• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.189-200
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• 2022

In today's digital world, smartphones and web-based applications have gained remarkable importance throughout the globe. These smart applications are playing a very significant role in maintaining a powerful business. As well as, they are helping a lot to expand these businesses via social networks. Social media networks such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are playing a prominent role to promote the companies. In the hospitality sector, most of the companies are running their hotel booking systems by utilizing mobile applications and a web-based infrastructure, but usability issues still exist. This study has been conducted specifically to tackle the usability issues of hotel booking systems and the best utilization of social networks to promote the business. TripAdvisor was selected as an authentic source for selecting those systems and two international hotels are selected for this study. The first step is to identify different hotel booking systems. In the second step, the user's satisfaction level was measured for the selected systems by performing the System Usability Scale (SUS, Quick & Dirty) approach. Additionally, by which source (social media or personal relations) they found these hotels. It is found that the SUS rating for both systems is below the acceptable level of usability. The Mean SUS for hotel 1 is found at 55.25 and 51.2 for hotel 2. The third step was to identify the user interface (UI) issues, and heuristic evaluation is performed for this. The experts identified the UI issues on the basis of their experience. The major issues were related to the visibility of system status, error prevention, flexibility and efficiency of use. Depending upon the identified issues, an interactive UI (prototype) for the selected web-based applications was proposed. This prototype is mainly based on the user's perspective. This prototype can be used for improving the UI of the selected systems which is based on the user's perspective. During the process of verifying the satisfaction level, it is revealed that the targeted audience is not able to use these systems efficiently and effectively. The reason behind this is the negligence of usability guidelines throughout the process of design and development of these hotel booking systems. Therefore, it is highly recommended that the usability of these systems should be evaluated and redesigned, based on expert opinions. It has also been observed that the reviews/ feedback of customers has spread a negative impact through social networks.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.519-529
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• 2022

Many consumers are opting for online booking over traditional booking systems. Customers can actively seek out information about hotels and lodging services, as well as book rooms, at any time and from any location. Customers also feel more supported when they interact with virtual assistants or professionals. Recognizing this issue, several hotels have focused on improving their websites by incorporating aspects that encourage customers to book directly through the hotel's website. The study's goal is to discover what factors impact people's decisions to book a hotel stay through the hotel's website. Therefore, hotel managers and owners can make decisions to improve the hotel website to attract residents to Can Tho City. The factors are website quality, affective commitment, social presence, and e-trust that affect customers' decision to book through the hotel website. The study uses quantitative methods to collect data from 180 residents living in Can Tho. Through data analysis on SPSS and Amos software, the research results show that three factors considered, namely website quality, affective commitment, and social presence, positively influence customers' booking decisions. This finding also suggests that e-trust is less critical to residents in Can Tho City, different from what the study had predicted.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.2609-2626
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• 2023

The hotel industry is an example of experiential services. As consumers cannot fully evaluate the online review content and quality of their services before booking, they must rely on several online reviews to reduce their perceived risks. However, individuals face information overload owing to the explosion of online reviews. Therefore, consumer cognitive fluency is an individual's subjective experience of the difficulty in processing information. Information complexity influences the receiver's attitude, behavior, and purchase decisions. Individuals who cannot process complex information rely on the peripheral route, whereas those who can process more information prefer the central route. This study further discusses the influence of the complexity of review information on hotel ratings using online attraction review data retrieved from TripAdvisor.com. This study conducts a two-level empirical analysis to explore the factors that affect review value. First, in the Peripheral Route model, we introduce a negative binomial regression model to examine the impact of intuitive and straightforward information on hotel ratings. In the Central Route model, we use a Tobit regression model with expert reviews as moderator variables to analyze the impact of complex information on hotel ratings. According to the analysis, five-star and budget hotels have different effects on hotel ratings. These findings have immediate implications for hotel managers in terms of better identifying potentially valuable reviews.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.207-223
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• 2013

Revenue management (RM) has been widely used to model products characterized as perishable. Classical RM model assumed that price is the sole factor in the model. Thus price adjustment becomes a crucial and costly factor in business. In this paper, an optimal pricing model is developed based on minimization of soft customer cost, one kind of price adjustment cost and is solved by Lagrange multiplier method. It is formed by expected discounted revenue/bid price integrating quantity-based RM and pricing-based RM. Quantity-based RM consists of two capacity models, namely, booking limit and overbooking. Booking limit, built by assuming uncertain customer arrival, decides the optimal capacity allocation for two market segments. Overbooking determines the level of accepted order exceeding capacity to anticipate probability of cancellation. Furthermore, pricing-based RM models occupancy/demand rate influenced by internal and competitor price changes. In this paper, a mathematical model based on game theoretic approach is developed for two conditions of deterministic and stochastic demand. Based on the equilibrium point, the best strategy for both hotels can be determined.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.161-173
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• 2020

코로나 19에 환대산업의 언택트 마케팅과 서비스의 발전 방안과 관련하여 환대산업 서비스 분야의 심층 인터뷰를 실시하였다. 언택트 기술을 활용한 비대면 서비스를 위한 키오스크 도입, 사전예약, 결재시스템과 가능한 셀프서비스와 룸서비스를 활용한 서비스 개선에 대한 필요한 시기이다. 또한 언택트마케팅 판매 채널 강화를 통한 다채널 시스템 구축을 통한 인스타그램, 페이스북, 유튜브, 블로그, 1인 온라인 방송과 라이브 커머스를 온라인 통한 판매 채널 다각화로 언택트 마케팅에 대한 문제를 해결하기 위한 상품구성이 현재 주목을 받고 있는 지금 환대산업에서도 실시하는 것이 필요하다. 소비자 간의 교류창구를 통한 상품 구매에 관한 전자상거래가 정보, 문화, 트렌드를 공유하는 플랫폼이 대중화됨에 따라 소비자의 소비패턴은 더욱 다양해질 것이며, 서비스 교육의 중요성이 중요한 시점에 마스크 착용 의무화와 기본 관리인 비대면 서비스 상담, 발열 체크부터 시설물 내부에 소독기 설치, 인적사상 기록과 전사적인 교육 시스템으로 언택트 마케팅과 융합된 새로운 서비스 제도와 도입과 정책 수립이 필요하다고 판단된다. 이러한 결과는 언택트 시대에 서비스 교육의 중요한 요소 인식과 언택트 마케팅의 차별화된 시스템 구축과 언택트 판매 채널 확대, 비대면 상담 서비스 실시, 사전예약과 재택근무 도입이 절실한 부분으로 인식 되었다. 특히 무료로 인식됐던 인적서비스가 프리미엄 하면서 서비스 차별화와 중요성이 재인식되었으며, 언택트 시대 환대산업의 질적인 서비스 측면과 마케팅 채널 다변화를 제시에 대한 나아가야 할 발전방안을 제시한다.