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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 757-775Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-12-2015-0722
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Hotel industry; Telepresence; Website attributes; Brand attitude; Behavioural intentions
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Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationships among sensory, emotional and cognitive attributes on a hotel's website, customers' telepresence, their attitudes toward the hotel's website, brand attitudes and their behavioral intentions, based on telepresence and parasocial interaction theories as theoretical backgrounds. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional, online, self-administered survey was conducted to examine the proposed framework from previous hotel guests in the USA, who booked the hotel via its website within the previous 12 months. Findings Results identified sensory and emotional attributes influenced customers' telepresence; however, cognitive attributes did not affect telepresence on the hotel's website. Telepresence then influenced customers' attitudes toward the hotel's website and their behavioral intentions. Both attitudes toward the hotel's website and brand attitudes influenced customers' behavioral intentions. Originality/value This study was the first study to propose the telepresence model in the hotel website context, investigating antecedents and outcomes of the telepresence.
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