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ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org
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An Empirical study on Service Quality and
Customer Satisfaction of Panthanivas in
Bhubaneswar in relation to SERVQUAL Model
1
Dr. Ranjan Kumar Kantha, 2
Ch Siddharth Nanda
Abstract: In this competitive era creating and sustaining the quality of service to meet the expectation of customers
is of utmost importance. Understanding the zone of tolerance of consumers and taking innovative measures can
certainly enhance the business opportunities and increase market share.
Service quality and customer satisfaction are the vital aspects which companies must understand in order to gain a
competitive advantage. Therefore it is has become imperative for companies to know how to improve the moments
of truth in a positive way in the mind of customers, measure and analyze the consumer trends and preferences.
Service quality is of utmost importance as it leads to higher customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and retention.
Further a it also helps to garner higher profit margins through cross selling and up selling.
The purpose of this paper is to study the customer expectations of the customers about the quality of service
offerings by Panthanivas in Bhubaneswar and measure the customer satisfaction on various services offered using
SERVEQUAL Model.
Keywords: zone of tolerance, moments of truth, Service quality, customer expectations, customer satisfaction,
SERVEQUAL Model.
1. INTRODUCTION
SERVQUAL, the multi-item index developed by Parasuraman et al., as a result of their extensive research on service
quality, has major significance in initiating research on the dimensions of the service quality construct. These dimensions,
revealed by the factor analysis, were named as tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, communication, credibility, security,
competence, courtesy, understanding/knowing the customer, and access. Later, some of the original dimensions were
combined, leading into a five-dimensional index: tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance (credibility, security,
competence, courtesy) and empathy (communication knowing/understanding the customer, and access).
Today, the hotels have become highly competitive. It is not only focusing on providing wide range of products to create
competitive advantages; but also emphasises on the importance of services, particularly in maintaining service quality
(Sousa 1999). Using the service quality model (SERVQUAL of Zeithaml et al, 1988), A study of customers of
Bhubaneswar Panthanivas was undertaken to identify the differences between the respondent’s expectation and perception
toward the service quality. Further, the study also attempts to identify the customers’ expectations of services and their
respective performances.
In view of the above mentioned facts, an analysis of service quality perceptions from the customer’s point of view may
sound interesting at this juncture. Such an analysis will provide Panthanivas a quantitative estimate of their services being
perceived with intricate details such as whether hotels are meeting, exceeding or are below the perceptions of their
respective customers.
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Objectives of the study:
 Measure the customer satisfaction on various services offered by Panthanivas in Bhubaneswar.
 Study the customer expectation about the service offering and service quality and find out the gap between customer
perception and expectation by using SERVEQUAL Model.
Importance of the study:
 Each and every research work has its own significance and importance. In this present situation this study also under
go through some constraints but at the same time it also carries its own significance and importance. The under lying
points are the importance of this study.
 To identify the service gap and suggest a better solution to bridge the service gap.
 To suggest how to give more value to the customer, so that to retain them for a longer period of time.
 To assist for service recovery.
2. RESEARCH DESIGN
This piece of work is an effort through the under lying methods and measures considered at the time of collection of data
and analyze the same.
Sources of data:
The data required for the present study are collected from both secondary and primary sources.
 The secondary Data was collected from Internet.
 The primary data are collected from customer’s guests through structured questionnaires.
Method of data collection:
The researcher has collected relevant literature and other information related to the topic from the internet.
For primary data, structured Questionnaires were administered and Personal Interviews conducted wherever necessary to
elicit relevant information and never the less observations drawn in Panthanivas to get the information.
Data collection instruments:
The research data was collected from the respondants by means of a structured questionnaire, which consists of some
close ended questions, multiple-choice and rating scales.
