The present study focused on atmospheric experiences as a factor for customers’ feelings of joy. In extension, there are other types of experiences not related to the construct of atmosphere. For example, a factor involved in customers’ feelings of joy could be ‘customer engagement’. Research has linked customer engagement to customers’ experience. Higgins (2006, p. 451) writes that: “ . . . when people experience strong engagement with something, they are involved, occupied, interested and attentive to it; they are absorbed or engrossed in it”. Pine and Gilmore (1999) stress the importance of engagement in customers’ experiences. Pine and Gilmore (1998, p. 12) state that customers’ experiences touch on: “. . . events that engage individuals in a personal way”. It seems that research has so far not understood or captured fully what is meant by customer engagement. Future research may be undertaken to enhance the understanding of this important, but seemingly elusive, construct. There are several important questions linked to customer engagement that future research may answer: