Game theoretic pricing models in hotel revenue management: An equilibrium choice-based conjoint analysis approach

Bjorn Arenoe, Jean-Pierre I. van der Rest and Paul Kattuman

Tourism Management, 2015, vol. 51, issue C, 96-102

Abstract: This paper explores a game-theoretically founded approach to conjoint analysis that determines equilibrium room rates under differentiated price competition in an oligopolistic hotel market. Competition between hotels is specified in terms of market share functions that can be estimated using multinomial logit models of consumer choice. The approach is based on choice-based conjoint analysis that permits the estimation of attributes weights (“part-worths”) for an additive utility formulation of the utility function. From this, room rates that equilibrate the market, conditioned on the differences in services and facilities offered by competing hotels, can be determined. The approach is illustrated by an example.

Keywords: Game theory; Equilibrium; Conjoint analysis; Pricing; Revenue management; Hotel; Room; Attributes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.04.007

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