3. QUESTIONNAIRE
Service Quality Audit
Name (optional)
Age [under 25 ] [ 25 to 34 ] [ 35 to 44 ] [ 45 and above ]
Gender [Male ] [ Female]
Profession [student] [house wife] [ self employed ] [ working executive ]
Income P. A in INR [ Less than 1,00,000] [ 1,00,000 – 2,00,000][2,00,000 – 3,00,000] [ 4,00,000 and above ]
Purpose of Visit [ Holiday] [Business] [ Others]
:-
7 is Strongly Agree and 1 is Strongly Disagree.
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Table: 1
Sl. No Panthanivas Features to be evaluated by the customer Expected Rating Actual Rating
01 Panthanivas should have modern equipments.
02 The physical facilities at Panthanivas are attractive and appealing.
03 Persons working at Panthanivas are neat in appearance and well dressed.
04 Materials associated with the service (such as pamphlets or statements) are
visually appealing.
05 When the Panthanivas promises to do something by a certain time they do so.
06 When a guest has a problem, the Panthanivas shows a sincere interest in solving it.
07 The Panthanivas does the right thing at right time.
08 The Panthanivas provides their services at the time they promise to do so..
09 Panthanivas insists on error-free records.
10 Personnel in the Panthanivas tell you exactly when services will be performed..
11 Personnel in the Panthanivas give you prompt service..
12 Personnel in the Panthanivas always be willing to help you.
13 Personnel in Panthanivas immediately respond to your requests.
14 The behavior of personnel in the Panthanivas will instill confidence in you..
15 You feel safe in your dealings with the Panthanivas.
16 Personnel in the Panthanivas are consistently courteous with you..
17 Personnel in the Panthanivas have the knowledge to answer your questions..
18 The Panthanivas gives you individual attention..
19 The Panthanivas has operating hours convenient to you.
20 The Panthanivas has personnel who give you personal attention.
21 Excellent Panthanivas will have the guests' best interests at heart.
22 The personnel of the Panthanivas will understand your specific needs.
4. DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
The primary data processed with the help of computer and the raw data is classified into different groups. The raw scores
were tabulated and the mean scores, standard deviations computed. Statistical test like t- test and Chi square were
implemented to study the significance of the mean scores. Complex statistical tools like factor analysis were also used to
make the study more scientific and extract the factors of effectiveness.
Analytical Tools:
 Percentiles – Percentiles are the values which divide the series into 100 equal parts. This tool has been used to analyze
the data.
 Factor analysis - The factor analysis is used to know the most important factor as per the respondent’s preference and
as per the Panthanivas executives.
 Standard deviation - Standard deviation is used both in expected and actual data.
 Mean, median, mode, and range of the frequencies are also calculated.
 T-test and Chi Square test were done for testing the significance of the mean scores..
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Data Analysis:
SAMPLE PROFILE:
The demographic backgrounds of the sample respondents in five parameters are presented in Table -2 to understand the
customer profiles i.e., age, gender, profession, income and purpose.
Table - 2
Sample Profile
F %
Age
Below 18 years 2 2.7
19 - 30 years 19 25.7
31 - 50 years 30 40.5
50 years and above 23 31.1
Sex
Male 67 90.5
Female 7 9.5
Profession
Student 0 0.0
Professional 0 0.0
Entrepreneurs 27 36.5
Working Executive 47 63.5
Income
Less than Rs.1 lakh 0 0.0
Rs.1 – 2 lakh 0 0.0
Rs.2 –3 lakh 41 55.4
Rs.4 lakh and above 33 44.6
Purpose
Holiday 37 50.0
Business 28 37.8
Others 9 12.2
Total 74 100
5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In line with the objectives of the study, the main areas of questioning and analysis concerned expectations and perceptions
of service quality and its dimensions: tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. As already stated,
expectations and perceptions were measured on a seven point strongly disagree to strongly agree scale. Mean differences
between expectations and perceptions of service quality of hotels and their respective customers’ were calculated
separately for the hotels, under study, followed by a t-test to determine the level of significant difference. The results
obtained from this computation are presented in following Tables
The Service Quality Dimensions:
The model suggests five dimensions of service quality. They are tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and
empathy. These dimensions pertaining to different initial variables are presented in Table 3.
