CIMEDES Research Center, Department of Mathematics, University of Almeria, Carretera de Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almeria, Spain

You're the Only One, or Simply the Best. Hotels differentiation, competition, agglomeration, and pricing

Published in International Journal of Hospitality Management

Drawing on competition, signalling and agglomeration perspectives, we investigate how vertical and horizontal differentiation influence price, and how hotel competition and agglomeration may moderate any such effects. We argue that vertical differentiation should include online reputation to complement category, and that hotel clustering can provid...