A hotel enterprise generates its revenues from selling rooms, food and beverage products, and other facilities. The selling of rooms customarily comprises 60% of the revenue of a hotel, food and beverage 30%, and other facilities the rest 10%. The wed...
A hotel enterprise generates its revenues from selling rooms, food and beverage products, and other facilities. The selling of rooms customarily comprises 60% of the revenue of a hotel, food and beverage 30%, and other facilities the rest 10%. The wedding at hotel can raise the income of food and beverage as well as the general income of the hotel during the off-season. This study examined the factors the consumers consider important and how these factors influence the satisfaction with the attributes in hotel wedding and the customers' intention to purchase the hotel wedding products. The collected questionnaires were diagnosed with the SAS 6.12 and SAS 10.0 statistical package programs and multi-regression analysis and ANOVA.
The research findings are as follows: First, the attributes in selecting hotel wedding influence the two factors of satisfaction at hotel wedding. Second, the satisfaction with the wedding ceremony influences the intention of purchasing hotel wedding. Third, the demographic characteristics indicate a statistically significant difference in the attributes of selecting hotel wedding. Fourth, the demographic characteristics showed the statistically significant difference in the satisfaction level in hotel wedding. Fifth, the demographic characteristics reveal the statistically significant difference in the intention of purchasing hotel wedding products.
The research findings give the following suggestions: First, the consumers evaluate the hotel facilities as well as the provided product service and food and beverage service as the wedding is conducted in the hotel. Therefore, the promotion of the existing hotel facilities can enhance the satisfaction of the consumers and give the positive effect in the purchase of hotel wedding products. Second, as the consumer behaviors and demographic characteristics indicate, the consumers with high income who frequently use the hotel facilities are more likely to purchase the hotel wedding products. Especially the consumers who frequently purchase rooms and the food and beverage service showed the highest intention of purchasing hotel wedding products. Accordingly, the marketing strategy which targets the hotel guests could promote the sales in hotel wedding products. The customers who have positive experience in their use of hotel rooms and accompanying facilities will have the higher intention of purchasing the hotel wedding products.