...Head: RESEARCH METHOD CASE STUDY Research Method case study of Silver Spoon hotel Sialkot [Name of writer] [Name of Institution] Abstract This study would be intended to identify the retention strategies and retention problems in order to discover the brunt of retention strategies on[pic] labor force. Silver spoon hotel, Sialkot, Pakistan would be [pic]elected as[pic] a [pic]model for this[pic] research [pic]because its[pic] inimitability [pic]in active modern HR[pic] approaches. It will solely base on empirical study: a sample of 100 surveys and face to face interviews will be taken. How to obtain customer loyalty through customer retention strategies in Small and Medium sized hotels? (A case study on Silver Spoon hotel Sialkot) In order to get achieve the objective, I would like to approach for both primary and secondary data. I would use SPSS and data of 100 customers from silver spoon hotel. 1. Justification of study In today’s competitive environment, organizations are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to not only get hold but also retain their valuable customers. The intention behind choosing this topic is to analyze the relationship between retention strategies and customer loyalty in hotel industry. 2. Statement of the problem Hotel industry is illustrated with the presence of many small and huge hotels which provide a wide range of customer services, and maintain customer loyalty through different strategies...
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...The customer's satisfaction with service Chapter I: Introduction 1.1 Background In recent times, customer's satisfaction is the main concern for every hotel and resort. Customers are now more valued and every effort is being made to keep them loyal to the resort and make them permanent visitors. The hotel industry believes that higher level of customer satisfaction may result in higher levels of repurchase. Repeat purchasing is essential to a continued stream of profitability through achieving higher levels of customer satisfaction (Oliver, 1997). The customers' satisfaction can be defined as “the fulfillment response” which they feel towards given service. It has been a judgment that a product or service feature, or the product or service itself, provides (or is providing) a pleasurable level of consumption-related fulfillment, including levels of underfulfilment or overfulfilment” (Oliver, 1996, p. 14). The concept of consumer satisfaction occupies a central position in marketing thought and practice. Conceptually, satisfaction is an outcome of purchase and use results from the buyer's comparison of the rewards and costs of the purchase in relation to the anticipated consequences. Operationally, satisfaction is similar to attitude in that it can be assessed as the sum of the satisfactions with the various attributes of the product or service. With due consideration of this marketing approach, every effort is being made to provide the customers with better services in order...
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...Marketing Studies Vol. 2, No. 2; November 2010 Customer Satisfaction in the Hotel Industry: A Case Study from Sicily Gandolfo Dominici (Corresponding author) Facoltà di Economia, Dip. S.E.A.F., Università di Palermo viale delle Scienze ed.13, 90128, Palermo, Italy E-mail: gandolfodominici@unipa.it Rosa Guzzo Facoltà di Economia, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.13, 90128, Palermo, Italy E-mail: rosyguzzo@hotmail.it Abstract In order to be successful in the market it is not sufficient to attract new customers managers must concentrate on retaining existing customers implementing effective policies of customer satisfaction and loyalty. In hotel industry customer satisfaction is largely hooked upon quality of service. A management approach focused on customer satisfaction can improve customer loyalty, thus increasing the positive image of the touristic destination. Hence, exploring the importance for customers of hotel attributes in hotel selection is indispensable. Research on the topic of guest satisfaction, which translates into the consideration of whether or not customers will return to a hotel or advise it to other tourists, is pivotal to the success of the hospitality business. Neglecting to pay attention to those hotel attributes considered most important by guests, may lead to negative evaluation of the hotel, thus restricting the chance of repeat patronage. We perform a qualitative analysis of a large hotel in Sicily (IT), the Sporting Club Hotel in the...
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...UDB Independent Studies Proposal & Request for Ethical Approval Please complete this proposal form in no more than 3500 words. Submit this proposal form when completed, to Turn It In via Moodle under the independent study section, as explained in the video tutorial available on Moodle in the BA Programme General Information section. Your proposal form will be graded and feedback made available via Moodle. 1. Your Name: | | 2. Programme name and code | 3. Contact Info | | 4. Module name and code | | 5. Name of project supervisor | 6. Title or topic area of proposed study | A critical analysis of customer satisfaction and service quality leads to customer loyalty at Sand Dunes Chaolao Beach Resort, Thailand | 7. What are the aim and objectives of your study? | The sand dunes Beach resort has a standing record of quality service delivery to its customers. The research seek to investigate the influence of service delivery on consumer satisfaction and royalty to the guest in Sand Dunes Chalao beach Hotel in Thailand. This is intended to fill the knowledge gap on how service delivery can lead to retention of business. The research achieves it’s a target through fulfilment of the following objectives. To investigate the level of customer satisfaction * To investigate the level of service quality provided by the hotel * To determine the number of customers who constantly book the hotel * Determine the levels of worker...
