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Impact of Service quality on customer satisfaction: a study of hotel industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan

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  • Shafiq, Yasir
  • Shafique, Imran
  • Din, Muhammad Saadat
  • Cheema, Khaliq Ur Rehman

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The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the hotels’ service quality through customer satisfaction. Theory tells us that if the customers are satisfied then the hotels are providing higher service quality. And also check that which dimensions of SERVPREF is need to be focused more in Pakistan. For this purpose SERVPERF tool was adopted and administrative to customers who stayed in the hotels of Faisalabad, Pakistan. The results indicates that in Pakistan among the five dimensions of SERFPERF the dimension tangible and empathy needed to be focused more.

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  • Shafiq, Yasir & Shafique, Imran & Din, Muhammad Saadat & Cheema, Khaliq Ur Rehman, 2013. "Impact of Service quality on customer satisfaction: a study of hotel industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan," MPRA Paper 53198, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Customer satisfaction; service quality SERVPERF; Faisalabad;
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    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing

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