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Service Quality - Banyan Tree Group

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Service Quality Group Project

1. What are the main factors that contributed to Banyan Tree’s success?

Great experience & expertise of founder

Extensive travel experiences, sharp observation and superior foresight of Ho Kwon Ping, founder of Banyan Tree, inspired him to bridge the price gap in the hotel industry.

Ho foresees that the 21st century will be followed by a greater Asian demand for the industry, therefore he created a brand that Asians will like, with a strong Asian culture, which will also attract the global consumers. (Mary Scoviak, 2007)

Ho attributes the success of the Banyan Tree Group, as opposed to other Asian brands, to his ability to understand Western consumer markets. While Ho’s upbringing has allowed …show more content…

Banyan Tree is innovative and constantly coming up with new product offerings through integration of their in-house design, project management and centralized marketing. Thus improving the speed of service delivery and reducing costs effectively.

Employees’ good working attitudes are worth commending. Besides being courteous, friendly and helpful towards all guests, employees of Banyan Tree go the extra mile to remember guests by their names and individual preferences. Such personalized service delighted guests, it made them feel welcomed and at ease.

Employees are given the flexibility to vary the service delivery process according to local culture and practices, as long as consistency with the brand promise of romance and intimacy are sustained. For example, employees have the freedom to decorate the villas according to customers’ preferences. In this way, customers can look forward to a fresh and different experience on each of their visits. This will encourage repeat patronage from the customers.

Banyan Tree focuses on customer satisfaction and desired experience which they aspire. For example, it launched a product known as the “Intimate Moments” package, specially created for couples.

Effective internal marketing

Generous staff welfare policies such as letting employees

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