The Effect of Service Quality Certification on the Consumer's Value in the Lodging Industry

서비스품질인증이 소비자가치에 미치는 영향 -호텔과 펜션을 중심으로-

  • Kim Shang Moon (Water Industry Policy Team, Korea Water Resources Corporation, Daejeon, Korea)
  • 김상문 (한국수자원공사 물산업정책팀)
  • Published : 2005.03.01

Abstract

In this study, those previous research works are reviewed and summarized in various contexts, and this paper also describes the results of an empirical study done for the sample business workers in Korea, analyzing SQC and consumer's value. The surveyed data are statistically analysed to examine the relationship between SQC acquisition and consumer's value in the lodging industry, considering additional factors of business types of companies as well as the consumer's using purpose of service facilities. The important findings of the study can be summarized as follows: First, the business types of companies is an insignificant factor on the consumer's value by the quality certificated services, while the using purpose of service facilities(Hotel and Pension) is an significant factor. Second, the descriptive result is shown that consumers are willing to pay 21.47~31.24 % more than the un-certificated services for quality-certificated services. On the basis of these findings, some practical implications can be drawn for the effective management of the lodging industry. When a firm decides to establish a business plan, it should be considered the using purpose of service facilities.

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