Abstract
The aim of this paper is to do a study of quality level measuring offered by different
companies which interact in the tourism segment of the city of Cartagena de Indias
in sectors as: Restaurants, clothing stores, Clubs and Cafe Internet, as a step to
know the level of customer satisfaction and thus, determinate possible actions for
improvement in the delivery of its services. Therefore, it’s proposed that these
companies use in their service’s measuring the SERVQUAL model, enabling them
first, identify which areas are failing; second, know what their customers need,
which is what they really want, and third, what are the steps to be followed to
achieve satisfied and loyal costumers.
For this investigation the mechanism most used for data collection was the survey,
it where made 3 different types to each sectors. These were made to managers,
employees and last, for customers. Then, with this information we proceeded to
analyze the results and draw conclusions about the service quality that each
company was providing. In this way, it was achieved the stated objective.