Identifying and measuring customer delight in the hospitality industry

The aim of this study is to identify customer delight by developing a research model and measurement scale in the hospitality industry that includes cognitive and emotional factors. The main analysis to support the research uses a confirmatory factor analysis, while collected data represent 186 tour...

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Autores: Escobar Rivera, Dalilis|||0000-0003-1642-2809, Casadesús Fa, Martí|||0000-0002-2406-2359, Simon, Alexandra|||0000-0003-0803-8997
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:318078
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/318078
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3727/108354220X15758301241909
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Basic emotions
Customer delight
Hospitality industry
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Sumario:The aim of this study is to identify customer delight by developing a research model and measurement scale in the hospitality industry that includes cognitive and emotional factors. The main analysis to support the research uses a confirmatory factor analysis, while collected data represent 186 tourism experiences in hotels and restaurants. The model describes a way to appraise memorable experiences by customers and the positive significance of emotions based on their needs. The authors argue that managing designed experiences and considering a customer's service ideal from the factors in the proposed model could be the basis for achieving customer delight in the hospitality industry.