Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:1214

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1214

Authors:
Pelegrín Borondo, Jorge

Abstract:
Having a deep understandingabout how customers evaluate a business product and/or services is a must whenfirms want to improve their competitiveness. This research analyses customers’cognitive and emotional factors and their interrelationship. All these factors and relationships affect the perceived offer amongst competitive groups of hotels. Results show that the valueperceived by each group of clients is statistically significant in bothcognitive and emotional factors. They also show that depending on the booking channelused by customers (on-line and off-line) consumers perceive with differentintensity cognitive and emotional factors and their relationship. Academicrelevant literature has been reviewed to summarize the state of the art and to designresearch hypothesis. To contrast hypothesis a mathematical model (logitbinomial modified and structural equations) has been used. Finally, severalrecommendations to design hotel services offer are included.