2021
DOI: 10.1108/ijchm-11-2020-1329
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“Most Americans like their privacy.” Exploring privacy concerns through US guests’ reviews

Abstract: Purpose This study aims to explore US hotel guests’ privacy concerns with a twofold aim as follows: to investigate the privacy categories, themes and attributes most commonly discussed by guests in their reviews and to examine the influence of cultural proximity on privacy concerns. Design/methodology/approach This study combined automated text analytics with content analysis. The database consisted of 68,000 hotel reviews written by US guests lodged in different types of hotels in five European cities. Ling… Show more

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“…Consumers increasingly express their emotional responses to service encounters through online consumer reviews (Filieri 2015; Ye et al 2020; Yin, Bond and Zhang 2014). Online reviews posted by customers on social media platforms represent valuable information reflecting customers' actual experiences and not hypothetical intentions (e.g., D’Acunto, Volo, and Filieri 2021; Filieri 2015; J. Li et al 2018; Xiang et al 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Consumers increasingly express their emotional responses to service encounters through online consumer reviews (Filieri 2015; Ye et al 2020; Yin, Bond and Zhang 2014). Online reviews posted by customers on social media platforms represent valuable information reflecting customers' actual experiences and not hypothetical intentions (e.g., D’Acunto, Volo, and Filieri 2021; Filieri 2015; J. Li et al 2018; Xiang et al 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further, during the stay in a hotel, honeymooners require a high degree of safety and privacy during their entire residing period as they want to start their joyful married life with unforgettable memories, love, sensations and sexual pleasure (Anderson, 2021). The poor safety of customers' valuable electronic devices and belongings, unsafe locking system, breaches of customers' privacy caused by hotel staff entering their rooms and unprofessional cleaning staff increase customers' privacy concerns in hotels (D'Acunto et al. , 2021).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Older consumers, however, demonstrate a preestablished resilience, which is used to optimize online digital communities and subsequent relationships. Older consumers tend to have more privacy concerns than younger consumers, even in an offline environment (D’Acunto, Volo, and Filieri 2021), resulting in further barriers to SNS consumption. Our study illustrates older consumers’ ability to compensate for these barriers by accessing an online space for seeking and providing advice.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%