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The effect of typicality in luxury hotel brand storytelling on booking intention
Storytelling has been essential for hospitality organizations’ promotion. However, the impacts of luxury hotel brand stories’ typicality on narrative transportation remain underexplored, as do associated outcomes. This research considers the effectiveness of these stories’ typicality through one pilot study and four experiments. Based on narrative transportation theory, the findings reveal that luxury hotel brand stories’ typicality has distinct effects on customers’ perceived inspiration, novelty, and booking intentions. The boundary conditions shaping the effectiveness of typical and atypical brand stories are also examined, including brand-related attributes (i.e., brand history), and individual consumer differences (i.e., subjective social class and consumption motivation). This research, which adopts a context-specific approach to luxury hotel brands and introduces typicality as an aspect worthy of attention, expands the literature on brand storytelling and narrative transportation. Managerial suggestions are provided for crafting luxury hotel brand stories.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Hospitality Management serves as a platform for discussing significant trends and advancements in various disciplines related to the hospitality industry. The publication covers a wide range of topics, including human resources management, consumer behavior and marketing, business forecasting and applied economics, operational management, strategic management, financial management, planning and design, information technology and e-commerce, training and development, technological developments, and national and international legislation.
In addition to covering these topics, the journal features research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and analyses of business practices within the hospitality industry. It aims to provide readers with valuable insights and knowledge in order to advance research and improve practices in the field.
The journal is also indexed and abstracted in various databases, including the Journal of Travel Research, PIRA, Academic Journal Guide, Documentation Touristique, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, Lodging and Restaurant Index, Scopus, CIRET, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. This ensures that the journal's content is widely accessible and discoverable by researchers and practitioners in the hospitality field.