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...and firms’ performance in luxury hotels and chain restaurants$ Hong-bumm Kima,1, Woo Gon Kimb,* b a College of Hospitality & Tourism, Sejong University, Kwang-jin Gu, Gun-ja Dong 98, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration, Oklahoma State University, 210 HESW, Stillwater, OK 74078-6173, USA Received 27 February 2004; accepted 4 March 2004 Abstract There is a growing emphasis on building and managing brand equity as the primary drivers of a hospitality firm’s success. Success in brand management results from understanding brand equity correctly and managing them to produce solid financial performance. This study examines the underlying dimensions of brand equity and how they affect firms’ performance in the hospitality industry—in particular, luxury hotels and chain restaurants. The results of this empirical study indicate that brand loyalty, perceived quality, and brand image are important components of customer-based brand equity. A positive relationship was found to exist between the components of customer-based brand equity and the firms’ performance in luxury hotels and chain restaurants. A somewhat different scenario was delineated from the relationship between the components of customer-based brand equity and firms’ performance in luxury hotels and chain restaurants. r 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Customer-based brand equity; Firms’ performance; Chain restaurants; Luxury hotels; Brand awareness 1. Introduction...
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...METHODIST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHANA FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT ARTICLE REVIEW: RELATIONSHIP MARKETING AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY: EVIDENCE FROM THE GHANAIAN LUXURY HOTEL INDUSTRY. GROUP 3 MEMBERS THOMAS ATANGA BBAM/ED/122566 ERNEST FIIFI DES-BORDES BBAM/ED/118290 FRANK AMUZU MAWULI BBAM/ED/112043 ESTHER FREMPONG BBAM/ED/120613 DELPHINE AMO-MENSAH BBAM/ED/122735 JOANA KUMI BBAM/ED/122925 ZARATU ISSAKA BBAM/ED/121827 EVANS YEBOAH BBAM/ED/123604 ADIZA ISSAH BBAM/ED/112448 JULIUS ARMAH NII TETTEH BBAM/ED/120608 MERCY ETRUBA ASARE BBAM/ED/122114 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Acquiring and building relationship with new customers takes time. This effort could be saved by concentrating most efforts on retaining the existing customers. Globally, the use of customer relationship management as a key driver in the sustenance and growth of customer base of businesses. According to Zeithaml and Bitner (2000) relationship marketing is a philosophy of doing business, a strategic orientation...
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...Analysis of Service Marketing Strategies in the Hospitality & Tourism business in the UK: The Sheraton Park Lane Hotel Mashfiq Ahmed The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the biggest industries in the United Kingdom and in the entire world. Two of the major components of this industry are the marketing and public relations as in the highly competitive and sophisticated business world of the twenty first century; they play the key role in attracting and retaining customers i.e. the sales of products and services. Especially for businesses that focus on the luxury consumers, branding is an integral part of their core value proposition and there is no better way to create a brand identity and promote it than the use of interactive marketing strategies and public relations tactics. To get your BUSINESS Reports / Case Studies/ Research Projects / Dissertations / Term papers / Presentations / Assignments done, CONTACT: MASHFIQ AHMED . ahmed.mashfiq@gmail.com +8801674312929 January, 2012 1. Introduction The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the biggest industries in the United Kingdom and in the entire world. Two of the major components of this industry are the marketing and public relations as in the highly competitive and sophisticated business world of the twenty first century; they play the key role in attracting and retaining customers i.e. the sales of products and services. Especially for businesses that focus on the luxury consumers, branding...
