群体服务失误下顾客间“关系”互动对抱怨的影响机制--群体极化和去个体化的中介作用

顾客抱怨研究由来已久,但以往研究更多停留在个体层面,缺乏群体层面的关注。文章基于中国人际“关系”视角,将群体服务失误下顾客间互动分为工具性关系互动和情绪性关系互动,通过设计旅游团遭遇群体服务失误的情景模拟实验,探讨群体服务失误下顾客间“关系”互动对抱怨的影响机制。研究结果表明,群体服务失误下,工具性关系互动通过影响群体极化和去个体化进而影响顾客直接抱怨,且群体极化的中介作用更明显;顾客间情绪性关系互动越强,去个体化和群体极化程度越大,进而诱发更强的直接抱怨倾向,且去个体化在其影响过程中作用更强。研究有助于丰富顾客间互动对抱怨影响的研究视角,完善顾客群体性抱怨理论框架,也对顾客群体抱怨处理提供决策依据。     

度假酒店品牌性格对顾客忠诚度的影响研究——以云南、海南度假酒店为例

酒店品牌可以提高酒店的核心竞争力,增加酒店的无形资产,同时关系到酒店的可持续盈利能力。酒店形成鲜明的品牌性格并获得顾客忠诚是至关重要的。文章以问卷方式收集数据,进行探索性因子分析、验证性因子分析以及结构方程模型检验,以测量酒店品牌性格对顾客忠诚度的影响。研究发现：度假酒店品牌在“兴奋”“真诚”“能力”三个维度上具有明显的性格特征,阿克(Aaker)的品牌性格量表具有跨文化适应性;酒店品牌性格对品牌忠诚度有正向影响,打造突出的性格特征可以提升酒店品牌忠诚度。文章探讨了酒店品牌性格及其与顾客忠诚度的关系,为塑造受欢迎的酒店品牌性格、提升顾客忠诚度提供有效途径。     

浅议现代酒店管理顾客观念的更新

对于服务业来说，顾客始终是服务过程的参与方。“服务过程同时也是消费过程”这一特性决定了服务过程就是顾客与服务企业互相影响、互相评价的过程。因此，对顾客参与的有效管理能提高顾客的满意度。目前，国外一些酒店正在研究和拓展一种称之为“顾客参与”的策略。使酒店的经营目标与顾客目标趋于均衡，达到双赢。事实上，恰当地设计参与服务过程，将会加强顾客体验的乐趣。“顾客参与”是一个动态变化的过程，酒店要不断与顾客沟通，了解他们要做什么，希望做什么，什么可以由他们自己做。不同的顾客甚至同一位顾客在不同阶段的需求是不同的。因此，酒店的产品、设施和服务提供系统必须适应环境这种不断变化的期望。     

酒店业会议顾客满意的驱动因素及机理研究

培育和维护满意的顾客是酒店获得和保持竞争优势的重要条件,但以往对顾客满意的研究局限于对既有顾客满意模型的应用和简单修正,对驱动顾客满意的因素未作深入的探讨,特别是针对细分的会议顾客群体,尚缺乏细致的研究。本文综合考虑了酒店、会议产品以及会议顾客的需求特征等因素,构建了酒店业会议顾客满意的驱动模型,并进行了实证分析。研究表明:驱动会议顾客满意的因素包括整体形象与外部环境、酒店会议设施、其他配套设施、酒店会议服务、酒店其他服务和物有所值几个方面。这些因素均对会议顾客的整体满意度产生正向影响。其中4个对顾客整体满意度具有显著影响的因素均对顾客重复购买、推荐意识产生显著的正向作用。     

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。     

外部学习能力与企业竞争优势——基于珠三角地区酒店业的实证研究

基于知识观和组织学习理论,通过对珠三角地区110家酒店企业的问卷调查,运用SPSS12.0以及LISREL8.72等统计软件,本文就以下问题展开分析:其一,探讨外部学习能力与酒店竞争优势之间的关系;其二,将知识资源视为影响外部学习能力与酒店绩效之间关系的中介变量,考察外部学习能力、知识资源以及绩效三者之间的关系.研究结果发现:外部学习能力与组织知识之间存在着显著的正相关关系;知识资源在外部学习能力与酒店绩效之间扮演着完全中介作用.因此,酒店企业应该注重通过建立学习型战略联盟、外部顾客内部化、标杆学习等方式来获取外部知识资源,进而提升其核心竞争力.     

