Tapping into Chinese Luxury Travelers

Motivation Configuration of Bluxury Tourism Behavior: An FsQCA Application

“…Our approach revealed complex combinations of motivations related to tourists' decisions to engage (or not) in bluxury tourism, rather than simply considering the linear effects of a single motivation. These findings complement previous studies (Correia et al, 2019;Zhang & Tse, 2018) by providing an intricate analysis of business tourists' participation in bluxury tourism.…”

Independent travelers’ niche hotel booking motivations: the emergence of a hybrid cultural society

“…This demographic group, which largely forms the independent Chinese traveler segment, seeks unique experiences, exchanging traditional five-star multinational hotels for niche and small independent properties (Jing Daily, 2012;Sell, 2015). These young independent Chinese travelers increasingly avoid mainstream travel offerings, gravitating to high-end niche hotel products, which have been forecasted as a growing trend (Sell, 2015;Zhang and Tse, 2018).…”

“…With more than 30 years of exposure to the outside world, China and its people have been introduced to "foreign" cultures from many nations (Zhang and Shavitt, 2003;Hsu and Huang, 2016). The previously mysterious and unknown cultures from around the world have attracted Chinese travelers and affluent independent travelers who are eager for new experiences, especially foreign style offerings and service (Sell, 2015;Zhang and Tse, 2018). Butler service, which originated in medieval times, previously involved a type of domestic servant in Chinese households who was in charge of chores, has been introduced to Independent Travelers' Niche Hotel Booking Motivations 30…”

Conspicuous consumption and hospitality at a wine festival in China

“…As hospitality businesses and researchers seek to understand Chinese consumers at home and abroad, this study makes a significant contribution by exploring how Veblen's analysis might map onto Chinese consumption patterns and spaces of hospitality. There is often negativity about Chinese CC links to hospitality in the western media, with accusations that it turns hospitality spaces such as hotels into inhospitable ones because of too much consumption, noisy interaction, inequality and conspicuous waste (Jin et al 2015;Zhang and Tse 2018). When mapped onto hospitality spaces, Chinese luxury consumption is often seen as superficial, noisy and flashy.…”