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Providing quality service has become an increasingly important issue in the hopsitality industry. As customer expectation are influenced by advertising, it is important to better unserstand the perceptions of the service in relation to the service quality cues of the sdvertisement. The survey was administered to 105 customers in a hotel restaurant and analyzed41 printer advertisements of the hotel.This study revealed that relatively few service quality cues are contained in the advertisements. Tangible was the most popular advertising cue. A gap exiting between the perceptions of customers and the communication of service quality through advertising was identified. It is point out that more effort should be expended by service providers in determining the perceptions of customers before designing the advertisement. Providing quality service has become an increasingly important issue in the hospitality industry. As customer expectations are influenced by advertising, it is important to better understand the perceptions of the service in relation to the service quality cues of the advertisement. The survey was administered to 105 customers in a hotel restaurant and analyzed 41 printed advertisements of the hotel.This study revealed that relatively few service quality cues are contained in the advertisements. Tangible was the most popular advertising cue. A gap exiting between the perceptions of customers and the communication of service quality through advertising was identified. It is point out that more effort should be expended by service providers in determining the perceptions of customers before designing the advertisement.-1 -aRelatioship between Perceived Service Quality and Communication of Service Quality through Advertising for a Hotel Restaurant
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