For the continuous relationship maintenance between the customer and the enterprise, there must exist any relational benefits between both parties. That is because, when the enterprise and the customer receive any form of relational benefits, the moti...
For the continuous relationship maintenance between the customer and the enterprise, there must exist any relational benefits between both parties. That is because, when the enterprise and the customer receive any form of relational benefits, the motivation for the continuous relationship maintenance is carried out. Also it is suggested that the strong relationship set-up with the customer is means to obtain the superior competitiveness.
But the introduction to the relevant marketing for the relationship establishment between the enterprise and the customer is inevitable, the current study level centered on national hotel fitness clubs is elementary. Many studies up to now established the outcomes of the relevant marketing in the light of the enterprise as objects of study, and the studies of the outcomes of the relevant marketing in the light of the customer are relatively very few. So this study was carried out with the following study objectives.
Firstly, the elements of the relational benefits from the hotel fitness club the customer perceived were clarified and laid as a ground of analysis.
Secondly through the study model and the hypothesis establishment the relationship between relational benefits, trust, commitment and long-term orientation was investigated and whether trust and commitment played a role of parameter was studied.
Thirdly the proof analysis was carried out for the hypothesis investigation and through this the concrete cause and effect between parameters was grasped.
Fourthly for the security of the long-term customer based on the proof analysis, various methods were studied.
In this study the study model and the hypothesis for the clarification of the relationship between relational benefits and long-term orientation and of whether trust and commitment played a role of parameter based on the previous study were turned out.
In this study 11 special level hotels in Seoul were selected for the actual proof of the study hypothesis and 600 customers using the hotel fitness clubs were surveyed on a questionnaire basis. The survey was performed from Sep. 1 2005 to Sep. 30 2005.
The statistical processing of the data collected for the analysis of this study was carried out by Window SPSS 10.0(Statistical Package for the Social Science), and the analysis was subdivided into Technical Statistical Analysis Factor Analysis, Reliability Analysis, Multi Regression Analysis, and Analytic Hierarchy Process. And as a result of the hypothesis investigation, all hypotheses were adopted.
The analytic result of this study is that, although the relational benefits from the hotel fitness club the customer perceives influences meaningfully long-term orientation, when trust or commitment plays a role of parameter, the customer doesn't get out of the enterprise but is ranked as more long-term customer.
The 1st meaning of this study is that the relational benefits in the light of the customer not in the light of the enterprise out of the concepts of the relational benefits that the benefits is given to both parties through the continuous relationship between the enterprise and the customer was investigated, so the fact that the enterprise could perceive the benefits the customer wanted was revealed and so the enterprise has come to establish proper marketing strategy.
Secondly, As the rich membership customer of the hotel fitness club was selected as an object of survey, it can bring great outcome to the hotel as well as to the fitness club.
Thirdly the new factor "added relational benefits" which was not mentioned in the previous study was turned out.
The limit and the future assignment of this study is that the establishment of more systemic theory on added relational benefits and its minute scale development must be carried out and the relational benefits in the light of the enterprise as well as that in the light of the customer must be used as a parameter for the clarification of what cause and effect they form.
Also if the comparison analysis is performed with manufacturing business enterprises or other service business enterprises as objects of study, wider study result will be turned out.
Accordingly, with this study as an opportunity, the hotel fitness club must perceive accurately what benefits the customer wants and must carry out the customer management thoroughly. And it is viewed to offer many implications to the management strategy of the hotel enterprise.