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Chapter 3 travel
Delivering quality tourism service
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arrival | the action or process of arriving. |
| Assurance | a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise. |
| Customer lifetime value | the total net profit a business expects to earn from a single customer over the entire duration of their relationship |
| Customer orientation | a business approach where the customer's needs, wants, and success are prioritized and integrated into all business operations and decisions, rather than the business's immediate needs |
| Customer relationship management (CRM) | a technology for managing a company's interactions with current and potential customers to improve relationships and drive sales growth. |
| Departure | the action of leaving, especially to start a journey. |
| Empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. |
| Guest cycle | specify to the distinct stages of guest communication between the hotel and guests. . :Pre – Arrival, Arrival, Stay/Occupancy and Departure. |
| loyalty programs | a marketing strategy to reward customers for repeat purchases and ongoing engagement, using incentives like points, discounts, or exclusive perks to foster customer retention and build lasting relationships. |
| Moment of truth | a time when a person or thing is tested, a decision has to be made, or a crisis has to be faced. |
| Occupancy | the proportion of accommodations occupied or in use, typically in a hotel. |
| Pre arrival | anything that happens, is arranged, or is processed before a specific event, person, or item arrives at its destination. |
| reliability | the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. |
| Responsiveness | the quality of reacting quickly and positively. |
| service recovery | the process a business uses to address a customer's negative experience with a product or service. |
| SERVQUAL | a tool for measuring service quality by assessing the gap between customer expectations and their perceptions of the actual service delivered, based on five dimensions: Reliability, Assurance, Tangibles, Empathy, and Responsiveness (RATER). |
| Tangibility | is the quality of being perceptible by touch, |
| Total quality (TQ) | a management approach focused on continuous improvement and long-term success by involving every member of an organization in improving quality to meet customer needs |
| Total quality management (TQM) | a management approach focused on continuous improvement and long-term success by involving every member of an organization in improving quality to meet customer needs |