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...self-congruity and brand loyalty, and stating the moderating effect of consumers’ price consciousness: The literature review Yulia Yushchik, 10292004 Assignment: Literature review Number of words: 2498 Brand Communication Dr. Peeter Verlegh The University of Amsterdam March 30, 2012 Introduction When the popularity of the relationship marketing is growing widely, consumer-based determinants of brand loyalty are interesting and useful field to study. Brand loyalty is realized by having strategic importance for a business. The figures provided by Bain&Co indicate that a 5% increase in customer retention varies for a company’s profit by 40 to 95%. An increase in customer loyalty of 1% is the equivalent of a 10% cost reduction (Reichheld & Teal, 2001). Gounaris and Stathakopoulos (2004) also mention that loyal customers are less expensive because they reduce marketing costs. For example, several researches found that brand loyalty is positively related to word-of-mouth (De Matos & Rossi, 2008). The relevance of consumer-oriented policy has increased at the time of economic recession. Retaining brand loyalty in a difficult economic climate is a challenging task. Practitioners propose to work harder on getting to know the customers in order to better serve their needs (Slim, 2010, February 3). This allows companies to personalized loyalty programs, which is considered to be the right solution for preserving people’s loyalty to a brand. In the academic world loyalty has been largely studied...
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...Employee Satisfaction Afshan Naseem1, Sadia Ejaz Sheikh2 and Prof. Khusro P. Malik GPHR3 1,3 Department of Engineering Management, Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan 2 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock, Pakistan Abstract– Employee satisfaction is considered weighty when it comes to define organizational success. Employee’s satisfaction is central concern particularly in the service industry. Need to enhance employee satisfaction is critical because it is a key to business success of any organization. In the present milieu, employee satisfaction has come under limelight due to stiff competition where organizations are trying to carve competitive advantage through the human factor. The purpose of this study is to observe the relationship between employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction and to examine the impact of both on organizational success. This study scrutinizes the effects of different factors of organization which affects the employee satisfaction. This is a cohort study in which qualitative research methodology was used. The data was collected through selfadministrated questionnaire which contains multiple choice questions and open-ended questions. Results of the principal component analysis (PCA) based on correlation matrix revealed a great deal of employees (hotel workers) satisfaction among surveyed cohorts where customers also had expressed satisfaction with existing services. Mainly environmental cleanliness, quality...
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...HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY CASE STUDY Leading Hotel & Resort Brand Harnesses the Voice of the Customer to Improve the Guest Experience About the Brand One of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world has over 1,000 properties spanning eight different brands in 100 countries and approximately 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. The company is also one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. “ We were specifically looking for a tool that would provide the managers with a quick snapshot of the top ten guest compliments and top ten guest complaints each month... ...We also wanted to allow them to be able to drill down to look at the actual comments. Challenge: With a reputation for driving ever-higher levels of guest loyalty, satisfaction and brand advocacy, the hospitality company strives to continually improve its guest experiences. And what better way to accomplish that goal than by gaining a deep understanding of the wants, needs, and preferences of its guests? Indeed, collecting and analyzing customer feedback on an ongoing basis lies at the heart of the company’s day-to-day operations and overall growth strategy. Each of the hotels across the hospitality company’s entire portfolio of renowned brands automatically invites guests to complete a brief online satisfaction survey following their stay. The survey consists of standard questions with answer choices for rating different aspects...
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...Managing Its Hospitality through Gearing Service Quality Shikha Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Nilosha Sharma Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi Nurture Education Solutions Private Limited, MBA College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad Email: shikhabirsingh@gmail.com , dineshkumar.kumar02@gmail.com, niloshasharma05@gmail.com 3i1,2Lal ABSTRACT The Marriot group of Hotels launched back in 1983 are one of the largest brand and the world’s 12th largest lodging chain.1 The Marriott had around 8,000 hotels worldwide. The company operated and have franchisees under the brand names Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari. The Marriott group in India has being focusing on its quality of service delivered and the various other factors like customer satisfaction. The case highlights the journey of Marriott group and the various services provided by Mariott. The case also discusses the various challenges upcoming for Marriott group in India related to customer service and customer satisfaction. Pedagogical Objectives The case study helps to understand and analyse: 1. The dynamics of Indian service Industry/Hospitality Industry 2. Challenges and Opportunities for Marriott in India Mariott Group: An Overview "When you take good care of your people, they'll take pride in their work. And when they take pride in their work, they'll take good care of the customers and if you take good care of...
