This study is intended to emphasize the importance if relationship marketing strategy, and determine the important factors which affect relationship marketing of hotels. The empirical findings of this study are: First, with the exception of two-way co...
This study is intended to emphasize the importance if relationship marketing strategy, and determine the important factors which affect relationship marketing of hotels. The empirical findings of this study are: First, with the exception of two-way communication, relationship-oriented factors positively affects relationship qualities such as trust and satisfaction second, relationship quality positively affects customer commitment: and third, customer commitment positively affects relationship continuity factors such as revisit intention and word-of-mouth communication. As a result, relationship marketing activities are essential to the marketing strategy of a hotel for its continuous and stable growth. Accordingly, hotels need to develop various relationship marketing programs such as a special program for repeating guests, an event for long-term guests and a training program should be implemented and enforced to elevate the quality of the service encounter.