Purpose This study aims to examine how cruise ship dinescapes, as a specific type of organized and staged service environment, influence customers’ attitudes, on-board behaviour, satisfaction and behavioural intentions. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected using a cross-sectional...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore the contextual influences of packaging design and its cues on respondents' preferences. Design/methodology/approach: To explore the contextuality of packaging cues, a multi-attribute valuation technique, conjoint analysis was used for two types of...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore what luxury represents to contemporary consumers in their own life contexts. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed-methods qualitative approach was adopted that comprised individual, personal interviews and focused interviews with small groups....

Purpose: The impact of colour is acknowledged within the marketing field. However, research on colour communication is limited, with most prior studies focusing on pre-defined meanings or colour associations. The purpose of this paper is to reveal insights into colour meaning and propose an...

Purpose This study aims to explore factors affecting travellers’ food-related behaviour by focusing on the local food market. By doing so, the study contributes to the research on food experience in tourism and food-based regional development. The local food phenomenon presents essential...

Purpose – Consumers gift themselves with luxury fashion brands, yet the motives for self-gifting are not well understood. Whereas traditionally, self-gifting is defined as self-orientated in nature, luxury brands are seen as social statements, and self-gifting of luxury fashion brands that...