Research Article

The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels

Volume: 8 Number: 1 May 1, 2017
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The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels

Abstract

This century is an important era in terms of accessing the information, collecting it, saving it and transferring it to the required units because of the rise in the competition atmosphere. In this era the internet usage has increased, internet settled into our homes and everywhere via our mobile devices and accessing the information has become easier. Thus, the use of internet has become an obligation in the hotel business which provides abstract product. Small and boutique hotels whose number has risen recently has a big importance to meet the demands for the destinations. In this study the internet use in the small hotel businesses issue is emphasized. The study was carried out about the small hotels in Silifke which is a touristic region in Mersin Province, Turkey. First of all, the related literature was reviewed and the questionnaire was prepared.The small hotel business administrator were interviewed face to face and they filled in the questionnaires. The obtained data was assesed using statistics package program, the numeric and percentage data was obtained and they were converted to tables.Although it was obtained that most of the small hotels use internet, it was confirmed that the administrators do not have enough information about the internet usage areas.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Kürşad Sayın This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2017

Submission Date

October 6, 2016

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
Karaman, A., & Sayın, K. (2017). The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels. Journal of Internet Applications and Management, 8(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511
AMA
1.Karaman A, Sayın K. The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels. iuyd. 2017;8(1):65-74. doi:10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511
Chicago
Karaman, Abdullah, and Kürşad Sayın. 2017. “The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels”. Journal of Internet Applications and Management 8 (1): 65-74. https://doi.org/10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511.
EndNote
Karaman A, Sayın K (May 1, 2017) The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels. Journal of Internet Applications and Management 8 1 65–74.
IEEE
[1]A. Karaman and K. Sayın, “The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels”, iuyd, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 65–74, May 2017, doi: 10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511.
ISNAD
Karaman, Abdullah - Sayın, Kürşad. “The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels”. Journal of Internet Applications and Management 8/1 (May 1, 2017): 65-74. https://doi.org/10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511.
JAMA
1.Karaman A, Sayın K. The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels. iuyd. 2017;8:65–74.
MLA
Karaman, Abdullah, and Kürşad Sayın. “The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels”. Journal of Internet Applications and Management, vol. 8, no. 1, May 2017, pp. 65-74, doi:10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511.
Vancouver
1.Abdullah Karaman, Kürşad Sayın. The Importance of Internet Usage in Hotel Businesses: A Study on Small Hotels. iuyd. 2017 May 1;8(1):65-74. doi:10.5505/iuyd.2017.03511

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