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Table - 3 Variables of the SERVQUAL Model
Sl. No. Initial Variables Service quality dimensions
1 Modern Looking Equipment
Tangibility
2 Visually Appealing Physical Facilities
3 Neat Appearance of Employees
4 Visually Appealing Materials
5 Keeping Promises
Reliability
6 Sincere in Solving Customer Problems
7 Dependable in Transactions
8 Provide Services as Promised
9 Keeping Accurate Records
10 Inform When Service will be Performed
Responsiveness
11 Prompt Service from Employees
12 Employees’ Willingness to Help
13 Employees’ Response to Requests
14 Customers’ Confidence on Employees
Assurance
15 Safe Feeling of Customers in Transaction
16 Courteous Employees
17 Adequate Support to Employees
18 Individual Attention by Hotel
Empathy
19 Personal Attention by Employees
20 Understanding Specific Needs of the Customers
21 Customers’ Best Interests at Heart
22 Convenient Operating Hours
Cronbach Alpha Reliability Test Results:
Cronbach alpha reliability test was ran on the data collected to determine the reliability of data collected. Results in table-
4 shows that all the values were above 0.73. Nunnally (1978) suggested that the minimum of 0.70 would be an acceptable
level.
Table –4 Reliability test of five service quality dimensions
Factor Panthanivas customer’s
Expectation Performance
Tangibility 0.977 0.926
Reliability 0.843 0.949
Responsiveness 0.734 0.975
Assurance 0.973 0.917
Empathy 0.968 0.943
6. COMPARISON OF EXPECTATION AND PERFORMANCE
A comparison between opinion of respondents for perceptions and expectations exhibits that out of the five dimensions of
service quality gaps all are negative indicating customer dissatisfaction. The views of the sample respondents regarding
the services offered by the Panthanivas under study are presented in Table - 5
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Table- 5 Comparison of Expectation and Performance
Service
Dimensions
Expectation
Mean
Expectation
SD
Performance
Mean
Performance
SD
Service
gap
t
value
Tangibility 6.50 0.75 5.84 0.61 -0.66 10.91
Reliability 6.56 0.53 5.87 0.63 -0.69 14.11
Responsiveness 6.58 0.47 6.03 0.76 -0.54 8.82
Assurance 6.54 0.73 5.68 0.58 -0.85 12.96
Empathy 6.54 0.67 5.71 0.65 -0.82 13.94
(All the T values are significant at 1% level )
After an overall view of the respondents as a whole, the comparison of service quality dimensions among the (n = 74 is
discussed in this section, which partially fulfill the objectives of this study. Table -7 shows the descriptive statistics on the
dimension of quality of the hotel. It was observed that all dimensions of service quality ware showing negative gap.
7. LIMITATIONS OF STUDY
 Financial constraint is also a great factor of limitation.
 Customers were not interested to give personal opinion.
 The study was restricted to only Bhubaneswar.
8. CONCLUSION
Hence, an understanding of the consumers perceived service quality and measuring service quality can immensely help
the organisations. Using the SERVQUAL model to assess service quality enables the organizations to understand the
various dimensions and how they affect service quality and customer satisfaction.
Analysing, monitoring and improving service quality based on the changing taste and preferences of customers can
certainly give a boost to the brand equity of the company and help it to establish itself as an iconic brand.
REFERENCES
[1] Parasuraman, A., Valarie A. Zeithaml , and Leonard L. Berry (1985), “A Conceptual Model of Service Quality in its
Implications for Future Research,” Journal of Marketing, 49 (Fall), 41-50.
[2] Zeithaml, Valarie A., Mary Jo Bitner (1990), Services Marketing, New York, Irwin McGraw Hill.
[3] Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V.A., and Berry, L.L. (1988): SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring
consumer perceptions of service quality. Journal of Retailing, 64, 41-50.
