Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?

Current frameworks within wine tourism literature that assess the quality of the a cellar door visitation experience appear to be lacking in accurately capturing the impact of atmospherics. To explore this, the concept of brand congruence with atmospheric cues is introduced from services marketing l...

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Main Author: Thomas, Ben
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77661
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description Current frameworks within wine tourism literature that assess the quality of the a cellar door visitation experience appear to be lacking in accurately capturing the impact of atmospherics. To explore this, the concept of brand congruence with atmospheric cues is introduced from services marketing literature and examined using the case of two juxtaposed winery service environments within the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. Data was collected using a qualitative ethnographic method in which the author visited the two wineries and assessed their atmospherics via a framework adapted from existing wine tourism and services marketing literature. Insights highlight that two vastly different approaches to leveraging atmospheric cues can deliver high quality experiences that are aligned with brand image and positioning. Thus providing a more nuanced approach to assessing winery atmospheric quality
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-776612021-02-25T08:50:35Z Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics? Thomas, Ben Current frameworks within wine tourism literature that assess the quality of the a cellar door visitation experience appear to be lacking in accurately capturing the impact of atmospherics. To explore this, the concept of brand congruence with atmospheric cues is introduced from services marketing literature and examined using the case of two juxtaposed winery service environments within the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. Data was collected using a qualitative ethnographic method in which the author visited the two wineries and assessed their atmospherics via a framework adapted from existing wine tourism and services marketing literature. Insights highlight that two vastly different approaches to leveraging atmospheric cues can deliver high quality experiences that are aligned with brand image and positioning. Thus providing a more nuanced approach to assessing winery atmospheric quality 2019 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77661 restricted
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Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?
title Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?
title_full Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?
title_fullStr Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?
title_full_unstemmed Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?
title_short Brand Congruence’s Role in Assessing Winery Atmospherics?
title_sort brand congruence’s role in assessing winery atmospherics?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77661