酒店其他顾客行为对顾客感知服务质量的影响

如果将其他正在酒店消费的顾客看作是酒店整体环境的一部分,那么,这些"其他顾客"的言行举止是否会对顾客感知服务质量产生影响?基于这种思考,文章通过查阅相关文献并结合深度访谈,设计包含22个测量题项的调查问卷,采用SPSS、AMOS统计软件进行调查问卷的统计分析,通过探索性研究,得出4个酒店消费的其他顾客行为因子和3个酒店顾客感知服务质量影响因子,然后利用结构方程模型,验证了酒店消费中的其他顾客行为对顾客感知服务质量影响的因果关系。该研究丰富了顾客感知服务质量的理论体系,对酒店进行全面质量管理有一定的现实指导意义。     

酒店员工-顾客间互动对员工工作效率和顾客满意度的影响研究

员工-顾客间互动是酒店服务互动的重要形式之一,更是顾客感知服务质量、服务价值以及满意度的基础.文章从员工角度出发,构建了员工-顾客间互动频率、互动质量与员工工作效率、顾客满意度等变量之间的关系模型.以酒店员工为调查对象,以问卷调查为主要调研方式,利用结构方程模型进行实证检验.研究发现,员工-顾客间的互动频率和互动质量对员工工作效率有显著正向影响,工作效率在互动频率和顾客满意度之间具有完全中介效应,在互动质量和顾客满意度之间具有部分中介效应.     

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.     

基于顾客评价的山西省五星级酒店满意度及其影响因素研究

顾客满意是服务的目的和测度标准之一。作为旅游业中优质服务的提供者,星级酒店的服务质量事关整体旅游业的服务水准和顾客满意程度。从顾客体验视角研究星级酒店的满意度更加客观公正。本文择取携程网站用户对于山西省五星级酒店的评价进行文本分析,论述了山西省五星级酒店的整体满意度水平及其影响因素。并专门对游客差评进行了文本分析,了解酒店服务中最容易致使顾客不满意的因素,针对性地提出了改进建议。     

Understanding homophily of service failure within the hotel guest cycle: Applying NLP-aspect-based sentiment analysis to the hospitality industry

Online complaints have become increasingly influential on the purchasing behavior of customers in recent years. In an effort analyze large quantities of textual complaints and detail the various aspects of them, Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis was looked to as an ideal framework to take on the task. This study set out to synthesize specific service failure items and categorize them into the groupings related to the hotel guest cycle and the corresponding operations, then compare the patterns of expression used by Asian and Non-Asian guests as the related their hotel experiences. A total of 390,236 online complaint terms posted about 353 hotels in the UK by hotel guests from 63 nations were manually derived from TripAdvisor for analysis. With consideration given to the homophily theory, we posited that Asian and non-Asian guests would exhibit similarities and differences with respect to the service failures they encountered when presented with various items of service. The results confirmed this as Asian guests were shown to encounter more service failures with respect to the engineering segment of operations (e.g. hotel room equipment issues), while non-Asian guests encountered more service failures on the housekeeping end of operations (e.g. toilets, public areas, cleanliness, and bedding). By organizing the failures according the four stages of the guest cycle, it was observed that approximately 80% of the service failures occurred during the occupancy period. This study contributes to the existing literature on hotel guest satisfaction both with respect to the methodology it uses and the new findings it presents on differences in perceptions of service failures members among different cultures.     

An Assessment of Key Hotel Guest Contact Personnel in Handling Guest Complaints

Abstract

The quality of a guest's hotel experience is frequently dependent on the consistency with which hotel standards of service are applied. Where the existing systems break down, guests will complain. This should be viewed as an opportunity for the hotel's management. However, some hotel direct guest contact personnel may view guest complaints as causes for panic rather than opportunities for improving the hotel operation. Guests whose complaints were resolved satisfactorily were willing to return back to the hotel. Proficiency in handling their complaints results in greater guest satisfaction and loyalty. The application of the research will be on Hotel Assistant Managers/Guest Relations Agents to investigate whether they are applying the necessary steps and techniques to solve guests' complaints related either to tangible or intangible products in hotels. Results indicate that Hotel Assistant Managers and Guest Relations Agents could improve their effectiveness in handling guests' complaints. Assistant Managers were found in this study to be better at handling complaints than Guest Relations Agents.     

The Relationships between National Identity,Hospitality, and Satisfaction among Foreign Hotel Guests

The main objectives of this paper are to examine the effect of hotel hospitality on the satisfaction level of foreign guests in the context of the hotel industry, as well as to explore the moderating effect of national identity (country-specific hospitality) on the relationship between hospitality and guests’ level of satisfaction. In this study, “national identity” refers to the distinctive cultural elements of a specific country that are incorporated into the hotel’s service design. This study, involving 315 foreign guests at Malaysian hotels, used survey administration as the main data collection method. Hierarchical moderated regression analysis was performed and statistical support for the effect of hospitality on the patrons’ satisfaction with their hotel stays, as well as the moderating effect of national identity on satisfaction levels, were found. This study also proposes a new scale to measure “country-specific hospitality”.     

