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Influence of Electronic Word of Mouth on Customer Reservations Decision Making in Egyptian Hotels

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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In regards to online reviews, the power of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) has been studied thoroughly. Thereby, social media make the communities more useful sources of knowledge for customers for having experience. Researchers in this study designed the questionnaire form which aims to examine the determinants which influence customers' intention to reserve in the Egyptian hotels. The number of customers who filled the questionnaires forms was 250, but was among them 232 forms valid for statistical analysis (92.8 %). The results of this study showed that customer's income has a positive influence on reserving in the hotel, furthermore, the independent variables such as (Brand love, the credibility of eWOM, the Social Media eWOM quality and adoption, and positive E-Word of mouth have a positive influence on customer intention to reserve in hotel (dependent variable). The study recommended that the hotel managers should improve its hotel marketing by increasing more offers to attract new customers from different countries for increasing reservations in Egyptian hotels., andthe study also recommended enhancing the social networking services by tracking customer reviews on (Facebook - Twitter - hotel website) about the services and facilities provided in the hotels. 

DOI

10.21608/jaauth.2021.107102.1269

Keywords

electronic word of mouth, social media, brand love, customer intention, Credibility

Authors

First Name

Sherif

Last Name

Soliman

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Affiliation

Hotel Studies,Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Studies,Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

sherifsoliman28@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000-0002-0405-0449

First Name

Nancy

Last Name

Awad

MiddleName

Awadallah

Affiliation

Department of Computer and Information Systems, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Egypt

Email

rarecore2002@yahoo.com

City

01003681828

Orcid

0000-0002-2457-9649

First Name

Sameh

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

Gamal Saad

Affiliation

Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management Helwan University

Email

mrsameh_fth@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

22

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1

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31439

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2021-11-20

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

110

Page End

131

Print ISSN

1687-1863

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2682-4612

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997

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Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/

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Influence of Electronic Word of Mouth on Customer Reservations Decision Making in Egyptian Hotels

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22 Jan 2023