@inbook{0217dce021714649a9313b3cdcf816b7,
title = "The Importance of Quality Labels in Consumers{\textquoteright} Preferences",
abstract = "Quality is a determining attribute when consumers evaluate a tourist service. Due to its intangible nature, a service is difficult to observe and evaluate, which leads to uncertainty in consumers{\textquoteright} mind. Therefore, quality signals, such as brands and labels, are used to reassure them. This research investigates the importance of quality labels in consumers{\textquoteright} preferences. More specifically, we attempt to measure consumers{\textquoteright} sensitivity to a quality label when they choose an accommodation or a tourist attraction. In order to reach these objectives, an experiment (conjoint task) was conducted among 193 respondents. Results namely show that the relative importance of the label “Wallonie Destination Qualit{\'e}” is higher than the weight given to the brand and is lower than the importance of classification. Tourist organizations should promote such quality labels more extensively and operators should use them to develop new attractive deals.",
keywords = "Conjoint Analysis, Determine Attribute, Tourism Activity, Tourism Service, Tourist Attraction",
author = "Alain Decrop and Val{\'e}rie Boembeke",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-44108-5_7",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-44107-8",
series = "Tourism on the Verge",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "83--92",
editor = "Correia Antonia and Metin, {Kozak } and Gnoth Juergen and Fyall Alan",
booktitle = "Tourism on the Verge",
}