• DocumentCode
    2436123
  • Title

    Hotel Website Performance Evaluation: A Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach

  • Author

    Ip, Crystal ; Qi, Shanshan ; Leung, Rosanna ; Law, Rob

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Hotel & Tourism Manage., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-9 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    2443
  • Lastpage
    2446
  • Abstract
    Previous studies on hotel website performance have relied on frequency counting, content analysis or user behavioral approaches. These studies cannot accurately calculate hotel website performance in terms of user assessments of dimension/ attribute weighting and performance ratings. The aim of this research is to develop a scientific model that integrates a set of website evaluation dimensions for evaluating websites performance. Unlike previous studies, this research proposes a novel framework for evaluating website performance by using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (Fuzzy AHP). Since human judgments are often uncertain and vague, using fuzzy set theory instead of exact numbers could integrate a decision maker´s uncertainty. This proposed method could rectify this limitation and provide a more accurate overall evaluation result.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; fuzzy set theory; hotel industry; attribute weighting; content analysis; frequency counting; fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; fuzzy set theory; hotel Web site performance evaluation; performance rating; scientific model; user assessment; user behavioral approach; Decision making; Educational institutions; Fuzzy set theory; Industries; Internet; Phase change materials; Uncertainty; Fuzzy AHP; Hotel website evaluation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Guangzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3997-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEE.2010.617
  • Filename
    5592652