Clean and green: the relevance of hotels' website quality and environmental management initiatives for green customer loyalty

PurposeCustomers' focus increasingly turns to the green practices of firms. Organizations need to rethink their strategies and position themselves concerning their environmental responsibility. The idea behind this study is to observe the influence of hotel website quality and hotel environmental management initiative (HEMI) on green customer loyalty in the Pakistan hotel industry with the mediating role of green trust (GT) and green satisfaction (GS).Design/methodology/approachThe study is quantitative, and partial least squares structural equation modelling followed to test the proposed hypotheses. A total of 542 questionnaires were used for analysis through SPSS 25.0 and SmartPLS 3.2.9.FindingsThe findings confirm the proposed positive influence of hotel website quality and HEMI on green customer loyalty. Moreover, GT and GS significantly mediate the relationship, further enhancing the relevance of green practices for hotels.Practical implicationsHotel management can get maximum customer loyalty to concentrate on hotel website quality, HEMI, GT and GS.Originality/valueThis study aims to develop a research model to incorporate hotel website quality, HEMI, GT, GS and green customer loyalty by using signalling theory and natural resource-based view theory that prior studies ignored.

Systematic literature review on university website quality

Website is a necessity for organizations to enable users worldwide to access their information and gain a competitive edge over others. The diversity of websites makes assessing website quality a difficult task. The aim of this paper is to identify the issues faced in the quality evaluation of university websites, the models and the factors used for evaluating university website quality. Systematic literature review was used to identify and synthesize related scholarly research papers. Findings show that there is a lack of study on university website quality compared to business websites; website designers did not have the appropriate knowledge on the interface design; and the website quality evaluation is complex since there is no specific evaluation model. Webqual 4.0 model was used to evaluate the quality of universities' websites. From 24 studies, initially 79 quality factors were extracted. After performing comparison, filtration and memoing, six quality factors were identified: information quality, specific content, usability, web appearance, service interaction quality, and functionality. This study makes a useful contribution in developing university website quality model by extending the Webqual 4.0 model.

Hotel Booking Website Quality, Travel Agent Satisfaction and Purchase Intention

Website quality is one of the features that organisations increasingly use to maintain a competitive advantage. In the hospitality sector in particular, the growing use of a website as a sales channel has necessitated that hotel distribution companies understand the influence of website quality on their customers’ purchase behaviour. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of Business-to-Business (B2B) third-party hotel booking website quality features on travel agents’ satisfaction, and their subsequent purchase intention. Quantitative data was collected from South African travel agents using an online survey. Three website quality dimensions namely ease of use, information quality and visual appearance, as well as customer satisfaction and purchase intention were measured. Results indicate that there is a positive relationship between website quality and customer satisfaction, and between customer satisfaction and purchase intention. Information quality appears to have the strongest relationship with customer satisfaction. Regression analyses revealed that the relationship between website quality and purchase intention is mediated by customer satisfaction. The study makes a predominantly empirical contribution as there does not appear to be a similar study conducted within an African context. From a practical contribution perspective, the findings may assist third-party hotel distribution companies with meeting the demands of travel agents, and thereby improve their overall business performance.

The Quality of Corporate Website and its Relationship with Reputation Formation

The study aimed to investigate the impact of website quality & its Relationship with the corporate reputation forming &management; applied on DAL - Sudan by studying the corporate website users, using the descriptive analytical approach for collecting and analyzing data. The study community was (656257) users of DAL corporate website, and the study sample consisted of (400) users were taken and selected in a simple random manner to represent different age groups, gender and educational levels; by questionnaire checked with Alpha Cranach's formula for validity& reliability. The results showed that there was an effect of website quality with its dimensions (easy access & use, quality & adequacy of information, simplicity & attractiveness of design)on forming &management the corporate reputation among the website's users & followers, and there is a relationship between the interaction of website admins with users' comments & the amount of time users spend on the website, the study found that interest in users' comments contributes to their increased stay on the website and their interaction with its electronic content, in addition to its relationship with reputation forming and management. The study recommended a greater focus on the intensive application of web technologies on the website, to meet the needs and desires of users, and attention to periodic user surveys to determine the corporate status and satisfaction scores, and use it as a tool to manage and measure the corporate reputation, as the website can measure reputation electronically through users' feedback and interaction with the website content.

