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Title: The internet practices of hotel companies: an analysis from Greece
Authors: Zafiropoulos, Kostas 
Vrana, Vasiliki 
Paschaloudis, Dimitrios 
Author Department Affiliations: Department of Educational & Social Policy 
Author School Affiliations: School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts 
Subjects: FRASCATI__Social sciences__Media and communications
Keywords: Internet
Information services
Greece
Hotels
Customer satisfaction
Issue Date: 2006
Journal: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 
ISSN: 0959-6119
Volume: 18
Issue: 2
Start page: 156
End page: 163
Abstract: 
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the practices hoteliers use to design their hotel web sites. It argues that hoteliers provide groups of relative information services, they provide them in different degrees of occurrence, and some of them being significant are not provided to meet the customers' demands, while others are provided regardless of their low perceived significance.Design/methodology/approachThis work distinguishes groups of information services according to their occurrence and significance. The content of 798 Greek hotel web sites is recorded using the frequencies of 66 information features. Also a sample of 17 users provides the significance ratings of the information features.FindingsGreek hotel web sites are primarily designed to serve as electronic brochures and, while they generally satisfy most of the users' needs, they partly serve as online transactions media, a function considered significant.Practical implicationsIdentifies and rates the rendered groups of related information services at hotel web sites.Originality/valueEnables hoteliers and web designers to evaluate significant web sites' characteristics
URI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110610646709
https://ruomoplus.lib.uom.gr/handle/8000/1463
DOI: 10.1108/09596110610646709
Corresponding Item Departments: Department of International & European Studies
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