Image has an impact on customer perceptions of the firm’s communication and operations in many aspects, which
makes it favourable to have a well-known positive image. If for example a hotel’s image is negative, the impact of
any mistake will often be magnified in the guest’s mind. On the other hand, a positive image will probably make
the guest neglect minor mistakes and oversee them. However if minor mistakes occur, the image will be damaged.
Grönroos (2001) express that image can be viewed as a filter in terms of a customer’s perception of quality.
Service quality from what they suggested that the quality evaluations are not made exclusively on the outcome of
service. Moreover they also involve evaluation of the service delivery process. The first dimension, when
evaluation happens after service performance, focus on ‘what’ service is delivered and called outcome quality.
The second dimension, process quality is when the evaluation occurs while the service is being performed. In
1988 they presented a definition of service quality which is ‘the degree of discrepancy between customer’s
normative expectations for the service and their perceptions of the service performance’ (Parasuraman 1988)
Brandy and Cronin (2001) presented a three-factor model describing service quality, ambient condition, facility
design and social factors. They define that service environment are elements of the service delivery process and it
seems best to include them as components of the functional dimension.