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Chapter 3 Tavel
Delivering Quality Tourism Services
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arrival | the action or process of arriving. |
| Assurance | a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise. |
| Customer lifetime value (CLV) | the total revenue or profit a business expects from a single customer over the entire duration of their relationship |
| Customer orientation | a business strategy where a company prioritizes understanding and meeting the needs of its customers across all departments, from product development to customer service. |
| Customer relationship management (CRM) | a strategy and technology for managing all interactions with customers and potential customers to improve relationships, boost sales, and increase retention |
| Departure | most commonly means the act of leaving a place, such as an airplane's departure from an airport. |
| Empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. |
| Guest Cycle | the sequence of activities a hotel guest goes through, from the initial reservation to their final departure. |
| Loyalty programs | a marketing strategy that rewards customers for repeat business with incentives like points, discounts, and exclusive offers. |
| Moment of truth | "refers to a critical or decisive time when a decision with important consequences must be made. |
| Occupancy | the action or fact of occupying a place. |
| Pre-Arrival | the period of planning and preparation that occurs before an event, trip, or other event. |
| Reliability | the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. |
| Responsiveness | the quality of reacting quickly and positively. |
| Service recovery | the process of responding to and resolving issues after a customer has a negative experience to restore their satisfaction and loyalty |
| SERVQUAL | a research tool and model used to measure service quality by comparing customer expectations with their perceptions across five key dimensions: tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. |
| Tangibility | the quality of being perceptible by touch, or being real and concrete. |
| Total quality (TQ) | is a management approach where every member of an organization participates in the continuous effort of improving quality, with a focus on customer satisfaction and long-term success. |
| Total quality management (TQM) | an organization-wide management approach focused on continuous improvement of products, services, and processes to achieve long-term success and customer satisfaction. |