The influences of transaction history and thank you statements in service recovery

A certain number of service failures are inevitable in the hotel business. In a scenario-based experiment, using an Internet-panel sample of 166 subjects, this study finds that: (1) those guests with a long transaction history are more satisfied with a recovery initiative and more willing to return than those with a short transaction history; (2) those guests who are thanked for voicing their complaints are more satisfied with the recovery initiative and more willing to return than those who do not receive a thank you statement; and (3) receiving a thank you statement while voicing a complaint might have a greater positive impact on the satisfaction of guests with short transaction histories than on guests with long transaction histories. The managerial and research implications of these findings are discussed.     

Business Travelers’ Accommodation Selection: A Comparative Study of Two International Hotels in Cairo

The purpose of the present study was twofold. First, it aimed to determine what business travelers in two international hotels in Cairo, Egypt, the first being 5 stars and the second 4 stars, believed were the factors influencing hotel selection and their importance. Second, this work aimed to ascertain the extent of congruence between business guests on attributes that feature in hotel selection. Results showed that business travelers at the 5-star hotel assigned top importance to the attribute “accuracy of wake-up call”, whereas their counterparts at the 4-star hotel identified “security and safety of room” as their most important factor in hotel selection. The independent samples t-test identified statistical significant differences on 50 attributes between both sets of respondents. The eta-squared value was calculated to examine the magnitude of such differences. Despite the difference in hotel star rating, research findings did not reveal a large statistical difference on all attributes. However, a large statistical difference was discovered between respondents on 21 attributes; a moderate difference on 25 attributes and; a small difference on 4 attributes. The results of this study could equip accommodation managers with a better insight into the actual needs of business guests, the issue that could lead to their satisfaction and improve customer service.     

Testing the Moderation Effect of Hotel Ambience on the Relationships Among Social Comparison,Affect, Satisfaction,and Behavioral Intentions

This study incorporated the social service environment in the hotel guest affect–satisfaction–behavioral intention model in order to elucidate the effect of social comparison on consumption-based affect by factoring in the moderation effect of hotel ambience on relationships. Structural equation modeling of survey data from hotel guests revealed that social comparison significantly influences hotel guests’ affect, and that affect has a critical role in inducing satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Hotel ambience moderates the model’s relationships – high ambience strengthens the relationships more so than low ambience. Results affirm the inclusion of social environments in predicting hotel guest experiences and shed light on managerial implications for bettering service provision.     

The Influence of a Hotel Firm's Quality of Service and Image and its Effect on Tourism Customer Loyalty

The aim of this article is to understand the influence of hotel service quality and corporate image on tourism customer loyalty. Data were collected from tourists at several sight-seeing locations in Mauritius. The study sample comprised guests of various hotels in Mauritius who were randomly approached and invited to participate in a survey on the hotel's services. The study findings suggest that it is the quality of service and the corporate image of the hotel that jointly influence tourism customers' loyalty. Although the study findings do not indicate a direct relationship between service quality and loyalty, it is the consistent quality of service that creates and sustains the image of the hotel which, ultimately, results in tourism customer loyalty. This would therefore suggest that tourism customer loyalty is dependent on a hotel's ability to consistently deliver service quality.     

Assessment of Current Training Program and Its Effectiveness in Hotels of Bhutan

The increasing number of tourist in Bhutan demands for more high-quality hotels to provide better services to guests. The objectives of the study are, (1) to assess the current training provided to the hotel employees; (2) to evaluate the training gap concerning training design and; (3) to examine relationship between the training factors affecting the training effectiveness in Bhutanese hotel industry. Findings showed mismatch of training provided to employees resulting in poor quality of service. Negative score was found between the importance and satisfaction level of hotel employees on contents of training design. However the results showed positive relationship between the training factors and training effectiveness, work environment has strong influence.     

Comparing local and foreign perceptions of service quality of five-star hotels in Sri Lanka

Using the SERVQUAL model, this study analyses the survey data from 400 local and foreign guests of five-star hotels in Sri Lanka. The study discovered local visitors were less satisfied with the assurance aspect of hotel service, while foreign visitors were less satisfied with the empathy aspect. Overall, foreign visitors had higher expectations and perceptions of hotel service compared to locals. The study demonstrates variations between local and foreign visitors’ perception and satisfaction of hotel service quality. This sheds light on differing treatments expected by foreign visitors than their domestic counterparts which is useful in strategic decision-making and service improvement.