Word-Of-Mouth in Social Media. The Case of Polish Tourist Industry

Autor: Deszczyński Bartosz
Jazyk: English<br />Polish
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Management and Economics, Vol 53, Iss 4, Pp 93-114 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2299-9701
DOI: 10.1515/ijme-2017-0028
Popis: The core objective of this paper is to determine the level of online dialogue in social media between the tourist industry leaders and their customers. This study applies sequential explanatory industry-representative comparison with statistical and qualitative analysis of online word-of-mouth communication. Its main finding is that even if online marketing is a hot topic, online channels seem to be neglected by the companies failing to provide real-time dialogue services. This results in the loss of customer attention and engagement and can be linked with overall corporate relationship management immaturity. In addition, the article offers vital insight into customer value creation chain of hotel and tour operators.
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