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Authors:J. Bruce Tracey Pages: 140 - 140 Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 140-140, May 2022.
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Authors:YooHee Hwang, Yixing (Lisa) Gao, Anna S. Mattila, Peihao Wang Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Considerable research has demonstrated the positive effects of handwritten font styles on product attachment and word-of-mouth behavior. However, few studies examined whether these positive effects can be mitigated or even reversed. The purpose of this study is to fill this knowledge gap by identifying several boundary conditions (communal orientation, message type, and hotel type) for the positive effects of handwritten font styles. We conducted two quasi-experimental studies. In Study 1 (n = 125), the positive effect of handwritten font styles on attitude toward a hotel was not observed among individuals with a low communal orientation. In Study 2 (n = 245), the handwritten (vs. machine-written) font styles in the sustainability messages of a luxury hotel reduce warmth of the hotel. Hospitality managers should use handwritten font styles carefully depending on hotel type, message type, and customer characteristics. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-17T09:29:24Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102389
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Authors:Enrique Bigne, Patricio Maturana Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Although virtual reality technology is increasingly being used in tourism, its potential as a shopping tool and as an avenue for marketing and selling tourism products and services has not yet been examined. Likewise, very little is known about how exploring holiday packages through virtual reality affects behavioral intention to visit tourist destinations. This study aims to compare the visit intentions evoked and the process of booking holiday travel packages between an immersive virtual reality environment (displayed through Oculus head-mounted glasses) and a traditional web-based 2D platform. A causal model is proposed and tested for both designs. Using a between-subjects experimental design with a sample of 202 individuals, the experiences of two randomly selected groups were observed as they bought holiday tour packages to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first group made a simulated purchase in an immersive virtual reality environment using a head-mounted device, and the second group made the purchase on a traditional e-commerce website. The findings revealed that the scores given to sense of presence, attitude change, and perceived ease of use were greater among those who made the purchase in the more immersive virtual reality environment. However, the relationships between the variables in the causal model were stronger for the classic website than for the virtual reality setting. Attitude change positively affected intention to visit a destination more in the virtual reality environment. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-17T09:26:04Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102386
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Authors:Peng Liu, John W. O’Neill Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Hotels are generally perceived as the riskiest type of commercial real estate (CRE) investment because hotel “leases” have relatively high turnover. Existing literature regarding CRE investment risk and return lacks investigation of hotels at the unit level—which is the level of analysis undertaken by existing and prospective hotel investors. Two major types of hotels are branded and independent ones. The purpose of this study is to investigate the variability (risk) of key performance indicators (KPIs) such as occupancy rate, and revenues and profit of branded versus independent hotels. Using a large sample of performance data regarding over 4,000 U.S. hotel properties from 2000 to 2019, we examine the extent to which branding affects the volatility of KPIs. We find that brand-affiliated hotels have lower cash flow risk measured as lower volatilities of KPIs compared with independent ones. Furthermore, the level of volatility reduction of branded hotels is greater for profit than for revenue, and profit may be the most important KPI for hotel investors. The magnitude of volatility reduction also increases as the measurement window length (number of years) increases. We also study the long-term returns of branded versus independent hotels. This study contributes to the understanding regarding the relationships between investment risk of branded versus independent hotels, extends the literature regarding hotel investment, and provides hotel investors and analysts information regarding risk to aid decisions such as developing, purchasing, holding, or disposing of hotel assets. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-17T09:22:58Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102385
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Authors:Shujie Fang, Xiaoyun Han, Shuping Chen Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Service robots have become a topic of interest for tourism and hospitality researchers and practitioners. The success of service robot adoption lies in the effectiveness of tourist–robot interaction. There has been less interest in the performance of tourist–robot interaction, with research related to tourist engagement being particularly scarce. Drawing on the theoretical perspective of relationships, this article examines the impact of tourist–robot interaction on tourist engagement in the hospitality context. A mixed-methods approach is adopted, utilizing grounded theory and structural equation modeling. The findings reveal two types of tourist–robot interaction, emotional (fun and playfulness) and instrumental (convenience and ease of use). Tourist–robot emotional interactions influence tourist engagement by enhancing tourists’ needs satisfaction, tourist emotion, and social bonds with robots. It was found that tourist–robot instrumental interaction positively affects tourist engagement through needs satisfaction and tourist emotion but not social bonds. The findings extend our understanding of human–robot interaction and customer engagement. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-17T09:19:30Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102383
