Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to examine marketing mix (7Ps) and service quality affecting travellers satisfaction in choosing the service of restaurants in Hua Hin area, Prachuap Khiri Khan. After analyzing personal factors of 400 respondents, the data, which had classified into sex, age, education, occupation, and salary, revealed that many of the respondents were male, aged 21 30, with a bachelors degree, being employees, and earned average monthly income more than 30,001 Baht. The marketing mix: product, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence, and process were important at a high level. Also, service qualities: assurance and reliability were important at a high level as well as consumer satisfaction. The findings indicated that restaurant consumers satisfaction was at a high level. Primary hypothesis: marketing mix (7Ps) affects consumer satisfaction in choosing the service of restaurants in Hua Hin area. The results showed that product, price, promotion, physical evidence, and process influenced consumer satisfaction. Secondary hypothesis: service quality affects consumer satisfaction in choosing the service of restaurants in Hua Hin area. The results showed that assurance and reliability influenced consumer satisfaction. For the analysis of positive marketing factors affected consumer satisfaction in choosing the service of restaurants, the 1st level appeared to be product at 71.64 percent, the 2nd level was price at 13.43 percent, the 3rd level was physical evidence at 2.99 percent, the 4th level was people at 2.24 percent, the 5th level was process at 2.24 percent, and the 6th level was place at 1.49 percent. Similarly, negative marketing factors, that affected consumer satisfaction in choosing the service of restaurants, were product at 2.98 percent being the 1st level, process at 1.49 percent being the 2nd level, promotion at 0.75 percent being the 3rd level, and physical evidence at 0.75 percent being the 4th level. In contrast, service quality in both positive and negative aspects did not influence consumer satisfaction in choosing the service of restaurants.