在线信息对酒店网上预订的影响研究——基于携程网酒店在线预订数据的分析

在线信息如何影响消费者购买决策是酒店在线服务的一个关键问题。文章基于携程网1092家酒店网上预订数据,通过对数线性回归模型,分析了酒店特征信息、顾客评论信息和预订平台推荐信息对4类不同等级酒店在线预订的影响。研究表明：顾客评论信息对各类酒店网上预订影响最显著,但对五星级酒店的影响最小;酒店特征信息对五星级酒店网上预订影响最大,其中客房价格信息对四星级、三星级和经济型酒店的影响不显著;推荐信息对四星级酒店影响很显著,但其中的用户评级对四星级以外的酒店无显著影响。文章通过对顾客评论信息中的5方面内容分析发现：顾客对酒店设施、服务水平、周边环境的评价均显著影响酒店网上预订,而客房卫生评价对酒店预订的影响不显著。该研究可为酒店在线分类管理与客户信息服务提供指导。     

我国酒店在线预订价格竞争的实证研究

在线旅行预订已经成为消费者日益青睐的旅游产品消费模式,其中酒店的在线预订增长量尤其明显。目前在酒店在线预订市场中,既有旅行在线代理商也有酒店官网,且两者竞争越来越激烈。这两种主要的酒店在线预订其价格有没有显著性差异？不同类型酒店差异表现是否一致？文章借用配对样本￡检验方法对我国酒店在线预订价格竞争进行实证研究,深度剖析两种在线预订渠道的定价规律及形成原因,并提出相关建议。     

旅游酒店人性化管理的路径选择

我国经济水平的提高推动了旅游业的蓬勃发展,也为相应的旅游酒店带来了很好的发展机遇,随之而来的也有一些挑战。目前,传统酒店服务和管理理念已经难以满足住客人性化的需求,因此本文对旅游酒店人性化管理的实现路径进行研究,为旅游酒店人性化管理改革提供帮助,促进旅游酒店健康发展。     

网络点评对旅游酒店的影响分析

随着大数据互联网时代的飞速发展,网络已成为越来越多消费者获取和发布信息的主要的途径。消费者消费习惯在网络时代的带动下,大部分消费者在网上预订时都会浏览相关的网上点评,网络点评已经成为客人选择酒店重要参考指标。基于此,本文就网络点评对酒店各项单体的影响进行了分析。     

非品牌酒店的机会?预订渠道转换下的消费者品牌敏感研究

近年来,酒店预订渠道发生了深刻变革,以OTA为代表的网络预订渠道的发展能否为非品牌酒店创造更多的销售机会?文章基于消费者信息处理理论,采用情景模拟实验的方法,通过三组随机实验模拟了OTA相对于传统渠道在信息总量(多、少)、信息类别(感官属性、非感官属性)和可选酒店数量(多、少)三个正交维度上的演化历程,探索品牌要素在消费者酒店预订决策过程中的作用,关注决策环境变化导致的品牌重要性的改变,解析使得消费者从品牌敏感到品牌脱敏再到品牌敏感的因素及其影响机制.实验结果表明,在酒店预订中提供更为详细的酒店信息,尤其是提供酒店的感官属性信息能够有效地降低消费者的品牌敏感程度,但仅增加非感官属性信息则不会产生显著影响;当酒店属性信息过载时,增加备选酒店的数量将会使消费者对品牌的敏感程度再次提高,而若属性信息较少,无论酒店数量多寡,消费者均表现为高度的品牌敏感.该研究为当前非品牌酒店的销售工作、酒店的品牌营销策略与OTA的渠道政策提供了全新的评价视角和改进建议.     

顾客感知酒店服务创新的构成和影响研究——基于来自经济型酒店的数据

在激烈的市场竞争中,创新被视为酒店取得竞争优势的有效方式.现有研究主要关注酒店创新的过程和绩效,忽视了个体消费者对服务创新的感知和评价.鉴于此,文章通过分析不同类型服务创新产生的影响作用,探讨怎样的创新更有利于提升顾客感知价值和品牌态度.通过实地调研经济型酒店服务创新项目,使用探索性因子分析和验证性因子分析,指出顾客感知酒店服务创新的4个维度分别是服务流程创新、服务设施创新、参与制度创新和服务内容创新.影响研究发现,顾客感知酒店服务创新对其感知价值和品牌态度存在积极影响,但不同维度的影响效果和作用机理差异较大,消费者创新性对上述影响关系具有一定调节作用.基于以上结论,对酒店服务创新工作的开辰提供对策建议.     

