In an increasingly saturated marketplace, the success of marketing convention should be guided by a thorough analysis of motivation and its interplay with brand personality for convention destination, satisfaction, revisit and recommendation.
A review...
In an increasingly saturated marketplace, the success of marketing convention should be guided by a thorough analysis of motivation and its interplay with brand personality for convention destination, satisfaction, revisit and recommendation.
A review of tourism literature reveals an abundance of studies on motivation, satisfaction, revisit and recommendation. but brand personality for convention destination has not been thoroughly investigated to relate motivation with satisfaction, revisit and recommendation.
Recent competition among convention destinations and venues has highlighted the need for better understanding of the convention or conference attendee behavior, including their decision-making process and their evaluation of the convention experience.
Primarily, A review of the literature on motivation reveals that people travel because they are "pushed" into making travel decisions by internal, psychological forces, and "pulled" by the external forces of the destination attributes and the brand personality scale for the convention destination is based on the five underlying dimensions of brand personality: affluent (functional, concentrative, competence, professional, variety), sincere(sincere, orderly, rational, serious, kind), unique(modern, urban, luxurious), sophisticated(artistic, beautiful, sophisticated, high-class), and attractive(eventful, interesting, symbolic, charming). Accordingly, satisfaction with travel experiences, based on these push and pull forces, contributes to satisfaction.
The degree of motivation and brand personality to destination is reflected in their intentions to revisit the destination and in their recommendations to others. Thus, information about convention attendees' motivation and brand personality are important to destination marketers and managers.
This study offers an integrated approach to understanding convention attendees' motivation and attempts to extend the theoretical among the push and pull factors, brand personality for the convention destination and satisfaction.
Therefore, this study conducted a questionnaire survey in attendees who are participated in Convention, held in Seoul, Kyoung Gi-Do, Busan, Jeju, Chang-Won on 2007 for an empirical study. The study's model was made about the relationship of convention attendee motivation, brand personality for convention destination and those have a positive effect on satisfaction of visiting convention destination and attending conventions, and revisit and recommendation which are revealed as the post-reaction.
After that, the study was to figure out the validity of the model, and understand the relation of cause and effect of the model, using simple regression, multiple regression analysis, correlation analysis, and SEM(Structure Equation Model) in other to verity the certainty of the relation of cause and effect.
The result of this study, in short, the Push 1, Push 2 and Pull factors and brand personality for convention destination has a positive effect on the satisfaction. it also has a good influence upon revisit and recommendation which are showed as the post-reaction.
In order to enhance competitive advantage of the convention industry, the research focused on a market-oriented approach rather than a normative approach in the convention field. The Push 1, Push2 and Pull factors and brand personality for convention destination were positively related to the level of satisfaction that convention attendees perceived. The higher attendees perceived satisfaction, the stronger they expressed intentions to revisit and recommend the convention destination. Moreover, it was revealed
The research can be contributed as an effective marketing tool to attract more participants in the international conference, which will be held in Korea.
Greater insights into attendee behavior will also aid in scholarly discussion and could help the practitioner and destination managers to achieve a deeper understanding of the attendee's decision-making process.