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How Customer Experience Management in the Hotel Industry can Lead to a Willingness to Pay More

호텔 기업의 고객경험관리(CEM)는 기꺼이 더 지불하게 하는가?

  • Choi, Wook-Hee (Dept. of Hotel and Tourism Management, Dongguk University)
  • 최욱희 (동국대학교 경주캠퍼스 호텔관광경영학부)
  • Received : 2016.09.22
  • Accepted : 2016.10.12
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

Customer Experience Management (CEM) appeared as a complementary solution to overcome CRM limitations. CEM enhances profitability through building long-term relations with customers by understanding their experiences. This study aims at investigating the impact of customer experience quality on the willingness to pay more through customer satisfaction in the hotel businesses. The survey for this study was carried out on customers who had domestic hotel experience s within the last 6 months. Out of the 306 questionnaires retrieved, 225 valid responses were used for the empirical analysis that utilizied the statistical package programs SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0. The research findings may be summarized as follows. First, as an outcome of the research hypothesis that each component of customer experience management would influence satisfaction, 'the peace of mind' & 'the moment of truth' were shown to have a significantly positive (+) impact on it. On the other hand, 'the product experience' was shown not to significantly influence it in a positive (+) way. Second, as an outcome of the research hypothesis that satisfaction would influence willingness to pay more. From the findings of the study, theoretical implications are as follows. It can be predicted that customer experience management will likely make customers more profitable because customers are willing to pay more with a sense of loyalty built through satisfaction of the hotel industry. In the practical implications, the dimension of experience quality examined by the study can be used as an index to measure and manage customer experience in the hotel industry.

본 연구는 기존의 고객관계관리(CRM)의 보완책으로서 총체적인 고객경험관리(CEM)가 중요하다는 문제제기에 따라 고객의 경험관리가 만족에 긍정적 영향을 미치는지와 더 나아가 충분히 만족한 고객이라면 기꺼이 더 지불하게 될 것인가 즉 가치 있는 고객으로 발전하게 될 것인지를 검증해 보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 구체적인 목표는 첫째, 고객의 경험을 보다 광범위하면서도 간명한 척도로 측정할 수 있는 방법으로 제시된 Maklan & Klaus(2011)의 경험품질척도와 호텔기업에 맞는 측정항목으로 재추출하여 검증된 최욱희(2014)의 호텔고객경험품질척도(Experience Quality; EXQ)를 활용하여 고객경험관리의 중요한 차원을 검증하고자 하였다. 둘째, 고객경험관리가 고객만족에 긍정적 영향을 미치는지 검증하고자 하였다. 셋째, 만족한 고객은 프리미엄 지불의사를 증가시키는지 확인하고자 하였다. 최종적으로 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 이론적으로는 고객경험관리의 간명한 모델 재검증 결과를 제시하며, 호텔기업의 고객경험관리와 가치 있는 고객 증진을 위한 실무적 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 최근 6개월 이내 국내 특급호텔을 이용한 경험이 있는 고객들을 대상으로 선정하여 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 설문시작 전에 스크리닝을 통해 최근 6개월 이내 이용한 국내 특급호텔을 사용한 적이 있는지와 그 중 가장 많이 이용하고 기억에 남는 호텔을 명기하게 하여 연구대상에 적합하지 않은 대상자를 제외시켜 최종적으로 225부의 표본을 본 연구에 사용하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고객경험 관리의 3가지 차원 중 '마음의 평안(POM)'과 '진실의 순간'은 각각 만족에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, '상품경험(PRO)'은 만족에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 고객의 경험관리를 통해 만족한 고객은 프리미엄 지불의사에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 환대산업에 맞는 고객경험관리(CEM)의 차원을 재검증함으로써 경험품질척도의 새로운 체계를 제시하고, 만족 후 고객행동변수로서 프리미엄 지불의사라는 변수를 적용하여 수익성 있는 고객으로의 발전 가능성을 예측해볼 수 있었다는 면에서 학문적 시사점을 제공한다. 또한 실무적으로는 본 연구에서 검증된 고객경험의 차원은 호텔 기업이 고객의 경험품질을 측정하고 관리할 수 있는 방법으로서 유용한 정보가 될 것이다.

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