3. Literature Review
In the literature review relevant literature will be discussed and evaluated.
3.1 The experience economy
In 1998 Joseph Pine and James Gilmore published an article describing the transformation of the economy into an experience economy. In this economy, the experience is seen as a distinct economic offer, the consumer doesn’t buy a product or service anymore, they buy an experience. Pine and Gilmore describe how an experience can transform an ordinary product or services into something special, a distinct economic offer, that customers will remember. As McArthurGlen focusses on the guest experience, this article is relevant to this thesis. Pine and Gilmore (1998) say that “an experience occurs when a company intentionally
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The model is popular in various industries among marketing and management researchers and practioners (Mikulić, Prebežac, 2011). The model distinguishes three categories, in which the product attributes can be placed, each category has a different effect on the customer satisfaction, through a questionnaire the different product attributes can be placed in one of the categories (Matzler & Hinterhuber, 1998). Based on Kano’s original publication Rivière et al. (2006) wrote that “Kano et al. (1984) concluded that the relationship between fulfilment of a need and the satisfaction or dissatisfaction experienced is not necessarily linear.” The model is used to assess the importance of different product attributes/features on customer satisfaction (Rivière, Monrozier, Rogeaux, Pagès, & Saporta, …show more content…
Must-be qualities
These requirements are the basic requirements of the product. The consumers are expecting this, and see these as the “bare-minimum”. When companies fulfill this requirement, it will not lead to a higher customer satisfaction, it will only lead to a state where customers are not dissatisfied. If the requirement is not there, the consumers will not be interested in the product or service.
2. One dimensional-attributes
One dimensional attributes are often demanded by the customer, when fulfilled it will lead to customer satisfaction, when not it will lead to dissatisfaction. The effect is almost linear, if there is a high level of fulfillment, there will be a high level of customer
Scottie and the sales team at Ivan Smith Furniture want to build good relationships with their customers so that they will come back. Customer relationships are especially important for business such as Ivan Smith Furniture because a lot of their products are likely to not last forever. In the interview Scottie told me, “A pillow gets wore out and everyone needs a new mattress from time to time” (personal communication, February 7, 2023). In any business, a company wants customers to have a good experience when they buy from the company so they will come back. Also, with word of mouth being Ivan Smith Furniture’s most effective way of advertisement, ensuring that the customer had a good experience with the company is essential because Ivan Smith Furniture needs customers to go out and spread the word.
- working with working staff to set up strategies, models and frameworks. - Setting client administration measures & assuring that the current standards satisfy the customers & helps retaining them. • Coordinating with the workers themselves can help effectively in setting appropriate models for the procedures & systems because they are the ones who interact directly with raw materials and producing the products, so they would know better if anything in manufacturing needs improvement or so. • It is important to satisfy the current customers in different possible ways in order to retain them which eventually leads in attracting more customers as well.
Ultimately, creating a two-way conversation with customers is a way of engaging them to improve word of mouth marketing, something Atomica already relies on (Bannister, 2017). Empowering staff to provide better service may help customers see the value Atomica can provide as a specialty product rather than a product for core customer value, which may provide a competitive advantage to the restaurant. With specialty products, consumers only invest time in finding the restaurant rather than comparing it to others, and want to put forth special purchasing efforts. Furthermore, even though Atomica’s prices are competitive with Jack Astor’s and Wooden Heads, two of their competitors, providing higher quality service than competitors at the same fair price allows the restaurant to compete based on providing a good value pricing strategy. Consumers may be more likely to make repeat purchases if they feel they are receiving superior value for their
The Hampton Inn & suites website utilizes several techniques to engage and persuade visitors to choose their hotel instead of their competitors. Additionally, this website applies logos, pathos, and ethos in many different forms to deliver a thorough synopsis of their amenities, services, suites, dining, and superior membership offers. I will begin to examine the components of logos, pathos, and ethos in this website, and provide a detailed analysis. Furthermore, I am connecting this website to “Leaving the Motel” because the affair transpired at a hotel.
