An empowered worker is a knowledgeable worker. Thus, the aims of this study were to examine how empowerment is perceived by the front-line hotel employees and secondly, to identify the factors affecting empowerment within the industry. Factors such as communication, coaching, participation,...

An Introduction to Travel Intermediaries -- Origins of the Global Distribution Systems (1925 – 1983) -- GDS: Platform Power (1984 – 1995) -- GDS: The Internet, New Channels and Transparency (1996 – 2011) -- Scale Matters: GDS Air Shopping -- GDS: The Turbulent Years (2012 – Present) --...