Performance Improvement in Budget Hotels Through Consumer Sentiment Analysis Using Text Mining

Debarshi Mukherjee, Ranjit Debnath, Subhayan Chakraborty, Lokesh Kumar Jena and Khandakar Kamrul Hasan

A chapter in Smart Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Performance Management in a Global Digitalised Economy, 2023, vol. 110A, pp 67-85 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Budget hotels are becoming an emerging industry for convenience and affordability, where consumer sentiments are of paramount importance. Tourism has become increasingly dependent on social media and online platforms to gather travel-related information, purchase travel products, food, lodging, etc., and share views and experiences. The user-generated data helps companies make informed decisions through predictive and behavioural analytics. Design/Methodology/Approach:This study uses text mining, deep learning, and machine learning techniques for data collection and sentiment analysis based on 117,151 online reviews of the customers posted on the TripAdvisor website from May 2004 to May 2019 from 197 hotels of five prominent budget hotel groups spread across India using Feedforward Neural Network along with Keras package and Softmax activation function. Findings:The word-of-mouth turns into electronic word-of-mouth through social networking sites, with easy access to information that enables customers to pick a budget hotel. We identified 20 widely used words that most customers use in their reviews, which can help managers optimise operational efficiency by boosting consumer acceptability, satisfaction, positive experiences, and overcoming negative consumer perceptions. Practical Implications: The analysis of the review patterns is based on real-time data, which is helpful to understand the customer’s requirements, particularly for budget hotels. Originality/Value: We analysed TripAdvisor reviews posted over the last 16 years, excluding the Corona period due to industry crises. The findings reverberate in consonance with the performance improvement theory, which states feed-forward a neural network enhances organisational, process, and individual-level performance in the hospitality industry based on customer reviews.

Keywords: Budget hotel; text mining; deep learning; Artificial Intelligence; sentiment analysis; user reviews (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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