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
(Jacoby, 1971; Jarvis & Wilcox, 1976). Dick and Basu (1994) propose that customer will be loyalty to the brand is the result of psychological processes and has behavioral manifestations. Therefore it should incorporate both attitudinal and behavioral. Satisfaction is recognized as an important element for loyalty in both the consumers and business marketing. Satisfaction with previous purchase experiences plays an important role in determining the future purchase behaviors particularly call as an effort-minimization strategy (Jones and Suh, 2000: Pritchard et al, 1999).
G. (2011) “is a degree which one has to be physically present and involved in order to produce the experience”. This means the tour guides are unable to determine the level of involvement of its tourist, this will be all dependent on the involved individual. The horizontal axis explains that one tourist may just be a mere spectator and the other may participate into activities that can create a memorable experience. Vertical axis of the model explains the relationship of the clients to its environment - Absorption and Immersion.
2.4 Experiential Architecture Sensorial Experiences While the importance of a sensory rich environment is obvious to most, in contemporary designs, attention to the senses is usually limited to sacred spaces. While they play just as important a role in everyday spaces, they are often left out of design considerations. Touch, smell, and other sensations are key in what we call experience. They are the receptors with which we move through and understand space.
This term is used in "The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage" named book for the first time by Joseph Pine and James Gilmore. Before Pine and Gilmore, Alvin Tpffler wrote a book named "Future Shock" and mentioned about experiential industry. Toffler says that in the future people will spend their salaries mostly to for living great and different experiences. Pine and Gilmore described experience economy as a stage of economic evolution in which added value is created by engaging and connecting with the customer in a personal and memorable way.
This deals with a customers’ perception that a product or service they are buying provides them with a higher value than a competitor. Superior quality can be broken down into two kinds of attributes: quality as excellence and quality as reliability. A customers’ perspective of quality as excellence would be that they want a product or service that provides features and a level of service that has no comparison. With regard to quality as excellence, if customers perceive that the products design, features, and functions are better than everyone else, then they would be more likely to buy their product. Higher quality products allow for a higher sense of value provided to the customer.
“Tourism Behaviour understanding includes the idea and knowledge of the different factors which are by no other means very obvious because the effects which do shape the activities and tastes of tourism are often highly embedded in the cultural and the personal biography of the individual that the whole of subject is not known of how actually they were made.” (Seaton, 1996). Figure.1. The tourism system.
Therefore, tourism may be defined as the activities, processes and outcomes by the relationship and interaction among the tourist, government, suppliers of the tourism, the host communities and the environment that surrounding the destination which involved in attracting and accommodating of the visitors (Goeldner & Ritchie, 2009). According to Goelner & Ritchie (2009), there are four different perspectives of tourism can be identified from the tourist, business operator who providing goods and services, government of the host destination area and the local community. The first group is the tourists or visitors. They are the group who search for various travel experiences and satisfaction physically and psychologically.
Tourism can be considered one of the most significant economic and social phenomena of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The evolving of the tourist’s behavior has triggered a series of changes in the way of operating the tourism businesses. From traditional travel agencies, hotels and airlines up to the online tour operators. All tour operators have had to adapt to the changes of the individual as a traveler and this has led to continuous development of strategies by the agents.
1. The Tourism industry and Leisure time The time is a very valuable asset, that anyone can ever posses. The time people spend for something is unconsciously defining what is valuable and valueless for them. Few of the main areas, human beings spend time for are leisure and tourism.
Serpentine history Sackle Photo 1: Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK. The Serpentine consists of two galleries located in the Royal Park of Kensington Gardens in central London where both the gallery is separated by the Serpentine Lake. This gallery was opened to the public on 28 September 2013 and it was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the architectural shell renowned pioneer in designing iconic buildings around the world. The gallery received international recognition for excellence, inspired by the work of various artists, architects and designers for 44 years.