FACTORS INFLUENCING THE QUALITY OF PROVIDED SERVICES IN THE VISION OF TRAVEL AGENTS IN SUCEAVA MUNICIPALITY

• Main Authors: Cristian Valentin HAPENCIUC, Mihai COSTEA, Gabriela ARIONESEI (GAUBE), Ioana CIMPANU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitatii Suceava 2015-07-01
• Series: Revista de Turism: Studii si Cercetari in Turism
• Subjects: quality of services; travel agents; influence factors
• Online Access: http://revistadeturism.ro/rdt/article/view/306

<p><em>Taking into account its pragmatic meaning, the success of a travel agency frequently relies on the activity of travel agents. In the process of promoting and selling flat voyages, customer service can be directly influenced by the interaction of factors such as: offer accuracy, sales representatives quality, employee timeliness, politeness of the travel agent, maintaining eye contact etc., all of which are components of the offered product. Thereby, we conducted, within the period 5 - 15 March 2015, a research based on interviews with 26 travel agents from 20 different units, in order to determine their awareness about potential factors that may have an influence on the quality of offered services. By the instrumentality of a questionnaire, we attempted to assess the integrity and loyalty of employees, their attitude regarding the activities they carry, their dissatisfaction, negative and  positive factors influencing service quality, and their positioning to the organization and brand.</em></p>