The Routledge Handbook of Consumer Behaviour in Hospitality and Tourism (Routledge Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138961671 ISBN 13: 9781138961678

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Consumer behaviour is one of the most explored topics in tourism and hospitality marketing, interchangeably denoted by the terms ‘traveller behaviour’, ‘tourist behaviour’ or ‘guest behaviour’. Consumer behaviour acts as an origin for every tourism and hospitality marketing activity. It offers an understanding of why people tend to choose certain products or services and what sort of factors influence them in making their decision. The decision process of buying tourism products or services takes time, because they are mostly intangible in nature due to which there are many risks involved in their buying process.

The Routledge Handbook of Consumer Behaviour in Hospitality and Tourism aims to explore and critically examine current debates, critical reflections of contemporary ideas, controversies and pertinent queries relating to the rapidly expanding discipline of consumer behaviour in hospitality and tourism. The Handbook offers a platform for dialogue across disciplinary and national boundaries and areas of study through its diverse coverage. It is divided into six parts: Part I offers an overview of consumer behaviour; Part II focuses on the service quality perspectives of consumer behaviour; Part III deliberates on customer satisfaction and consumer behaviour linkages; Part IV explores the re-patronage behaviour of consumers; Part V addresses the vital issues concerning online consumer behaviour; and Part VI elaborates upon other emerging paradigms of consumer behaviour. Although there is no dearth of empirical studies on different viewpoints of consumer behaviour, there is a scarcity of literature providing conceptual information. The present Handbook is organised to offer a comprehensive theoretical body of knowledge narrating consumer behaviour, especially for hospitality and tourism businesses and operations. It attempts to fill this research gap by offering a 'globalised' volume comprising chapters organised using both practical and academic approaches.

This Handbook is essential reading for students, researchers and academics of Hospitality as well as those of Tourism, Marketing, International Business and Consumer Behaviour.

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About the Author

Saurabh Kumar Dixit is an Associate Professor and Founding Head of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Meghalaya), India. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Hotel Management and Catering Technology, a Master's degree in Tourism Management and a Doctorate (PhD) in Hotel Management. His research interests include Consumer Behaviour, Service Marketing, Consumer Loyalty and Guest Satisfaction in hospitality and tourism contexts. He has worked for more than 15 years in a number of Indian universities/educational institutes and has also successfully completed different research projects relating to hospitality and tourism management. He has written seven books on diverse themes of tourism in addition to many research papers. He is an editorial board member of several scientific journals, and is also an active reviewer for many international journals such as the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Tourismos and Anatolia.

Review

'Tourism and hospitality consumption patterns are changing rapidly, propelled by the ubiquity of new technologies. Practitioners and scholars face the challenge of keeping up to date with the diverse and multi-disciplinary consumer behavior literature. This authoritative handbook addresses the need for a comprehensive collation of contributions by leading and emerging authors which balances the latest developments with more established guiding principles. The various chapters feature many informative international case studies that are drawn from settings across the tourism and hospitality field.'- Brian King, Professor & Associate Dean, School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 

'What is in-store for you when reading this Routledge handbook: equal in-depth treatment of both the tourism and hospitality disciplines, global coverage by scholars from more than 30 nations across five continents, many original contributions to theory, all chapters with discussions of a set of useful references, most chapters include a useful case study told as a story followed by generalizable insights. This handbook is highly readable and useful―a go-to source book for early, mid, and late career tourism, hospitality, management, and marketing scholars who want to do both useful and high impact research in tourism and/or hospitality.'- Arch G. Woodside, Professor of Marketing, Curtin University, Australia

'Consumer behaviour in tourism and hospitality has always been a pivotal research area looking at tourists’ preferences, expectations and motivations. The questions of what "pushes" and "pulls" travellers to specific destinations, how exogenous and endogenous constraints influence travel behaviour, and how tourists’ background characteristics shape travel patterns are all crucial to tourism and hospitality operators. This volume is a vital new source for answering the above questions and many others. I welcome this new and important book and highly recommend it as essential reading for practitioners and students alike.'- Yoel Mansfeld, Professor and Head, Center for Tourism, Pilgrimage & Recreation Research, University of Haifa, Israel

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1138961671
• ISBN 13: 9781138961678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 514
• Editor: Dixit Saurabh Kumar