• Journal of Smart Tourism
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2023

With the growing trend of online global market, customers have further technological capabilities in searching for information and online shopping on the Internet. In addition, electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) is a significant factor that influences customer purchase intention. However, the perspective of online users on hotel websites is still in its infancy, especially in various cultural contexts. The current study examined a theoretical framework of hotel websites to understand how online users perceive the importance of hotel websites with regard to influencing purchase intention, within the content of Thai online users through an online questionnaire survey. Findings show that usability positively influences online Thai users' satisfaction. Moreover, eWOM has a significant positive influence on satisfaction, but eWOM has an indirect effect on the intention to purchase. Practical implications are further discussed.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2017

With the increasing trend of popularity of websites and social networking sites, it is quite evident that companies need to take cautionary measures in protecting the reputations with respect to company and brands. In this process, every company should indulge in enhancing their company and brand image through websites and social networking sites that fortify the bonding nature among them. The always-on nature of websites and social networking sites has contributed to their phenomenal marketing power and altered the balance of power between consumers and firms. Websites and social networks are used by hundreds of millions of people to communicate about a huge range of topics, including personal interests, activities, social events and even public issues. The paper explores a case study of the Ritz-Carlton hotel for their marketing strategy and organizational use of their website and social media in communicating with their customers. Even for the normal luxury traveler who would not have previously used the Internet to research a hotel or make a reservation, ritzcarlton.com is making it possible for them to do so in a sense of the luxury and typical Ritz-Carlton style. It seems to be a staple of the company for years to come.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.143-161
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• 2015

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations are a potpourri of diverse religions, races and cultures with rich natural and cultural heritage but yet to tap the full potential of tourism. An investigation into the glorifying heritage of these eight SAARC nations pinpoints towards their rich food and culinary heritage that is yet to be explored to carve them as food destinations that would definitely help ameliorating tourism too. The Global Report on Food Tourism of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reveals results from a survey on food tourism marketing promotion, from which internet marketing tools, such as websites have been effectively utilized to promote food tourism in a particular destination. (UNWTO, 2012). Sensing the importance of the websites in the promotion of food tourism for any destination, the present study aims at the comparative content analysis of the official tourism websites of SAARC nations to evaluate their performance from the perspective of promotion of culinary heritage on world -wide web. The modified Balanced ScoreCard (BSC) approach is incorporated into the evaluation by taking into consideration four perspectives: technical, user friendliness and site attractiveness, tourism effectiveness and food tourism effectiveness. A set of 88 critical success factors representing these four perspectives is then used to examine the websites. The study reflects on the relative strength and weakness of the tourism websites of SAARC nations in promoting food tourism and as well help suggesting the remedial measures catalyzing the food tourism promotion through websites.

• 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.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 8th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.117-121
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• 2020

Many of hotel customers obtain information from hotel websites to find the best alternative. One of the crucial information for the choice is spatial/visual information of hotel rooms. However, hotel website provides photographs only showing representative room features that may not be sufficient to give a full understanding of hotel room to customers. HMD-based 3D virtual environments (HVE) created by 3D camera could improve customers' experiences of hotel rooms by providing full virtual tours of hotel rooms. However, to the best of our knowledge, whether HVE can adequately provide similar customers' perception on spatial/visual information remains unproven as physical hotel rooms. The present study thus aims to verify how similar and reliable information on physical hotel room HVE provides to hotel customers in comparison with hotel website with 2D photograph and display-based 3D virtual environment. For this purpose, this study conducted a comparative experiment to investigate perception of three environments. As a result, the study found that HVE is more effective to provide spatial/visual information as similar as an actual hotel room. In addition, HVE increases customers' perceptions towards the reliability of information, the quality of hotel room and intention to book.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2011

This study was motivated by consideration of advertising effects on purchase intention of hotel customers in the situation that people can experience in web advertisements more easily and quickly through four main media. We intends to propose strategic web advertising marketing plans by investigating the relation among hotel web advertising attributions, advertising attitude, brand attitude and purchase intention of customers. In conclusion, in the situation that hotel service industry endeavors a lot to attract young customers, according to gentrified consumption culture and changes in an environmental trend, these results are expected to be used as data to establish web advertising marketing strategies to show trendy brand images to hotel customers, especially consumers of N Generation using official websites of hotels.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1433-1448
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• 2013

