The Emerging Role of Vertical Search Engines in Travel Distribution: A Newly Vulnerable Electronic Markets Perspective

• Main Authors: Granados, N. F., KAUFFMAN, Robert John, King, B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Internet; Distribution strategy; Electronic commerce; Search engines; Travel industry; Computer Sciences; E-Commerce
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2800; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.435
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Information technology (IT) advances often create turmoil and disturb existing industry structures. We analyze the impact of the Internet and e-commerce technologies on digital intermediaries in the travel distribution sector. We suggest that the emerging role of meta-search agents, which act as sho...