The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of customer relationship management dimensions on the performance of hotels in Egypt a case of Cairo hotels. The general objective of the study was to examine the role of customer relationship management dimensions on the performance of hotels in Cairo. The dimensions selected for this study and which formed the specific objectives of the study were: to find out the effect of customer retention(CR), customer satisfaction(CS), customer feedback(CF), and data warehousing( DW) on the performance of hotel industry in Cairo. The study adopted a mixed research approach which was both quantitative and qualitative using descriptive survey. The population of the study was 150 managers of classified hotels in Cairo. The sampling technique that was used was random sampling. Data collection methods involved primary and secondary data. The empirical research is undertaken via a survey of one to five-star hotels around Cairo. The questionnaire which was used to collect data after it had been piloted for validity and reliability. In this study 123 hotels were surveyed to ascertain their level of use of strategic management dimensions of hotels performance. The correlations between the four strategic drivers were evaluated by using various statics tools and instruments. The main finding of this research is CRM dimensions had a positive influence on hotel performance. The overall results indicated that there was a highly significant linear relationship between customer retention (CR) strategy and hotel performance and a moderately significant linear relationship between customer satisfaction (CS), customer feedback (CF) and hotel performance and a moderately low significant relationship between data warehousing (DW) and hotel performance. The study recognized CRM dimensions as some of the tools that enhance performance in the hotel industry. It recommended to hotels that they should embrace the adoption of CRM dimensions. This research will go a long way in assisting hotels in identifying and adopting CRM dimensions in order to enhance their performance. Enhanced performance through the adoption of CRM dimensions will help hotels to create jobs, improve the economy as well as making Egypt hotels more competitive in the global hotel industry.
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management Dimensions, Egypt Hotels, Hotel performance
