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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Identifying critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to identify critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel. Customer-contact employee and guest perceptions of what is classified as a critical incident, as well as differences between Latin American and North American guest perceptions, were compared. Data was collected through one-on-one interview with guests and employees using the Critical Incident Technique. The results of the study were compared to two other studies that had created incident classification systems. The results of this study supported the research of Bitner, Booms, and Tetreault, in 1990 and Bitner, Booms, and Mohr in 1994.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science (MS)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Hotel Administration
Grantor dc:publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year
2000

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Jacobs, Kimberly Jean
Contributors dc:contributor
  • John T. Bowen

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2147

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2026-07-24
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Jacobs, Kimberly Jean. Identifying critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel. Thesis thesis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2000. https://doi.org/10.25669/lzmc-xpmu