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...EQUITY, BRAND LOYALTY AND CONSUMER SATISFACTION Janghyeon Nam Kyungnam University, South Korea Yuksel Ekinci Georgina Whyatt Oxford Brookes University, UK Abstract: This study aims to investigate the mediating effects of consumer satisfaction on the relationship between consumer-based brand equity and brand loyalty in the hotel and restaurant industry. Based on a sample of 378 customers and using structural equation modelling approach, the five dimensions of brand equity—physical quality, staff behaviour, ideal selfcongruence, brand identification and lifestyle-congruence—are found to have positive effects on consumer satisfaction. The findings of the study suggest that consumer satisfaction partially mediates the effects of staff behaviour, ideal self-congruence and brand identification on brand loyalty. The effects of physical quality and lifestyle-congruence on brand loyalty are fully mediated by consumer satisfaction. Keywords: brand equity, customer satisfaction, brand loyalty. Ó 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Consumer satisfaction is essential to long-term business success, and one of the most frequently researched topics in marketing (e.g., Jones & Suh, 2000; Pappu & Quester, 2006). Because consumer satisfaction has been regarded a fundamental determinant of long-term business success, much of the research on consumer satisfaction investigates its impact on consumers’ post consumption evaluations such as behavioural and attitudinal loyalty (Cooil, Keiningham...
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...Budget Hotel Customers in China Yang Yu http://eprints.utcc.ac.th/id/eprint/1337 © University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce EPrints UTCC http://eprints.utcc.ac.th/ FACTORS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF BUDGET HOTEL CUSTOMERS IN CHINA MS. YANG YU A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Business Administration Department of International Business International College University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce 2012 Thesis title Name Degree Major title Thesis adviser Graduate Year Factors and Customers Satisfaction of Budget Hotel Customers in China Yang Yu Master of Business Administration International Business Assistant Professor Dr. Arisara Seyanont 2012 ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to study the customer perception toward marketing mix (7P’s), customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of budget hotel in China. The researcher distributed 450 questionnaires during the month of September to October to the customers who stayed at budget hotel in China. There were 400 questionnaires completed and usable. Collected data from questionnaires processed by computer program in terms of frequency, mean, standard deviation and regression. Results showed that customer perception toward product/service and promotion had a positive impact on custom satisfaction, and customer satisfaction had a positive impact on customer loyalty. The budget hotel operators...
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...Case Study - Unit II ID: 231985 Nguyen Thi Cam Thuy Columbia Southern University MHR 6451 – Human Resource Management Methods Professor Dr. Erica Gamble According to Dessler, G. (2015). For 20 years, Joie de Vivre has rebuilt the facility hotel. Since 1987, Joie de Vivre has expanded the size of company with more than 30 properties with the intention of creating cheerful, comfortable in San Francisco, California, and then through the Arizona, Illinois and Hawaii with all vacations and interesting service, with all utilities and local experience that any client can find there. Chip Conley is the founder of the company, he himself had no experience in the hospitality industry, but he did turn up his thinking to turn the boarding house of the 1950s, forming the Joie de Vivre catapulted, and later it became the largest boutique hotel chain in the world. Echoes of a hotel with the space fun and along history with customer loyalty become famous; it has created a mystical space to increase the value of assets, increasing the value of the property without increasing its cost base. But all these events are only a first stage in his career. To become a successful chip and expand its business into new markets, he bought motels and small hotels in the Bay and Wine Country and difficult to move south to Silicone Valley and Los Angeles as stated by Dessler, G. (2015) Joie de Vivre's success is due to his successful...
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...A Study on CUSTOMER SERVICES OF RESTAURENTS IN HYDERABAD [pic] By DINESH YEPURU Roll no: 2T1-14 PGDM Under the guidance of Sri.M.Chaithanya Asst.professor, Marketing A Project Report Submitted to the SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT Partial fulfillment of the requirements of PGDM SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SECUNDERABAD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is of great pleasure to take the opportunity to acknowledge and express my gratitude to all who helped me through in my project. I thank Sri.M.Chaithanya Asst.Professor, Marketing Siva Sivani Institute of Management for guiding to do the project work. I am always grateful to him for his direction and inspiration. I am grateful to Mr.Rujbeh Taraporawalla Regional Hr Manager in OVER THE EDGE FOOD SOLUTIONS PVT LTD, who was my guide, for his invaluable guidance and cooperation during the course of the project. He provided me with his assistance and support whenever needed that has been instrumental in completion of this project. The learning during the project was immense & invaluable. My work basically included the study of various ways for developing customer...
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