Determinants Of Hotel Consumer Loyalty In South Sumatra

Abstract

Describing consumer assessments of Brand Image, CEM, Satisfaction, Customer Value, and Consumer Loyalty in the 3-star hotel industry in South Sumatra and prove whether the modification of the dimensions of each proposed research model can be proven, as well as to the strong research hypotheses is the aim of the research. Inferential is a design used to explain the relationship between variables and describe variables. Research location in South Sumatra, the object of the research is the consumer of 3-star hotels in South Sumatra. The number of star hotels in South Sumatra is 76 hotels, 15 of which are 3-star hotels. The population in this study were all hotel guests from 15 3 star hotels in South Sumatra, the number of which is infinite, the sample was taken about 225 with purposive sampling technique. The research data used are primary data using a questionnaire, the analysis tool used is descriptive statistics supported by SPSS software and analysis of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Lisrel. Hypothesis test states that: Hotel services do not have additional value, even though they are 3-star services still have to be adequate. The consumer loyalty of 3-star hotels in South Sumatra is not yet high, this is because the brand image has not been able to increase consumer loyalty, even though it has been able to give a positive impression on the Customer Value and has a positive impact on Customer Satisfaction. CEM 3-star hotels in South Sumatra are still implemented simply because implementing CEM is expensive. CEM has not increased Customer Loyalty and has not given a positive impression on Customer Value even though it has had a positive impact on Customer Satisfaction. CEM was developed from transactional marketing so that besides being able to further enhance the impressive customer experience, high customer satisfaction, it is also able to increase customer loyalty and customer value.