This study assessed the global and spatial influence of facilities' attributes on room rates in Amboseli, Tsavo East, and Tsavo West National Parks, the three contiguous most visited parks in Kenya, an important wildlife tourism destination, using data from on–line and geographical information systems. But these models do not account for possible spatial variations in the relationships. Hedonic pricing models were used earlier to estimate the implicit effect of facilities' characteristics on room rates. Park tourist facility managers need to understand guests' preferences for elements of the accommodation experience to provide an ideal mix of attributes. proximity to a public transportation hub) to the room rates, at both summer and winter. What is particularly noteworthy, given the empirical findings of existing studies, is that in Cyprus there seems to be an adverse effect from certain attributes (e.g. Contrary, air-conditioning, direct-dial telephone and the presence of tennis court and indoor pool amenities affect the room rates only in the summer, while existence of a radio in the room has a significant effect on its pricing only in the winter. The empirical findings indicate that hotel star rating, spa facilities, playgrounds, table tennis activities and proximity to a bus station have all significant effects on the hotel room prices, in both the summer and the winter seasons. The author follows a hedonic price analysis approach and employs a data set consisting of 92 hotels, collected from a private tourist agent. The aim of the current study is to investigate which attributes or characteristics have significant effects on the hotel room prices in Cyprus. The authors are grateful to the British Academy, the National Science Council (NSC) Taiwan and the New NCKU Faculty Fund at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, for financial support.
Of these, the studies by Hartman (1989), Israeli (2002), White and Mulligan (2002), Espinet et al (2003), Monty and Skidmore (2003) and Thrane (2007) specifically address aspects of the hospitality sector in general and accommodation in particular. However, there are relatively few examples of applications of the technique to the tourism industry. For example, markets for housing, automobiles and computers, as well as for environmental services (or disservices) such as air pollution, noise and similar externalities, have been widely investigated by means of the hedonic pricing technique. The modelling approach can be applied to any market for a differentiated product or service (see Monty and Skidmore, 2003). The 'hedonic pricing' model views goods and services as collections of 'attributes' or 'characteristics'. Of particular interest, given the results obtained in earlier work, is that in Taipei there is a negative relationship between proximity to the city centre and room rates, both on weekdays and at weekends. By contrast, Internet access and the presence of a fitness centre have significant effects on weekday rates only, while room size has a significant effect on weekend rates only.
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The results show that hotel location, the availability of LED TV and the presence of conference facilities have significant effects on both weekday and weekend room rates. The authors employ a 'hedonic pricing' method and use data obtained for 73 hotels from an Internet travel agent. This study investigates the impact of a variety of attributes or 'characteristics' on the rates charged for hotel rooms in Taipei.
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