Xiaobin Zhang

Dr. Xiaobin Zhang


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 November 2021 in Sustainability
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XZXiaobin Zhang
Xiaobin Zhang
Hak-Seon KimHak-Seon Kim
Hak-Seon Kim
Online customer reviews have become a significant information source for scholars and practitioners to understand customer experience and its association with their satisfaction to maintain the sustainable development of relative industries. Thus, this study attempted to find the underlying dimensionality in online customer reviews reflecting customers experience in the Hong Kong Disneyland hotel and identified its relationship with customer satisfaction. Semantic network analysis by Netdraw and factor analysis and linear regression analysis by SPSS 26.0 (IBM, New York, NY, USA) were applied for data analysis. As a result, 70 keywords with high frequency were extracted, and their connection to each other was calculated based on their centralities. Consequently, seven factors were explored by exploratory factor analysis, and moreover, three factors, “Family Empathy”, “Value”, and “Food Quality”, were testified to be negatively related to customer satisfaction. The findings of this study, to a great extent, could be utilized as a research scheme for future research to investigate theme hotels with big data analytics of online customer reviews. More importantly, some new insights and practical implications for the future research and industry development were provided and discussed as well.

30 August 2023 in Sustainability
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JUN YUJUN YU
JUN YU
XZXiaobin Zhang
Xiaobin Zhang
Hak-Seon KimHak-Seon Kim
Hak-Seon Kim
With the diverse demands of customers for their accommodation experiences, integrated resorts have emerged and have been popular among tourists. Meanwhile, in the context of Tourism and Hospitality 4.0, online information collection and marketing has been one of the most effective strategies for industry operators and investors. Thus, the present study adopted online reviews generated by customers themselves to explore their experience and satisfaction with integrated resorts. With the qualitative and quantitative analyses of online customer reviews, firstly, 70 prominent keywords were extracted from the reviews, and some general understanding was obtained from the top frequent words. After conducting a semantic network analysis of the top frequent words, significant and central words in the network were identified, which were utilized as basic variables for the specific exploration of factors reflecting customers’ experience. In the meantime, four dimensions, “Amenities”, “Entertainment”, “Tourist”, and “Atmosphere”, were garnered via CONCOR analysis to illustrate the key dimensions of customers’ cognition and awareness towards resorts. At last, a quantitative analysis with an exploration factor analysis and a linear regression analysis were conducted to testify the correlation between customer experience and satisfaction. Three factors, “environment”, “staff service”, and “food service”, have a significant effect on customer satisfaction. Analytics of online customer reviews with a big volume, which differ from traditional research methods by designed structure or content, could generate more comprehensive understanding and cognition of research subjects. The findings obtained from analytics could provide baseline information for future research and industry development and promotion.

28 November 2025 in International Journal of Tourism Research
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XZXiaobin Zhang
Xiaobin Zhang
Shuting TaoShuting Tao
Shuting Tao
Hak-Seon KimHak-Seon Kim
Hak-Seon Kim
Unlike standardized hotels B&Bs not only provide customers with lodging services but also serve as a space for them to relax or to satisfy their pursuit of emotional experience, and so on. The present study was conducted to more fully understand B&Bs' psychological impact on their attitude and loyalty from the perspective of tourists' image congruity and perceived value. A valid sample of 609 respondents obtained by convenience sampling was analysed using PLS‐SEM. The results show that, except for the association between self‐image congruity and customer attitude, all hypothesized relationships among the research variables are confirmed. Moreover, the impact of customers' age was verified as moderating the association between customers' image congruity and perceived value. Collectively, a research paradigm for future research is provided and its implications for industry development are fully discussed.