Marketing Approach to Hotel Patronage and Product Quality During COVID-19

Authors

  • Anthony Eniola Landmark University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7433/s120.2023.03

Keywords:

Product Quality; Customer Patronage; Business image; Food quality; Quality personnel; Hotel atmosphere

Abstract

Hoteliers pursue to continue to keep their clients by understanding the factors that impact a customer's decision to prioritise a hotel. There are many components that could give the hotel an extra advantage in the hotel competition

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2023-04-28