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SERVQUAL

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An Empirical study on Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction of Panthanivas in Bhubaneswar in relation to SERVQUAL Model

  • 1. ISSN 2349-7807 International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org Page | 250 Paper Publications An Empirical study on Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction of Panthanivas in Bhubaneswar in relation to SERVQUAL Model 1 Dr. Ranjan Kumar Kantha, 2 Ch Siddharth Nanda Abstract: In this competitive era creating and sustaining the quality of service to meet the expectation of customers is of utmost importance. Understanding the zone of tolerance of consumers and taking innovative measures can certainly enhance the business opportunities and increase market share. Service quality and customer satisfaction are the vital aspects which companies must understand in order to gain a competitive advantage. Therefore it is has become imperative for companies to know how to improve the moments of truth in a positive way in the mind of customers, measure and analyze the consumer trends and preferences. Service quality is of utmost importance as it leads to higher customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and retention. Further a it also helps to garner higher profit margins through cross selling and up selling. The purpose of this paper is to study the customer expectations of the customers about the quality of service offerings by Panthanivas in Bhubaneswar and measure the customer satisfaction on various services offered using SERVEQUAL Model. Keywords: zone of tolerance, moments of truth, Service quality, customer expectations, customer satisfaction, SERVEQUAL Model. 1. INTRODUCTION SERVQUAL, the multi-item index developed by Parasuraman et al., as a result of their extensive research on service quality, has major significance in initiating research on the dimensions of the service quality construct. These dimensions, revealed by the factor analysis, were named as tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, communication, credibility, security, competence, courtesy, understanding/knowing the customer, and access. Later, some of the original dimensions were combined, leading into a five-dimensional index: tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance (credibility, security, competence, courtesy) and empathy (communication knowing/understanding the customer, and access). Today, the hotels have become highly competitive. It is not only focusing on providing wide range of products to create competitive advantages; but also emphasises on the importance of services, particularly in maintaining service quality (Sousa 1999). Using the service quality model (SERVQUAL of Zeithaml et al, 1988), A study of customers of Bhubaneswar Panthanivas was undertaken to identify the differences between the respondent’s expectation and perception toward the service quality. Further, the study also attempts to identify the customers’ expectations of services and their respective performances. In view of the above mentioned facts, an analysis of service quality perceptions from the customer’s point of view may sound interesting at this juncture. Such an analysis will provide Panthanivas a quantitative estimate of their services being perceived with intricate details such as whether hotels are meeting, exceeding or are below the perceptions of their respective customers.
  • 2. ISSN 2349-7807 International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org Page | 251 Paper Publications Objectives of the study:  Measure the customer satisfaction on various services offered by Panthanivas in Bhubaneswar.  Study the customer expectation about the service offering and service quality and find out the gap between customer perception and expectation by using SERVEQUAL Model. Importance of the study:  Each and every research work has its own significance and importance. In this present situation this study also under go through some constraints but at the same time it also carries its own significance and importance. The under lying points are the importance of this study.  To identify the service gap and suggest a better solution to bridge the service gap.  To suggest how to give more value to the customer, so that to retain them for a longer period of time.  To assist for service recovery. 2. RESEARCH DESIGN This piece of work is an effort through the under lying methods and measures considered at the time of collection of data and analyze the same. Sources of data: The data required for the present study are collected from both secondary and primary sources.  The secondary Data was collected from Internet.  The primary data are collected from customer’s guests through structured questionnaires. Method of data collection: The researcher has collected relevant literature and other information related to the topic from the internet. For primary data, structured Questionnaires were administered and Personal Interviews conducted wherever necessary to elicit relevant information and never the less observations drawn in Panthanivas to get the information. Data collection instruments: The research data was collected from the respondants by means of a structured questionnaire, which consists of some close ended questions, multiple-choice and rating scales. 3. QUESTIONNAIRE Service Quality Audit Name (optional) Age [under 25 ] [ 25 to 34 ] [ 35 to 44 ] [ 45 and above ] Gender [Male ] [ Female] Profession [student] [house wife] [ self employed ] [ working executive ] Income P. A in INR [ Less than 1,00,000] [ 1,00,000 – 2,00,000][2,00,000 – 3,00,000] [ 4,00,000 and above ] Purpose of Visit [ Holiday] [Business] [ Others] :- 7 is Strongly Agree and 1 is Strongly Disagree.
