TY - JOUR T1 - Customer Satisfaction Towards Three Star Hotels in Kelantan, Malaysia AU - Al-Mamun, Abdullah AU - Raston, Nursalihah bt Ahmad AU - Hamidi, Suaidah Binti JO - The Social Sciences VL - 9 IS - 3 SP - 182 EP - 188 PY - 2014 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2014.182.188 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2014.182.188 KW - consumer satisfaction KW -trust KW -value KW -Perceived quality KW -three star hotels AB - The primary objective of this study is to examine how perceived quality, value and trust affect consumer satisfaction among three star hotels in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. This study used a cross-sectional design and self-administrated questionnaire to collect data from the consumers of three star hotels including; tune hotel, crystal lodge habib hotel, crown garden hotel, sutera inn prima and royal guest house. Findings of this study noted a significant model fit and revealed that perceived value and trust have a significant positive effect on consumer satisfaction. Besides, providing investment tax allowance to encourage domestic and foreign investment to build new luxury hotels, the ministry of tourism, Malaysia should, therefore also focus on designing a framework for continuous assessment of customer satisfaction and provide a supportive environment for three star hotels to upgrade their quality up to four or five star hotels. ER -