Response strategy of Thua Thien Hue hotel businesses in crisis management: A case study of the COVID-19
Vol. 133 No. 5B (2024), Original Article
Vol. 133 No. 5B (2024)

Response strategy of Thua Thien Hue hotel businesses in crisis management: A case study of the COVID-19

Original Article
https://doi.org/10.26459/hueunijed.v133i5B.7378
Published 2024-06-28
Nguyen Thi Minh Nghia
School of Hospitality and Tourism, Hue University, 22 Lam Hoang St., Hue, Vietnam
Tran Huu Tuan
School of Hospitality and Tourism, Hue University, 22 Lam Hoang St., Hue, Vietnam

Keywords

crisis management
response strategy
resilience
tourism businesses
COVID-19
Thua Thien Hue quản lý khủng hoảng
chiến lược ứng phó
khả năng phục hồi
doanh nghiệp du lịch
COVID-19
Thừa Thiên Huế

Abstract

Health measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, such as travel restrictions and quarantines, cause severe difficulties for the tourism and hospitality industries. This requires emergency response strategies to help hotel businesses respond and recover from the negative impacts of the crisis. Based on the theoretical framework of pandemic crisis management, this study explores response strategies in crisis management of hotel businesses in Thua Thien Hue Province in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews with 15 hotel managers, and then thematic analysis explored the hotels' coping strategies, including (1) savings and survival strategies, (2) “hibernation” or service transformation strategies, and (3) recovery and innovation strategies. This study is significant because it is the first empirical study to explore the response strategies of hotel businesses based on a pandemic crisis management framework, which may be useful for hotel managers planning for the next crisis.

https://doi.org/10.26459/hueunijed.v133i5B.7378

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