Guest Satisfaction
Guest satisfaction measures how well the expectations of a customer concerning a product or service provided by the company have been met. It is an abstract concept and involves such factors as the quality of the product, the quality of the service provided, the atmosphere of the location where the product or service is purchased, and the price of the product or service. Businesses often use customer satisfaction surveys to gauge customer satisfaction.
Guest satisfaction is seen to be an essential for the success in the hospitality establishments. With the changing demand of guests to the services of hospitality establishments which includes green practices on the establishments operations. The focus on environmentally
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A study of Lita, et.al (2014), ten percent of the hotel guests indicated that they are not satisfied with green operation, but are willing to stay and support green hotel initiatives.
Contrary to these, a study on sustainable hotel practices (Berezan, et.al., 2013) shows that green practices overall do have a positive relationship on guests satisfaction levels and return intentions.
On the study of Baloglu and Millar (2008), to satisfy the hotel guest on the green attribute, the study identified a list of green attributes guest would prefer to be made available in the guest room of the hotel. This includes recycling in the guest room and energy saving
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On the studies abovementioned, identified common areas that were adopted by the hotels were energy efficiency and conservation, waste disposal, water efficiency and product purchasing. Also, an article published by ASEAN Tourism Standards indicating the major criteria in green management and also the member countries. There are 10 key criteria which are as follows; (1) Environmental Policy and actions for Hotel Operation (2) Use of Green Products (3) Collaboration with the Community and Local Hotels (4) Solid Waste Management System (5) Energy Efficiency (6) Water Efficiency and Quality (7) Air Quality Management (Indoor and Outdoor) (8) Noise Pollution Control (9) Water Waste Management (10) Toxic and Chemical substance Disposal Management In line with this, information about Department of Tourism accreditation standards were discussed according to classification and its involvement to green practices. As a part of the accreditation guidelines, a part of it is the green initiatives of the hotels. Moreover, journals (Susskind and Verna 2011; Cerovic 2015 and Lita, et. al 2014) discussed about the hotel guests intention in participating in hotel green initiatives. With the literature of different authors (Berezan, et.
Toilet paper and school), taking shorter showers to conserve water, and using less electricity. If continuing with less paper products it would be helpful because you would save money on buying paper towels and you would potentially have less trash. On the downside you would not be able to eat out as much and in the beginning you would have to invest in a lot of tupperware. When you take shorter showers you be conserving water for the environment but you might have to take colder showers then you are used to. Lastly when you use less electricity your power bill will go way down but the downfall is that you might have to invest in some expensive light bulbs and have to remember to unplug things when they are not being used.
Additionally to the energy reduction, the company is mainly focusing on minimizing the greenhouse gases, which was particularly scaled down by 3.8% since 2014 and replaced their 1886 vehicles by newer eco-friendlier models (Rogers Communications Inc., 2016, p. 41-45). Furthermore, to support water reduction initiatives, high-efficiency water fixtures and appliances were installed in the facilities (Rogers Communications Inc., 2016, p. 48). Not only Rogers decreased paper consumption by 21.3% in 2015, it more and more promotes recycling activities (Rogers Communications Inc., 2016, p. 46-47). For instance, in 2015, 63 516 devices and 634168 kg of cable set-top boxes and modems were collected for recycling (Rogers Communications Inc., 2016, p.
This potentially saved many people’s lives and the future for Earth. Along with “Going Green”, humanities also influenced the
Reading this essay has made me more aware of how wasteful we all can be. It goes into detail of what we waste and how often. If we know a way we can “waste not” we should make that change and encourage our loved ones to do the same. It starts with us. Take in consideration the time and things used when building your new home, go paperless when given the option and always remember it 's never too late to make a change.
Task 5 Customer satisfaction Customer satisfaction is an indication whether the expectations of a customer has been met. Customer satisfaction is an abstract concept where that involves factors like the products quality and quality of service and the locations atmosphere where the products are being purchased, and whether the prices are suitable for the products or service. Businesses uses customer satisfaction survey to find out whether the customers are satisfied with the services and the products of the company. It’s a leading indicator of consumer repurchase intentions and loyalty
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Some organisations use solar energy for their electricity supply. The advantages are it's free and it has unlimited supply. It's cost effective and helps to reduce pollution. Also replacing and supporting the installation of efficient toilets and other water appliances at work examples of these fixtures are dual-flush and composting toilets. By doing this, an organisation won't waste as much energy on producing and transporting water and processing waste water.
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1. Student details: 1.1 Name: Vaghela Deepikaben Maganbhai 1.2 Student ID:1525258 2. The programme of research 2.1 Title: To evaluate customer satisfaction in restaurant industry in India. 2.2 Research Objectives: • To explore the relationship exist among these factors, employee performance, food quality, price, physical environment and customer satisfaction with the help of literature review.