  • 3. ISSN 2349-7807 International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org Page | 252 Paper Publications Table: 1 Sl. No Panthanivas Features to be evaluated by the customer Expected Rating Actual Rating 01 Panthanivas should have modern equipments. 02 The physical facilities at Panthanivas are attractive and appealing. 03 Persons working at Panthanivas are neat in appearance and well dressed. 04 Materials associated with the service (such as pamphlets or statements) are visually appealing. 05 When the Panthanivas promises to do something by a certain time they do so. 06 When a guest has a problem, the Panthanivas shows a sincere interest in solving it. 07 The Panthanivas does the right thing at right time. 08 The Panthanivas provides their services at the time they promise to do so.. 09 Panthanivas insists on error-free records. 10 Personnel in the Panthanivas tell you exactly when services will be performed.. 11 Personnel in the Panthanivas give you prompt service.. 12 Personnel in the Panthanivas always be willing to help you. 13 Personnel in Panthanivas immediately respond to your requests. 14 The behavior of personnel in the Panthanivas will instill confidence in you.. 15 You feel safe in your dealings with the Panthanivas. 16 Personnel in the Panthanivas are consistently courteous with you.. 17 Personnel in the Panthanivas have the knowledge to answer your questions.. 18 The Panthanivas gives you individual attention.. 19 The Panthanivas has operating hours convenient to you. 20 The Panthanivas has personnel who give you personal attention. 21 Excellent Panthanivas will have the guests' best interests at heart. 22 The personnel of the Panthanivas will understand your specific needs. 4. DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS The primary data processed with the help of computer and the raw data is classified into different groups. The raw scores were tabulated and the mean scores, standard deviations computed. Statistical test like t- test and Chi square were implemented to study the significance of the mean scores. Complex statistical tools like factor analysis were also used to make the study more scientific and extract the factors of effectiveness. Analytical Tools:  Percentiles – Percentiles are the values which divide the series into 100 equal parts. This tool has been used to analyze the data.  Factor analysis - The factor analysis is used to know the most important factor as per the respondent’s preference and as per the Panthanivas executives.  Standard deviation - Standard deviation is used both in expected and actual data.  Mean, median, mode, and range of the frequencies are also calculated.  T-test and Chi Square test were done for testing the significance of the mean scores..
  • 4. ISSN 2349-7807 International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org Page | 253 Paper Publications Data Analysis: SAMPLE PROFILE: The demographic backgrounds of the sample respondents in five parameters are presented in Table -2 to understand the customer profiles i.e., age, gender, profession, income and purpose. Table - 2 Sample Profile F % Age Below 18 years 2 2.7 19 - 30 years 19 25.7 31 - 50 years 30 40.5 50 years and above 23 31.1 Sex Male 67 90.5 Female 7 9.5 Profession Student 0 0.0 Professional 0 0.0 Entrepreneurs 27 36.5 Working Executive 47 63.5 Income Less than Rs.1 lakh 0 0.0 Rs.1 – 2 lakh 0 0.0 Rs.2 –3 lakh 41 55.4 Rs.4 lakh and above 33 44.6 Purpose Holiday 37 50.0 Business 28 37.8 Others 9 12.2 Total 74 100 5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In line with the objectives of the study, the main areas of questioning and analysis concerned expectations and perceptions of service quality and its dimensions: tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. As already stated, expectations and perceptions were measured on a seven point strongly disagree to strongly agree scale. Mean differences between expectations and perceptions of service quality of hotels and their respective customers’ were calculated separately for the hotels, under study, followed by a t-test to determine the level of significant difference. The results obtained from this computation are presented in following Tables The Service Quality Dimensions: The model suggests five dimensions of service quality. They are tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. These dimensions pertaining to different initial variables are presented in Table 3.