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差别对待能激励酒店员工吗？——心理资本、领导成员交换与敬业度的跨层次研究

心理资本高的敬业的员工可为组织带来正能量,探讨激发员工积极心理资源与工作态度的边界条件对于优化酒店业人力资源管理具有重要意义。文章基于积极情绪的拓展-建构理论和平等匹配模式,通过对10家高星级酒店48个工作团队的226位员工进行调查,运用结构方程及多层次线性模型,从员工个体和工作团队两个层次探讨酒店员工心理资本、领导成员交换与敬业度之间的关系。结果表明：（1）在个体层次,心理资本对领导成员交换与敬业度均有显著正向影响,下属感知领导成员交换在心理资本与敬业度之间发挥部分中介作用;（2）团队层次领导成员交换质量对个体层次敬业度有跨层次影响,且团队层次的领导成员交换差异在该层次的领导成员交换质量和个体层次敬业度的关系中起负向调节作用,即与领导成员交换差异较大的团队相比,在差异较小的团队中,团队整体领导成员交换质量对个体层次敬业度的正向影响更大。换言之,公平对待更能激励酒店员工提升敬业度。     

基于特许经营的旅游酒店联盟网络绩效及其影响因素研究

特许经营作为一种企业战略,已经成为现代企业网络化扩张的一种主要模式.本文以旅游酒店为研究对象.首先分析了基于特许经营的旅游酒店联盟网络及其缋效的内涵.其次,根据特许经营旅游酒店联盟网络绩效的含义,文章提出了特许酒店的企业战略、受许酒店的联盟能力、受许酒店的网络关系、联盟网络的竞争优势4个测量指标,运用问卷调查和统计分析方法,得知这些因素对特许经营旅游酒店联盟网络绩效都有影响,并得出了它们的影响程度的强弱.     

酒店顾客满意度评价体系研究——基于tripadvisor.cn的杭州高星级酒店评论数据

随着移动互联网的飞速发展和普及,越来越多的在线平台为了更好的满足消费者需求,为消费者提供了对产品进行自由、匿名的评价模式。基于此,各大线上平台已拥有大量的产品评价信息,对此类信息数据的研究和分析能够为企业的运营和管理服务带来新的价值。文章以tripadvisor.cn第三方平台中杭州高星级酒店的点评信息为研究数据基础,采用贝叶斯网络构建各维度和对应因素之间的相互关系,确定顾客满意度影响因素,并建立相应的杭州高星级酒店顾客满意度评价体系。研究表明,基于在线评论文本构建的顾客满意度评价体系较传统的方式更为精准、科学,更有利于酒店对顾客满意度做出准确的评价。     

Do Travel Product Types Matter? Online Review Direction and Persuasiveness

Based on perceived risk and zone of tolerance theory, this study selected two popular tour-based products and two ticket-based products to investigate how travel product types and online review directions influence review persuasiveness. The study showed that travel product type and online review direction have a combined effect on online persuasiveness. Additionally, participants perceive negative reviews to be more persuasive than positive reviews for group package tours and packages of airline ticket and hotel accommodation products. However, positive reviews are more persuasive than negative reviews for budget airline ticket products. These findings have managerial implications both for product improvement strategies and for theoretical advances in hospitality and tourism.     

Sustainability Management of Hotels: How Do Customers Respond in Online Reviews?

The purpose of this study was to investigate how guests respond to the sustainability efforts of sustainably managed hotels by discussing them in reviews posted online. Thus, an exploratory research design and the content analysis method were chosen for this study. The content analysis technique was used to analyze User Generated Content and to explore what attributes of sustainability are perceived as the most important by hotel guests in online reviews and whether they generate positive or negative feelings. An analysis of the reviews showed that hotel guests perceive sustainability positively: most indicators were discussed in a positive context, and reviews that contained sustainability attributes had higher guest ratings than other reviews. Explicit references to sustainability were found in only 6.8% of all customer comments. The most frequently encountered indicators in guest reviews were biodiversity, education and sustainable products. Customers mainly discuss attributes that have direct impacts on their experience or are observable at the hotel. Customers are likely to realize that a hotel’s commitment to sustainability can excuse the hotel for a suffered inconvenience. This finding implies that hoteliers should educate guests on their sustainability measures, as higher awareness may increase customer satisfaction.     

Web reviews influence on expectations and purchasing intentions of hotel potential customers

The objective of the paper is to study the impact that hotel guests reviews posted on consumer-generated websites have on the consumer decision-making process and service expectations.An experimental study has been conducted to test the hypotheses and the research question. 349 young adults were involved in an online survey that asked to imagine searching for a hotel and reading other customers’ reviews of a hypothetical chosen hotel. Three scenarios were created by studying a few comments posted by customers on the main websites used by tourists.Results show a positive correlation between both hotel purchasing intention and expectations of the customers and valence of the review. On the contrary, the presence of hotel managers’ responses to guests’ reviews has a negative impact on purchasing intentions.The study enriches the stream of research on word-of-mouth in the hospitality industry and analyses a new operational problem for lodging managers. Hotels should reply to online customer reviews or not?     

