MEASURING AIR AND TERRESTRIAL TRANSPORT COMPANY REPUTATION: TOURISM INTANGIBLES EXPRESSED IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

Célia Ramos, Ana Casado-Molina () and José Peláez ()
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Ana Casado-Molina: University of Malaga, Postal: Department of Economic and Business Administration, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, http://www.uma.es/?set_language=en
José Peláez: University of Malaga, Postal: Department of Languages and Computer Sciences University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, http://www.uma.es/?set_language=en

Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, 2017, vol. 5, issue 4, 443-462

Abstract: The reputation of companies within the transport industry is influenced by competitive dynamics within the sector: low-cost flights, the attractiveness of destinations, online usergenerated content about users’ experiences, and more. At the same time, social media provides a means for companies to manage issues of tourism intangibles. Thus, it is relevant to analyse transport reputation in the digital environment, taking into consideration the resources for managing these intangibles. This paper presents a method for measuring transport reputation based on an analysis of tourism consumers’ digital opinions and passengers’ comments about their experiences with these firms. The use of social media, such as TripAdvisor and Facebook, conjugated with business intelligence tools and complemented by data mining techniques, can contribute to the development of metrics that consider intangibles like emotions and experiences, with the aim of measuring, analysing, and visualizing the complex relationships between these intangibles and transport companies’ reputations. The results present the impacts of these intangibles through clusters and positioning maps focusing on these issues. This investigation contributes to our knowledge about airlines and terrestrial transport companies that seek to differentiate their positioning in tourism markets through their reputations.

Keywords: Air and Terrestrial Transport Reputation; Business Intelligence; Online Reputation; Social Media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E22 M15 M31 Z32 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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