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Publication date: 10 October 2024

Aafreen Ali, Vinay Chittiprolu, Sourya Rongala and Raja Shekhar Bellamkonda

Although extant studies found the determinants of customer complaints in luxury hotels, comparison of complaint severity using reviewer characteristics (nationality, reviewer type…

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Abstract

Purpose

Although extant studies found the determinants of customer complaints in luxury hotels, comparison of complaint severity using reviewer characteristics (nationality, reviewer type and expertise) is limited. This study aims to identify the variation in customers’ complaint attributes among different customer categories.

Design/methodology/approach

This study tried to address this gap by using structural topic modelling and text mining techniques to find the sentiment score, word count, complaints attributes and severity score. The research sample covers luxury hotels in India, and online review text and their associated data has been collected and analysed.

Findings

The authors found that leisure customers wrote lengthier reviews and complained about the facility-related aspects (valet parking, entertainment and amenities) and food-related aspects (food variety, service and menu) while the business customers’ complaint severity score is more on salient aspects (room size, bathroom and staff related services). The international customers wrote lengthier reviews and complained more about the facility-related aspects (amenities, pick-up and entertainment) and core service offerings (stay experience, bathroom, dirtiness and complaint resolution). Whereas domestic customers complained more about stay-related aspects (food variety, quality, services, staff behaviour and stay experience). Also, this study used correlation analysis to find the dependencies between topics and uncovered underlying patterns, trends and associations, aiding in a deeper understanding and interpretation of the complaints. This study can help service providers tailor their services based on customer attributes to ensure maximum customer satisfaction.

Originality/value

The findings of this study can enable hotel service providers to customise their services based on customer attributes to reduce dissatisfaction among customers and promote customer loyalty. The findings of this study can also be used to devise differential promotional strategies for different types of customers.

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Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality, vol. 19 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2752-6666

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