Understanding the needs and expectations of customers is a major competitive tool. Their perception of food service quality has been increasingly studied. An understanding of this topic can help managers to develop strategies to improve customer satisfaction and increase loyalty. The objective of the research is to verify the predictive power of food service quality elements on customer loyalty intentions. This research is exploratory with quantitative approach applied to a hotel in Balneário Camboriú. We used multiple regression analysis to achieve results. The constructs analysed were: Service Brigade; Management; Menu; Ancillary Services; and Physical Features, which did not prove to be significant to Loyalty. The most significant construct was Service Brigade, a finding consistent with studies that show that employee training is key to increase the level of satisfaction and loyalty.Keywords: Loyalty, food service, lodging industry, Brazil, multiple regression. ResumoCompreender as expectativas e desejos do cliente é uma grande ferramenta competitiva. A sua perceção acerca dos aspetos de qualidade em serviço de alimentação vem sendo estudada com maior frequência. Está discussão auxilia o gestor elaborar estratégias que melhorem a satisfação do cliente e aumentem lealdade. O objetivo da pesquisa foi verificar o poder prever a intenção de lealdade através dos elementos de qualidade do serviço de alimentação. A metodologia adotada é uma pesquisa exploratória com abordagem quantitativa aplicada em um hotel de Balneário Camboriú. Utilizou-se de análise de regressão múltipla para alcançar os resultados. Os constructos analisados foram: Brigada de serviço; Gerência; Cardápio; Serviços auxiliares; e Aspetos físicos, este não se mostrou significativo em medir a Lealdade. O fator com melhor resultado foi Brigada de serviço, corroborando com estudos que concluem que o treinamento dos funcionários é vital para alavancar o nível de satisfação e lealdade.Palavras-chave: Lealdade, serviço de alimentação, meios de hospedagem, Brasil, regressão múltipla.
PurposeWorld Tourism Organization (WTO) recognizes image as the main aspect to be considered by a destination in its promotion and marketing process. Cities try to build valued and recognized images, established from an identity defined based on their own values. One of the strategies adopted for this construction is to hold events, through which it is possible to promote tourism, move the economy, improve the infrastructure, change the image and influence intentions to visit the destination. From the point of view of supply and demand, theorists have proposed two categories of destination image: the projected image and the perceived image. In this context, the objective of the research was to propose a model for measuring the Projected and Perceived Image through the Organizational Identity of the Volvo Ocean Race Brazil.Design/methodology/approachWith a quali-quantitative approach, the study universe is composed of in-depth interviews with the main members of the organizing committee, documentary and netnographic analysis of the event's social networks. For the analysis and interpretation of qualitative data, the collective subject discourse was used. Documentary and netnographic analysis were by means of deductive content analysis and correspondence analysis.FindingsThe results supported the three secondary hypotheses of the research, leading to confirm the central hypothesis that the constructed organizational identity, projected by the image, is perceived by visitors to the event studied.Originality/valueIt is understood as fundamental the expansion of studies regarding projected and perceived image, identity and the possibility of its application in tourist events, as social representations, as support also for the definition of management and marketing strategies.
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The official data regarding the development of the tourist activity shows its importance and reflexes on the economy and social well-being. However, the question is whether the countries are properly prepared to meet all tourism demands with equality, which is why the needs of people with disabilities or reduced mobility are addressed in this study. Accessibility in accommodation facilities is an essential factor, whether by seeking to understand ways to eliminate barriers and/or how to develop an environment that is conducive to tourism activity. Thus, the research aims to analyze the valuation of accessibility in the choice of the accommodation and aspects that may influence the loyalty of the tourist with disabilities or with reduced mobility (TwDMr). The study is characterized as applied descriptive, with a bibliographic survey and the use of a questionnaire with both open and closed questions. It collected results from 995 respondents, serving as a basis for quali-quanti analyses. The results establish that having access to tourist activities positively influences people's quality of life; the importance of accessibility in the purchase of a tourism product or service was proven, highlighting the accessibility of the means of accommodation as the most important element in the TwDMr's choice of tourist destination. It was concluded that meeting the accessibility requirements in the means of accommodation influences the choice of tourist destination, generating value to the enterprise, leading to loyalty, and, as a result, the TwDMr tend to be more loyal when their needs are adequately met.
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