This study presents empirical evidence of the benefit of viewing narrative video clips on embedded virtual reality (VR) websites of hotels to relieve travel anxiety. As the effectiveness of using VR functions to relieve travel anxiety has been shown, we proposed that a VR website enhanced with narrative video clips could relieve travelers' anxiety about accommodations by showing the important aspects of a hotel. Thus, we created a website with a narrative video showing the escape route from a hotel room and another narrative video showing the surrounding neighborhood. We then conducted experiments by having human subjects explore the enhanced VR website and fill out a questionnaire. The results confirmed our hypothesis that there is a statistically significant relationship between relief from travel anxiety and the use of narrative videos on embedded VR websites of hotels.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.187-199
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to offer a new conceptual framework based on a combination of the TPB model, the TAM model, and two additional constructs consisting of eWOM and pricing value called the E-P-TAM-TPB model, and to assess the model's implications on hotel selection behavior. This study empirically examines the E-P-TAM-TPB model to evaluate and validate domestic tourists' online hotel booking intentions by using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach. The data was collected from 355 domestic tourists who booked the room via the hotel website. The major findings of this study indicated that the E-P-TAM-TPB model has a positive significant influence on online hotel selection behavior. The results revealed that all proposed hypotheses were declared supported. Future studies should build on the framework by incorporating potential moderators to better understand how different groups of customers behave online in different segments of the hospitality industry. Managers must not only develop an easy booking process but also provide price value information to attract or impress clients. Tourists can compare room rates with other hotel websites and OTAs.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2018

MICE 산업은 다면적 산업으로 공공부문과 민간부문에 걸쳐 다양한 이해관계자들이 존재하며, PCO(Professional Convention Organizers)들은 이러한 이해관계자들 간의 의견을 조율하는 매개적인 역할을 한다. 따라서, PCO들은 신뢰도와 인지도를 증가시키는 한편, 이해관계자들과의 협력적 네트워크를 형성 또는 강화하기 위해 자사의 웹사이트에 이해관계자들의 하이퍼링크를 게재하고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 MICE 산업을 생태계적 관점에서 이해하고자 사회관계망 분석 기법을 적용하여 PCO와 이해 관계자들 간 하이퍼링크 관계망의 구조적 특징을 분석하고, 이 네트워크 내에서 PCO의 성과와 규모에 따라 그 역할에 차이가 있는지를 파악하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 연결정도 중심성, 아이겐벡터 중심성, 매개 중심성, 근접 중심성이 높은 PCO를 확인하였으며, 규모가 큰 PCO가 하이퍼링크 네트워크에서 더 높은 중심성을 갖고 있음을 파악하였다.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.294-308
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• 2015

본 연구는 음식축제 방문객이 인지하고 있는 웹사이트 서비스품질과 이용후기 정보성의 속성을 알아보고, 축제 웹사이트 서비스품질과 이용후기 정보성이 이용만족에 미치는 영향과 이용만족이 행동의도에 미치는 영향을 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 축제 웹사이트의 만족을 통해 축제에 대한 긍정적인 구전 및 방문의도를 높일 수 있는 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위한 조사대상 축제는 경북지역의 대표적인 지역음식축제로 분류되며, 4년 연속 경상북도 최우수축제로 선정되었고, 17회 연속으로 개최되어 지역의 음식축제로 자리잡은 영덕대게 축제로 선정하였다. 설문조사는 영덕대게 축제에 참가한 경험이 있는 방문객 중에서 영덕대게 축제 방문 전 축제 홈페이지에서 정보를 검색한 경험이 있는 방문객을 대상으로 하였다. 연구 결과, 음식축제 웹사이트 이용후기 정보성과 서비스품질의 디자인, 내용충실성, 고객응대성, 시스템능력은 이용만족을 통하여 행동의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 음식축제 방문을 유도하고 활성화시키기 위해서 웹사이트 서비스품질 관리가 매우 중요한 요인임을 제시하였다.