Relationships Among Experiential Marketing, Experiential Value, and Customer Satisfaction

Although experience is recognized as a major benefit the hospitality and tourism industry offers, the use of experiential marketing in this industry is not well documented. Therefore, this study aims to examine experiential marketing in regard to hospitality and tourism operations. Ten hypotheses we...

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Published in:Journal of hospitality & tourism research (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2008-08, Vol.32 (3), p.387-410
Main Authors: Yuan, Yi-Hua “Erin", Wu, Chihkang “Kenny"
Format: Article
Language:English
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Customer satisfaction
Dogs
Market strategy
Marketing
Structural equation modeling
Tourism
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Summary:Although experience is recognized as a major benefit the hospitality and tourism industry offers, the use of experiential marketing in this industry is not well documented. Therefore, this study aims to examine experiential marketing in regard to hospitality and tourism operations. Ten hypotheses were developed to examine relationships among experiential marketing, experiential value, and customer satisfaction. Self-reported questionnaires were distributed at four Starbucks in different districts in Taipei, Taiwan, in January 2003. Results of the linear structural relation analyses (LISREL 8.5) indicate that both the measurement and structural equation models have good overall model fit. Moreover, the overall outcome suggests that experiential marketing should induce customer satisfaction through emotional and functional values provided by feel perception, think perception, and service quality. Hospitality managers can use the outcome of this study to gain in-depth understanding of customer experiences, develop effective marketing strategies, and further stage the operational environment that can maximize customers' perceived experiential value.
ISSN:1096-3480
1557-7554
DOI:10.1177/1096348008317392