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HOTEL RESERVATIONS: SIGNIFICANT ATTRIBUTES IN CUSTOMER’S ONLINE TRANSACTIONS

ABSTRACT:

This paper aims to analyze the perception of consumers who use hotel reservation sites and the reasons that generate satisfaction with these sites and lead them to use them and recommend them to others. For this, a mixed research was conducted, with a qualitative exploratory phase that consisted of semi-structured interviews and a quantitative through an online survey that obtained 306 respondents. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS and SmartPLS software. Among the results, it is noteworthy that the convenience and usefulness of the sites are the aspects that most impact on user satisfaction. As for the intention to make a reservation, it was found that the satisfaction and design of the site are the factors that exert the most influence. Regarding the recommendation, the most impacting factors were the satisfaction and the hedonic value of the site.

KEYWORDS:
E-commerce; Tourism; Consumer behavior

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