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Authors:Kwang-Ho Lee, Chih-Lun Alan Yen Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The current study applies implicit theory as a theoretical lens to explore gender differences in explicit and implicit measures of robot attitudes, which in turn facilitates behavioral intention. In total, 108 participants assessed the modified Robot Implicit Association Test (RIAT) to complete both implicit measures of attitudes and explicit self-reported measures in randomized order. Our findings demonstrated that (a) implicit attitudes (RIAT D-scores) were significantly correlated with self-reported measures (explicit attitude, perceived technology innovativeness, and behavioral intention), (b) different patterns of explicit and implicit attitudes exist, and (c) males may have a more favorable preference toward service robots than females. These results help build theoretical and methodological foundations for service management innovation into the role of implicit attitude in hospitality firms. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-17T09:16:15Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102381
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Authors:Timothy Webb, Jing Ma, Andong Cheng Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The restaurant industry has historically been limited in its ability to adopt traditional revenue management pricing practices (e.g., variable pricing across tables and times) because of three specific challenges: (a) inability to segment customers by willingness to pay prior to seating, (b) limited ability to price discriminate (i.e., prioritize limited seating for the highest paying customers), and (c) inability to communicate menu price variances in advance. This article reviews common restaurant pricing strategies and discusses how each strategy cannot sufficiently address these three challenges. This work proposes a new strategy, the Priority Mixed Bundle (PMB) Strategy, which addresses all three of these challenges. The PMB states that customers can make reservations if they are willing to commit to dining from a prix-fixe menu while walk-ins can dine a la carte. The article argues for why PMB is theoretically viable and could be superior to existing menu pricing strategies. A field study shows that the PMB generates more revenue than a la carte strategies. Survey results suggest that customers perceive PMB as fair. Overall, this research advances theory in restaurant revenue management and proposes a pricing strategy for restaurants. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-16T07:05:01Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102387
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Authors:Beril Yalcinkaya, David R. Just Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Online reviews influence customer decisions and present publicly available data to investigate differences between customer evaluations for local and chain businesses. We conduct a text analysis on a sample of 80,728 online customer reviews of quick-service restaurants to examine how the impact of dining experience attributes on customer evaluation differs between the two restaurant types. Estimation of multilevel multinomial models reveals that customer reviews for local restaurants have less polarized sentiment than chain restaurants. This polarization is also evident for sentiment usage related to four dining experience attributes: food, service, ambience, and price. Although food offerings are essential to get high ratings for local restaurants, service quality has a relatively greater impact on customer satisfaction for chains. Although customer reviews favor local restaurants, they need powerful testimonials for differentiation due to high review valence among their local competitors. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-08T01:05:39Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102388
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Authors:Anthony F. Lucas, Katherine Spilde, A. K. Singh Abstract: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The aim of this study was to understand the impacts of changes in free-play (FP) award values on visitation frequency and gaming revenue. With costly and perpetual FP campaigns well established in many markets, a critical issue for operators centers on the potential consequences of walking back offer values, especially when nearby competitors do not. The results of experimentally manipulated FP offers suggested that widely held industry beliefs about their ability to influence visitation are equivocal. Additional outcomes related to the economic impact of FP awards across the experimental groups also questioned the sensitivity of loyalty club members to reductions in FP offers. Working from a common offer tier of 600 loyalty club members, subjects were randomly assigned to one of six groups, each comprised of 100 subjects. Daily group-level outcomes were produced by aggregating player performance data over a 191-day sample period, collected from the records of a tribal casino operating in a competitive repeater market. This longitudinal design allowed for the measurement of multiple levels of FP offers on visitation behavior and gaming value, over a meaningful duration. Our findings fill gaps in the literature related to the impacts of FP on visitation frequency and the ability to drive own-money wagering. Our results also add to literature within the domains of operant conditioning, goal gradient theory, and a growing stream of research on FP efficacy. There are also connections to the house money effect, reverse house money effect, and the endowment effect. Citation: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly PubDate: 2022-06-08T01:03:50Z DOI: 10.1177/19389655221102382
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