Jones (1994) provides four points, which he believes necessary for having service with quality. What is required first and foremost is a market and customer focus. Jones maintains that businesses which do not focus on identifying and responding to customer needs and wants and which fail to exceed customer expectations are more likely to experience service quality problems. Secondly, Jones believes that frontline employees must be empowered. Thirdly, employees must be trained and highly motivated, especially by their managers. Perry (2000), a former director of training for the Hilton Hotel Group believes that the hospitality industry has much to learn regarding leadership. Fourthly, hotel employees need a clear service quality vision to remain focussed on providing excellent customer experiences. failing which employees will always give customers variable experiences. Lewis (1993) emphasises that it is not only the focus on meeting customer‟s needs and expectations, but how well the service matches and exceeds the customer‟s expectations. Berry et al, (1988) expresses the opinion that satisfaction for the average guest results from how the expected service compares to his/her perception of the actual service performance. Service quality is therefore clearly and important focus for a marketing strategy. When customers are pleased with the quality services and products they receive and thus feel satisfied and often elated, this experience becomes the source of an organizational competitive advantage in what is often a highly competitive marketplace (Royster,
1997). The loyalty displayed by returning customers is equally considered to be the foundation of a sustainable business (Caruana,2002) and quality aspects are pivotal to their idea to return to do further business with, for example, a hotel