How does group-buying website quality for social commerce affect repurchase intention? Evidence from Chinese online users

PurposeThe success of social commerce group-buying information system (IS) is not a simple accumulation of functions, but a complex process of system integration that makes it difficult to design a high-quality website to improve the conversion rate of users has become a top priority for online companies. The purpose of this study is to further improve the IS success model to adapt to the new research scenarios and explore the boundary conditions between different satisfaction and repurchase intention.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the users who have used the group-buying website quality for social commerce in the last 6 months are the objects of this study. Finally, 436 valid data were collected by questionnaire survey and analyzed by Smart PLS.FindingsThe results indicate that the four dimensions of website quality enhance consumers' economic satisfaction and social satisfaction, except that the path of system quality and social satisfaction is not significant. Economic satisfaction and social satisfaction also have a significant positive effect on repurchase intentions. Besides, the interactive effect of customer involvement and economic satisfaction has no significant impact on repurchase intention, but customer involvement plays a moderate role in the path of social satisfaction on repurchase intention.Originality/valuen order to make the IS success model better evaluate the characteristics of social commerce sites comprehensively, this present research introduces the measurement construct of interaction quality. Moreover, this study examines the effect of mechanism of economic satisfaction and social satisfaction on repurchase intention from the perspective of practical benefit and psychology. Finally, the boundary conditions of the effect of satisfaction on repurchase intention are explored.

ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND CUSTOMER RETENTION ON E-COMMERCE

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence consumer retention on the e-commerce website Hijup. This study uses website quality, brand image, and Islamic physical attributes as factors that will shape customer satisfaction which in turn will affect customer retention. This research is quantitative research using two types of data, namely primary data and secondary data. Primary data is obtained by distributing online questionnaires through social media, and secondary data is obtained from books, journals, papers, websites, etc. The number of respondents used in this study were 185 respondents from Hijup consumers who had bought online more than once. This study uses the type of SEM-PLS analysis with SMARTPLS 3.0 software tools. This study shows that website quality and brand image affect customer satisfaction. Moreover, customer satisfaction is able to moderate website quality and brand image on customer retention on the Hijup website, but Islamic physical attributes have a negative relationship with customer satisfaction.

Enhancing E-commerce by Website Quality

Competition among e-commerce sites challenges their providers to look for new ways of customer attraction. Website quality can be included among the fundamental tools (along with the information and service quality) to attract and retain customers. In this article is described experiment covering establishment of e-shop as the competitor to producer website. New e-shop has defined terms, services are assured by producer therefore the only way how to compete is through website quality. During the reporting period producer applied discount actions, which allow us to determine the influence of the price and non-price competition.

PENGARUH KUALITAS WEBSITE TERHADAP PROSES PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN BERKUNJUNG PADA DAGO DREAMPARK BANDUNG

This research aims to study and identification about the condition of website quality (WebQual 4.0) and visit decision making process, and the impact of website quality (WebQual 4.0) on visit decision making process of Dago Dreampark. The reserch method that used is kuantitative with analysis descriptive verificatif, data collected from questionnaires. The sampling technique that used is non-probability sampling and done by using perposive sampling. The data analysis technique that used is simple linear regression analysis, the coefficient of determination, and hypothesis testing. The result showed that the website quality (WebQual 4.0) had a significant effect on visit decision making process of Dago Dreampark. The author suggest that Dago Dreampark have to improve, develop and innovate in improving the quality of websites such as providing communication services and providing up to date information. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari dan mengetahui tentang pengaruh kualitas website (WebQual 4.0) terhadap proses pengambilan keputusan berkunjung wisatawan pada Dago Dreampark. Kualitas website (WebQual 4.0) merupakan variabel yang penting dalam mempengaruhi proses pengambilan keputusan berkunjung. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kuantitatif dengan jenis penelitian analisis deskriptif verifikatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan non-probability sampling menggunakan purposive sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa penyebaran kuesioner dan wawancara manager serta beberapa responden pengunjung Dago Dreampark. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis regresi linear sederhana, koefisien determinasi, dan pengujian hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa kualitas website (WebQual 4.0) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap proses pengambilan keputusan berkunjung pada Dago Dreampark. Saran yang penulis ajukan adalah melakukan peningkatan, pengembangan serta inovasi dalam meningkatkan kualitas website seperti memberikan ruang layanan komunikasi dan memberi informasi yang terbaru.

Influence of attitude on online impulse buying: perspective on marketing communication

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of government policy, marketing communication, and website quality on online impulse purchases. The effect of attitude mediation on government policy relations, marketing communications, and the quality of website and online impulse buying is also analysed in this research. This research is survey research with a sample of respondents as many as 250 active students in West Java. Data analysis in this research is path analysis using PLS-SEM. The findings of this study show that government legislation, marketing messaging, and website quality all have a direct impact on online impulse purchase. The attitude examined in this study is unable to counteract the impact of government legislation and commercial communications on online impulse purchases. However, attitude can mitigate the impact of website quality on online impulse purchases.