  • 5. ISSN 2349-7807 International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org Page | 254 Paper Publications Table - 3 Variables of the SERVQUAL Model Sl. No. Initial Variables Service quality dimensions 1 Modern Looking Equipment Tangibility 2 Visually Appealing Physical Facilities 3 Neat Appearance of Employees 4 Visually Appealing Materials 5 Keeping Promises Reliability 6 Sincere in Solving Customer Problems 7 Dependable in Transactions 8 Provide Services as Promised 9 Keeping Accurate Records 10 Inform When Service will be Performed Responsiveness 11 Prompt Service from Employees 12 Employees’ Willingness to Help 13 Employees’ Response to Requests 14 Customers’ Confidence on Employees Assurance 15 Safe Feeling of Customers in Transaction 16 Courteous Employees 17 Adequate Support to Employees 18 Individual Attention by Hotel Empathy 19 Personal Attention by Employees 20 Understanding Specific Needs of the Customers 21 Customers’ Best Interests at Heart 22 Convenient Operating Hours Cronbach Alpha Reliability Test Results: Cronbach alpha reliability test was ran on the data collected to determine the reliability of data collected. Results in table- 4 shows that all the values were above 0.73. Nunnally (1978) suggested that the minimum of 0.70 would be an acceptable level. Table –4 Reliability test of five service quality dimensions Factor Panthanivas customer’s Expectation Performance Tangibility 0.977 0.926 Reliability 0.843 0.949 Responsiveness 0.734 0.975 Assurance 0.973 0.917 Empathy 0.968 0.943 6. COMPARISON OF EXPECTATION AND PERFORMANCE A comparison between opinion of respondents for perceptions and expectations exhibits that out of the five dimensions of service quality gaps all are negative indicating customer dissatisfaction. The views of the sample respondents regarding the services offered by the Panthanivas under study are presented in Table - 5
  • 6. ISSN 2349-7807 International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (250-255), Month: October - December 2015, Available at: www.paperpublications.org Page | 255 Paper Publications Table- 5 Comparison of Expectation and Performance Service Dimensions Expectation Mean Expectation SD Performance Mean Performance SD Service gap t value Tangibility 6.50 0.75 5.84 0.61 -0.66 10.91 Reliability 6.56 0.53 5.87 0.63 -0.69 14.11 Responsiveness 6.58 0.47 6.03 0.76 -0.54 8.82 Assurance 6.54 0.73 5.68 0.58 -0.85 12.96 Empathy 6.54 0.67 5.71 0.65 -0.82 13.94 (All the T values are significant at 1% level ) After an overall view of the respondents as a whole, the comparison of service quality dimensions among the (n = 74 is discussed in this section, which partially fulfill the objectives of this study. Table -7 shows the descriptive statistics on the dimension of quality of the hotel. It was observed that all dimensions of service quality ware showing negative gap. 7. LIMITATIONS OF STUDY  Financial constraint is also a great factor of limitation.  Customers were not interested to give personal opinion.  The study was restricted to only Bhubaneswar. 8. CONCLUSION Hence, an understanding of the consumers perceived service quality and measuring service quality can immensely help the organisations. Using the SERVQUAL model to assess service quality enables the organizations to understand the various dimensions and how they affect service quality and customer satisfaction. Analysing, monitoring and improving service quality based on the changing taste and preferences of customers can certainly give a boost to the brand equity of the company and help it to establish itself as an iconic brand. REFERENCES [1] Parasuraman, A., Valarie A. Zeithaml , and Leonard L. Berry (1985), “A Conceptual Model of Service Quality in its Implications for Future Research,” Journal of Marketing, 49 (Fall), 41-50. [2] Zeithaml, Valarie A., Mary Jo Bitner (1990), Services Marketing, New York, Irwin McGraw Hill. [3] Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V.A., and Berry, L.L. (1988): SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality. Journal of Retailing, 64, 41-50. [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SERVQUAL