Keywords

Hotels – Computer network resources; Hotels – Reservation systems; Travel – Computer network resources; Web search engines; Web sites – Design

Disciplines

Business | Computer Sciences | Hospitality Administration and Management

File Format

pdf

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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