Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]

Mature travellers had been contemplated as the major contributor to the hotel’s revenue for many resorts. Most of the mature travellers have a freedom to travel due to less family commitment, more flexible with their travelling time, more discretionary income and have ample time to make decision inc...

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Main Authors: Anuar, Jazira, Musa, Mushaireen, Khalid, Khazainah, Anderson, Ngelambong
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Hotel and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Kampus Puncak Alam Campus 2017
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spelling uitm-194872018-03-09T04:02:09Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19487/ Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.] Anuar, Jazira Musa, Mushaireen Khalid, Khazainah Anderson, Ngelambong Travel and the state. Tourism Mature travellers had been contemplated as the major contributor to the hotel’s revenue for many resorts. Most of the mature travellers have a freedom to travel due to less family commitment, more flexible with their travelling time, more discretionary income and have ample time to make decision inchoosing a final hotel to stay. This research paper looks into the selection attributes for mature travellers focusing on travelling to Redang Island. An investigation on the traveller’s preferences among mature travellers was carried out through in-depth interviews with 32 mature travellers staying in hotels/resorts in Redang. Findings suggest that though this mature traveller is evolving, many hotel operators tend to overlook on the importance of this market segmentation. Findings also suggest that hotels should be more proactive in their response concerning the selection attributes for mature travellers. Faculty of Hotel and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Kampus Puncak Alam Campus 2017-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19487/7/AJ_JAZIRA%20ANUAR%20JTHCA%20B%2017.pdf Anuar, Jazira and Musa, Mushaireen and Khalid, Khazainah and Anderson, Ngelambong (2017) Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA), 9 (2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2590-3837 http://www.jthca.org
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topic Travel and the state. Tourism
spellingShingle Travel and the state. Tourism
Anuar, Jazira
Musa, Mushaireen
Khalid, Khazainah
Anderson, Ngelambong
Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]
description Mature travellers had been contemplated as the major contributor to the hotel’s revenue for many resorts. Most of the mature travellers have a freedom to travel due to less family commitment, more flexible with their travelling time, more discretionary income and have ample time to make decision inchoosing a final hotel to stay. This research paper looks into the selection attributes for mature travellers focusing on travelling to Redang Island. An investigation on the traveller’s preferences among mature travellers was carried out through in-depth interviews with 32 mature travellers staying in hotels/resorts in Redang. Findings suggest that though this mature traveller is evolving, many hotel operators tend to overlook on the importance of this market segmentation. Findings also suggest that hotels should be more proactive in their response concerning the selection attributes for mature travellers.
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author Anuar, Jazira
Musa, Mushaireen
Khalid, Khazainah
Anderson, Ngelambong
author_facet Anuar, Jazira
Musa, Mushaireen
Khalid, Khazainah
Anderson, Ngelambong
author_sort Anuar, Jazira
title Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]
title_short Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]
title_full Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]
title_fullStr Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at Redang Island / Jazira Anuar...[et al.]
title_sort hotel selection attributes among mature travellers at redang island / jazira anuar...[et al.]
publisher Faculty of Hotel and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Kampus Puncak Alam Campus
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19487/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19487/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19487/7/AJ_JAZIRA%20ANUAR%20JTHCA%20B%2017.pdf
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