This study presents a new approach to evaluate potential sites for proposed hotel properties by designing an automated web GIS application: Hotel Location Selection and Analyzing Toolset (HoLSAT). The application uses a set of machine learning algorithms to predict various business success indicators associated with location sites. Using an example of hotel location assessment in Beijing, HoLSAT calculates and visualizes various desirable sites contingent on the specified characteristics of the proposed hotel. The approach shows considerable potential usefulness in the field of hotel location evaluation.
Keywords
Web GIS; Hotel location; Spatial decision making; Machine learning
Research topic
AI and Big Data, Tourist Flows and Location
Research method
Econometrics, Spatial Modeling
Geographic area
China
Additional links for this paper
ResearchGate
Publisher Website
Web of Science
HOW TO CITE
Yang, Y. , Tang, J., Luo, H., and Law, R. (2015). Hotel location evaluation: A combination of machine learning tools and web GIS. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 47, 14-24.
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