Online reviews from past customers may be useful for tracking
consumer satisfaction in the mass service sector, particularly in the hotel and
tourism sectors. Customers sharing their thoughts, images, criticism, etc., on
social media platforms, online travel agencies (OTAs), and hotel websites are
increasingly important in an online context. Therefore, practically all hotel
and tourism businesses construct both their own websites and work with the
websites of OTAs in order to succeed in the current emergence of the hotel and
tourist sustainable progress. The goal is to use these websites as sales and
marketing tools in all service scenarios, increasing client satisfaction levels
and therefore their involvement and loyalty. The need for understanding
consumer satisfaction levels and engagement behaviors toward other consumers'
opinions and feelings about a hotel's the product/service from a
cross-perspective has increased due to the rise in domestic and international
tourists and travelers looking for guest online reviews and the inclusion of
new hotels as venue destinations for this practical purpose. In order to
increase hotel users' volume of satisfaction with the long-term development of
hotels and tourism services, this study is primarily motivated by a striking,
noteworthy aspect of online reviews left by visitors.
In the age of ubiquitous online connection and sharing,
word-of-mouth marketing has grown even more effective in propelling enterprises
forward over thousands of years. One of the best strategies to keep developing
your brand and bringing in new business for your hotel is to provide a positive
visitor experience. But obtaining and publicizing customer input is more
complicated than just distributing a survey and crossing your fingers. You may
make guest feedback a key component of your sales strategy by adopting the
appropriate method. The purpose of the article is to highlight how the hotel
sector is impacted by internet guest reviews. Its goal is to improve user
numbers and levels of satisfaction for successful engagement and loyalty in the
setting of luxury hotels. The study has investigated the variables impacting guest
online reviews, including visitor input, hotel management response, and
customer decision-making process, based on a keyword-driven search.
How do internet guest reviews affect how well a service is
performed?
Especially in the tourism markets upscale (four- to
five-star) hotels? Experts have long observed that reviewers and/or online
users receive a variety of information from previous visitors. Online guest
reviews have historically assisted potential travelers in reducing perceived
uncertainty. Similarly, review helpfulness was significantly impacted by review
readability. Viewers received the best performance from the review content. The
social media platform's electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) has an impact on
users' purchase inclinations. As a result, national governments now have the
ability to draw both domestic and foreign tourists. The online reviews left by
former customers influenced later consumer behavior, primarily on OTA websites.
Consumers continue to interact with guest evaluations posted
online since the information is simple to comprehend when evaluating a hotel
based on specific reviews. Therefore, the more positive internet reviews or
rating lists that are available for a specific hotel, especially those that are
posted by reputable online travel communities, the more useful and credible
they are. As a result, Trip Advisor, one of the OTAs with a trustworthy source
for online travelers, may be evaluated by guest online evaluations, boosting
client happiness and brand loyalty toward service quality. Although this is
acknowledged, there is noticeably a dearth of studies to address this
restriction in published studies.
Few studies have looked at how online interactions affect
customer happiness and engagement, which in turn fosters loyalty in the hotel
services industry. When it comes to economic difficulties, the situation is
extremely serious. This study hopes to demonstrate how guest online evaluations
are steadily and fast emerging as one of the most well-liked sales and
marketing strategies to investigate customers' experiences and online behavior.
Customer satisfaction and engagement in the hospitality industry have not been
examined because the research information-driven satisfaction from online hotel
evaluations has not been examined. Additionally, past research has not
thoroughly examined the crucial role played by online evaluations from previous
guests in terms of boosting the likelihood that a customer will book a hotel
and preserving sustainable tourism.
Online guest reviews have an impact on service quality and
client happiness.
A personal opinion evaluation by a guest after using a
service or purchasing a product at a property is posted online. His or her
review can have an impact on the expectations and lodging preferences of
prospective guests. The online guest review is related to customer feedback,
management responses, and users' decision-making in this research area. The
hotel website, online review sites (such as TripAdvisor and Yelp), online
travel agencies (such as Agoda.com, Booking.com, and Expedia.com), and social
media sites (such as Facebook and Twitter) are traditionally gathered as online
platforms where customers can search for preferred information and share their
comments, reviews, and photos. On the plus side, people would continue to rely
on internet evaluations when choosing a hotel, or they would be pleased with
how the hotel management responded to online comments from guests, and vice
versa. Moreover, in order to support the significant technological advancement
of online distribution channels, hotel management responds to every review and
tracks consumer habits during the purchasing process.
Service quality is a crucial metric in the tourism and
hospitality sectors for determining whether or not performance matches consumer
expectations. A person's overall quality perception and intended behaviors are
determined by how they perceive various quality parameters. For instance, if
consumers are happy with the level of service, they will continue to rely on online
hotel and motel services reviews when choosing which hotel to book a
room at or will be prepared to suggest a hotel to others when speaking about
intangible aspects of their hotel visit. As a result, in luxury hotels, client
happiness is positively correlated with the quality of the service.
