Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations are the sectors which play important roles in the tourism industry. There are studies on Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations as an individual sector, but only a few studies were conducted on the pr...
Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations are the sectors which play important roles in the tourism industry. There are studies on Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations as an individual sector, but only a few studies were conducted on the promotion of relationship between the both sectors.
The purpose of this study is to give assistance in building the effective and vital system of the convention industry by suggesting the methods which is able to promote the relationship commitment and performance between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations through the study on inter-relation of both sectors.
The objects as the samples of this study are 163 male and 131 female workers who are in charge of the convention related affairs in Hotel Corporations and Convention Businesses such as Professional Convention Organizers(PCOs), Corporations, Academic Societies, and Industrial Associations, which are located in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, and Jeju City in the Republic of Korea
The results of path analysis in the general study model representing the samples of both Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations were as follows
First, it was found that the relationship characteristics between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected all factors of the relationship commitment such as mutual trust, mutual satisfaction, and mutual devotion.
Second, it was found that the relationship commitment between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations did not affect only factors of the relationship performance such as the sales performance, the working performance, and the long-term relationship oriented performance.
Third, it was found that the relationship characteristics between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected the working performance among the factors of the relationship performance, but did not affect the sales performance and the long-term relationship oriented performance.
The results of path analysis in the study model of Convention Businesses were as follows
First, it was found that the relationship characteristics between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected all factors of the relationship commitment such as mutual trust, mutual satisfaction, and mutual devotion.
Second, it was found that the relationship commitment between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected the sales performance and the long-term relationship oriented performance among the factors of the relationship performance, but did not affect the working performance.
Third, it was found that the relationship characteristics between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected the sales performance and the long-term relationship oriented performance among the factors of the relationship performance, but did not affect the working pedal ~itance.
The results of path analysis in the study model of Hotel Corporations were as follows
First, it was found that the relationship characteristics between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected all factors of the relationship commitment such as mutual trust, mutual satisfaction, and mutual devotion.
Second, it was found that the relationship commitment between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected the sales performance and the working performance among the factors of the relationship performance, but did not affect the long-term relationship oriented performance.
Third, it was found that the relationship characteristics between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations affected the sales and working performance among the factors of relationship performance, but did not affect the long-term relationship oriented performance.
On the basis of the results of this study, the methods for the promotion of the relationship commitment and performance between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations are suggested as follows
First, both sectors should make every efforts to promote the quality of convention as a product.
Second, both sectors should operate the systematic educational programs related to the convention affairs.
Third, both sectors should show the efforts for sustaining the transaction relationship by promoting the contact of high frequency on and off business between both related workers.
Fourth, both sectors should set up the system for the promotion of mutual communication for the prompt proceeding of the convention related works.
Fifth, both sectors should answer promptly to requests and suggestions raised from the other party.
Sixth, both sectors should make every efforts for the promotion of the relationship performance by mutual trust and satisfactory in the transaction.
The statistical programs of SPSSWIN Version 11.0 and AMOS(Analysis Moment of Structure) Version 4.0 were used for the practical analysis in this study.
This study is different with the existed studies in the point of using mutual directional study method in the study on the relationship between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations. However, it is recommended that the additional factors for relationship promotion and the items for questionnaire should be developed for the further studies on the relationship between Convention Businesses and Hotel Corporations. Also, it is recommended that the selection of the related samples in the further studies should be expanded wide to many regions.