Abstract:

The aim of this article is to introduce the results of a pilot study which focused on analysing availability of selected content on the websites of Prague four-star hotels. This study is a part of a more extensive research of selected indicators on websites of various business areas. The individual phases of the entire research are designed to be carried out in a long term, gradually and always exclusively for a specific business area. The choice of the particular field for each phase is the key to the selection of indicators studied on the websites which are field-specific. All phases share the underlying hypothesis that the most of hotels utilise every available opportunity to gain and maintain customers. This article focuses on the contents and availability of relevant data on websites of Prague fourstart hotels in relation to marketing, communication and business. Content level was analysed on a dichotomous scale, with the aim to determine the existence, non-existence respectively, of relevant data and the possibility to communicate them appropriately. An inquiry was also made into the existence of utilities which may not necessarily carry informational value but enhance the comforts of the beholders. Example of this may be the number of languages in which the website is available. The research does not cover the availability of basic and standard information about the hotels, i.e. the room being equipped with a bed. The results may serve as a guideline how to improve relations between hotels and their customers in the future.