Using an Importance}Performance Analysis (IPA), this paper examined business and leisure travellers' perceived importance and
performance of six hotel selection factors in the Hong Kong hotel industry. The six hotel selection factors identi"ed were: Service
Quality, Business Facilities, Value, Room and Front Desk, Food and Recreation, and Security. Both business and leisure travellers
held the same perceptions towards all the six hotel selection factors. The IPA grids illustrated that the Value factor fell into the
Concentrate Here quadrant; Service Quality, Room and Front Desk and Security in the Keep Up the Good Work quadrant; and
Business Facilities and Food and Recreation in the Low Priority quadrant. Room and Front Desk and Security were found to be the
determining factors for business and leisure travellers, respectively, in their hotel choice selection. Implications for Hong Kong
hoteliers and researchers were discussed. ( 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.