research methods
Data was collected from multiple cities of Pakistan who used services of eight renowned four and five stars hotel operating in Pakistan.
Survey questionnaires were personally administered during may to September,2010.
After multiple follow-ups, 190 questionnaires were successfully retrieved.
The SERVQUAL items in the questionnaire were adapted from the pioneering study conducted by Parasuraman et al's (1988) having five dimensions namely, tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy.
Kim and Kim (2005) scales were used for measuring brand loyalty (6-items).
The 5-point Likert scale was used to measure five dimension of service quality and customer loyalty where "1=strongly disagree" and "5=strongly agree".
Stepwise
regression analysis was employed to test the research hypothesis.