Service Quality Management in Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure

Service Quality Management in Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure
Author: Connie Mok
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136386564

Does your staff deliver the highest quality service possible? Customers today expect a very high overall level of service in hospitality, tourism, and leisure. Competition in these fields will thus be driven by strategies focusing on quality of service to add value, as opposed to product or price differentiation. Service Quality Management in Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure highlights concepts and strategies that will improve the delivery of hospitality services, and provides clear and simple explanations of theoretical concepts as well as their practical applications! Practitioners and educators alike will find this book to be invaluable in their businesses and in preparing students for the business world. This essential book provides you with clear, comprehensive explanations of theoretical concepts and methods that will give you the competitive edge in this fast-changing field. Topics covered include: services management marketing operations management human resources management service quality management Service Quality Management in Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure brings together an array of pertinent materials that will measure and enhance customer satisfaction and help you provide superior hospitality services, and groups them in easy-to-use clusters for quick reference.

Service Quality in Leisure, Events, Tourism and Sport, 2nd Edition

Service Quality in Leisure, Events, Tourism and Sport, 2nd Edition
Author: John Buswell
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2016-12-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1780645449

Service quality is at the forefront of how the leisure, events, tourism and sport (LETS) sectors operate. An important consideration for any business, and therefore any student of the subject, this new edition of a successful textbook addresses the key points and principles of managing service quality across the industry sector. Considering the underpinning theory of service quality, this book informs the reader of the practical application of service quality management tools and techniques in an industry with distinctive features and challenges. An invaluable read for students within the LETS sectors, it also provides a useful refresher for practitioners working in the industry.

Service Quality in Leisure and Tourism

Service Quality in Leisure and Tourism
Author: Andrea Krauz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781681176222

Tourism has been one of the world's fastest growing industries, and there are large societies entirely dependent upon the visitor for their sustenance. The quality of service in hotel industry is an important factor of successful business. The existing trend of complete quality management in hotel industry ensures the achievement of competitive advantage of hotel companies and is therefore the subject of contemporary research into service quality in hotel industry. Much of the attention given to service quality is motivated by the premise that it will increase customer satisfaction and ultimately lead to better financial performance. The quality of products and services has also been related to external indicators of customer satisfaction such as complaints, warranty, litigation and market share. Satisfied customers often lead to loyal customers who continuously repurchase the product or service. However, all organizations are dependent upon repeat purchases that lead to higher profitability. Empirical evidence suggests that customer satisfaction mediates the relationship between service quality and firm performance. Service Quality in Leisure and Tourism aims to develop an awareness of the underpinning theories of quality as applicable to leisure and tourism. It deals with the impact of service quality in tourism and customer satisfaction; presents the theoretical model of the research indicating the dimensions of quality in tourism. It shows that such dimensions as Quality of accessibility, accommodation, venue and their components contribute directly in satisfaction of tourists, their intend to return and eventually development of tourism industry in a region.Delivering high quality service within the hospitality industry positively influences a customer's perception of value. Tourist satisfaction is the result of the interaction between a tourist's experience in the destination area and his or her previous expectations about the destination. Satisfying the tourist is critical because it has an effect on the expectations and intentions for the customer's next destination purchasing decision. Practitioners and educators alike will find this book to be invaluable in their businesses and in preparing students for the business world.

The Tourism and Leisure Experience

The Tourism and Leisure Experience
Author: Michael Morgan
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 184541148X

People do not buy products or even services; they purchase the total experience that the product or service provides. This book brings together established and emerging international scholars to provide systematic reviews and illustrative cases drawn from tourism, leisure, hospitality, sport and event contexts. The book provides a useful framework for focusing the goals and associated methodologies of future research efforts and for implementing the results of these efforts.

Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure

Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure
Author: Arch G. Woodside
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780851998961

This book is based on papers given at the 2nd Symposium on Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure (CPTHL) in Vienna in July 2000. The Symposium comprised papers reflecting the progress in consumer psychology theory and research. The Vienna Symposium put special emphasis on consumer decision making for evaluating choice alternatives in tourism, leisure, and hospitality operations. The reports have been arranged into five major compartments.

Tourism and Hospitality Marketing

Tourism and Hospitality Marketing
Author: Simon Hudson
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2009-05-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1849204888

With over 70 global case studies and vignettes, this textbook covers all the key marketing principles applied to tourism and hospitality, showing how these concepts work in practice and demonstrating the diverse range of tourism and hospitality products on offer. Chapters are packed with pedagogical features that will help readers consolidate their learning, including: - Chapter objectives - Key terms - Discussion questions and exercises - Links to useful websites - Profiles of successful individuals and organizations Tourism and Hospitality Marketing is accompanied by a website that offers lecturers answers to the discussion questions and exercises in the book, case study questions, a test bank, PowerPoint slides and a list of additional teaching resources.

Research Methods for Leisure, Recreation and Tourism, 2nd Edition

Research Methods for Leisure, Recreation and Tourism, 2nd Edition
Author: Ercan Sirakaya-Turk
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1786390485

Describing the fundamental elements of research methods for leisure, recreation and tourism, this new edition of a popular textbook is updated throughout. It covers the measurement of variables, sampling, questionnaire design and evaluation methods, and also a wider discussion of writing proposals, communicating research findings, cross-cultural research, and the use of new technologies in conducting research. Written by internationally renowned researchers in an accessible style, this book introduces both undergraduate and graduate students to the vital skills they will need to succeed in the leisure, recreation, tourism and hospitality industries.

Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality

Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality
Author: K. Thirumaran
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2021-01-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030576949

Service operations management in the tourism and hospitality industry requires a high level of coordination, communication and facilitation to satisfy visitors. In all of these activities, service excellence means a lot to visitors in terms of their experience, and to the business it means repeat customers and word-of-mouth marketing. Based on fresh empirical evidence from the field, this book captures the different approaches and challenges to service excellence in the Asian tourism and hospitality industry. Focusing on hotels, attractions, transport providers and other segments in tourism and hospitality, this book presents new case studies underlining and detailing global and local travel industry practices. The book is meant as a reference and supplementary reading for students, researchers and industry practitioners.

Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services

Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services
Author: B. Prideaux
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2006-09-14
Genre: Hospitality industry
ISBN: 1845930150

The aim of this book is to enhance theoretical and practical understanding of quality management in tourism and hospitality. It provides a benchmark of current knowledge, and examines the range of research methods being applied to further develop tourism and hospitality service management research. It is hoped that this book will stimulate new research questions by highlighting tensions and challenges in the area.