Egyptians’ Hotel Booking Behavior on the Internet

The expansion of booking hotel rooms online has changed the booking process in the hotel market environment. This investigation evaluates Egyptians’ attitude as an overall inclination towards booking hotel rooms online. It consists of two phases: a focus group phase and a survey phase. Initially, focus groups were formed for the purpose of identifying general perceptions of Egyptians with respect to the use of hotel booking websites. Information generated from the focus group study contributed toward questionnaire (survey) development. Results suggest that Egyptians generally show positive attitudes towards booking hotel rooms online. The implication for hotel brands is that they should focus on making the experience of online booking safer in order to convert non-bookers to bookers. This is important because the safety features of online booking (secure transactions, privacy of information, and online fraud) appear to be more important than the usability features (convenience, usefulness, ease of use, and efficiency) for nonbookers.     

Improving text summarization of online hotel reviews with review helpfulness and sentiment

The considerable volume of online reviews for today's hotels are is difficult for review readers to manually process. Automatic review summarizations are a promising direction for improving information processing of travelers. Studies have focused on extracting relevant text features or performing sentiment analysis to compile review summaries. However, numerous reviews contain nonspecific or nonsentimental content, hindering the ability of sentiment-based techniques' to accurately summarize useful information from hotel reviews. This paper proposes a systematic approach that first constructs classifiers to identify helpful reviews and then classifies the sentences in the helpful reviews into six hotel features. Finally, the sentiment polarities of sentences are analyzed to generate the review summaries. Experiment results indicated that the performance of the proposed approach was superior to other methods.     

An empirical study on the influence of economy hotel website quality on online booking intentions

This study investigates the potential theoretical relationships among economy hotel website quality, eTrust, and online booking intentions in China. A questionnaire survey was performed, and 298 samples were collected from the users of three economy hotel websites (7 days, Home Inns, and Hanting Hotel) in Guangzhou, China. Results of a detailed data analysis demonstrate the influence of the four dimensions of economy hotel website quality (usability, ease of use, entertainment, and complementarity) on eTrust and online booking intentions. Specifically, (1) the usability, entertainment, and complementarity of economy hotel websites significantly positively affected eTrust; on the contrary, the influence of ease of use on eTrust was insignificant; (2) complementarity showed a more positive influence than the three other attributes on online booking intentions; and (3) eTrust significantly positively influenced online booking intentions. These findings contribute to economy hotel online marketing in China by bridging the gap between the exploration of hotel website quality and its influence on online booking intentions.     

The effectiveness of managing social media on hotel performance

This paper investigates how managing online reviews affects hotel performance. An international hotel chain provided the hotel performance data and the online review data. A leading social media firm for the hospitality industry collected the online review data, which the hotel company purchased. The results indicate that overall ratings are the most salient predictor of hotel performance, followed by response to negative comments. The better the overall ratings and the higher the response rate to negative comments, the higher the hotel performance. Therefore, online reviews in social media, specifically overall rating and response to negative comments, should be managed as a critical part of hotel marketing.     

Does a Friendly Hotel Room Increase Senior Group Package Tourists' Satisfaction? A Field Experiment

This study uses a field experiment to investigate whether senior-friendly facilities in a hotel affect the satisfaction levels of senior tourists. This research also identifies the staff explanation effect with respect to tourists' satisfaction. A field experimental design was applied to examine the senior tourists' satisfaction with the group package tour. Senior-friendly attributes were obtained from the literature reviews, three focus groups, and in-depth interviews. Hotel rooms with senior-friendly facilities were designated as the first experimental group and senior-friendly rooms with staff explanation were designated as the second. A total of 397 valid questionnaires for senior group package tourists were retrieved. The results indicate that a room with facilities could significantly increase customers' satisfaction with respect to cleanliness, comfort, decoration, illumination, overall satisfaction, and room recommendation. However, staff explanation did not further increase or influence customers' satisfaction for a room with friendly facilities.     

Exploring the comparative importance of online hotel reviews’ heuristic attributes in review helpfulness: a conjoint analysis approach

Online travel reviews have become increasingly important as a result of the intangible and heterogeneous characteristics of the tourism industry as well as the recent diffusion of social media. This exploratory case study intends to examine the comparative importance of the six heuristic attributes (reviewer location, reviewer level, reviewer helpful vote, review rating, review length, and review photo) with respect to review helpfulness in the online hotel review context. Moreover, the salience of the individual levels within each review attribute and the importance of the attributes in positive and negative review-rating groups are compared. In total, 1,158 reviews of a hotel on TripAdvisor were collected and analyzed through conjoint analyses. This study found that the review rating and reviewer helpful vote attributes are the two most important factors. Finally, three major propositions are suggested based on findings of the study, and several theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.