PENGGUNAAN SITUS WEB HOTEL DAN “ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCY” SEBAGAI MEDIA PROMOSI DAN PENJUALAN BAGI HOTEL MELATI DI UBUD

  • Pande Putu Indrayana Tirtayasa Prodi Magister Kajian Pariwisata Universitas Udayana
  • Syamsul Alam Paturusi Prodi Magister Kajian Pariwisata Universitas Udayana

Abstract

The growth of the number of hotel rooms in Ubud has caused
increasing business competition among the so called non-star
melati hotel.Non-star melati hotel is a category of hotel which is
not qualified to be awarded as a star hotel by Indonesian Ministry
of Tourism.In response to the competition, the hotels embrace
internet as a sales and promotion media by developing hotel
websites.Individual tourism trend ignites the emergence of online
travel agency websites (OTA) which used by tourists to compare
and choose hotels thus increasing the importance of internet as a
channel for selling and promoting hotel products.The purposes
of this research are to identify motivation, perception, advantages and disadvantages of hotel website and OTA by non-star melati hotel operator’s perspective.Theories used are motivation, perception, and SWOT theory. Data was analyzed with descriptive qualitative method.Results show that hotel website and OTA have its own advantages and disadvantages. Motivation in using hotel website and OTA are very high.Perception in using hotel website and OTA are very agree. It is advised that hotels need to focus more on using OTA as source of getting guests, but also using hotel website, together as medium for promotion and sales activities.

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INDRAYANA TIRTAYASA, Pande Putu; PATURUSI, Syamsul Alam. PENGGUNAAN SITUS WEB HOTEL DAN “ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCY” SEBAGAI MEDIA PROMOSI DAN PENJUALAN BAGI HOTEL MELATI DI UBUD. Jurnal Master Pariwisata (JUMPA), [S.l.], aug. 2016. ISSN 2502-8022. Available at: <https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/jumpa/article/view/23044>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.24843/JUMPA.2016.v03.i01.p05.
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Keywords

Non-star melati hotel, Ubud, hotel website, online travel agency