Under the impetus of the sharing economy, the number of micro-scale hotels is constantly increasing. Meanwhile, among consumers, some special groups, such as bold consumers, have gradually increased their interest in smart and creative hotel concepts....
Under the impetus of the sharing economy, the number of micro-scale hotels is constantly increasing. Meanwhile, among consumers, some special groups, such as bold consumers, have gradually increased their interest in smart and creative hotel concepts. Therefore, based on this phenomenon, this study investigates what kinds of needs appear in different value dimensions from the perspective of consumer behavior, and further explores how to improve consumers’ satisfaction and loyalty.
Theoretical basis is established on the basis of Self-Congruity Theory and Perceived Value Theory. Combining the complementarity of two views and extending the relationship between Self-Congruity Theory and Kano Model, we propose the KSV framework (Kano–Self–Value). The content analysis was conducted on 6, 551 valid online reviews from two popular online platforms, Ctrip and Xiaohongshu. Finally, we explored the categories of consumers’ needs and the changes of needs from 2019 to 2024 through LDA topic modeling analysis.
The research results show that Attractive Requirements are most likely to appear in self-congruity. Although the functional elements of transportation convenience and equipment are basic needs, the appearance of emotional demands makes customers more sensitive to recognition of social identity. Therefore, they also have a greater impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty.
In addition, from 2019 to 2024, consumers’ needs changed from basic needs to social needs and gender-specific expectations. At the same time, consumers’ architectural needs also changed from meeting basic cultural characteristics to local architecture to pursuing a futuristic technological feeling.In general, when customers regard needs from the perspective of perceived value, these views provide a lot of practical references for companies in terms of marketing strategies, market division and determination of target groups. In this regard, the study not only has certain theoretical value, but also has great managerial significance.