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Purpose: This paper aims to examine the influence of social media management practices on hotel performance. Originality/value: The hotel industry is undergoing organizational transformations due to the insertion of social media as a communication platform that engages customers. Given this, verifying whether social media can collaborate on internal resources and help the companies' performance has been a potential source of studies. Design/methodology/approach: The study sample comprised 67 hotels. To this end, hotel managers conducted face-to-face interviews to collect data from their respective hotels. Data were collected using social media management practices and performance measures measured through RevPAR (a revenue division by total rooms available) and online review scores from Booking.com. Exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were applied to evaluate the study's hypotheses from a quantitative approach. Findings: It was evidenced that social media management practices can be categorized into monitoring and comment responsing practices and the dimension of responsiveness and information dissemination practices. These practices positively influence hotel performance measured through online review scores and revenue measured through RevPAR. Given the results, it is expected that hotels will have competitive advantages by managing their resources with the help of social media and that studies in this sector will gain more visibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resumo Objetivo: Este artigo tem como objetivo examinar a influência das práticas de gerenciamento de mídias sociais no desempenho dos hotéis. Originalidade/valor: O setor hoteleiro está passando por algumas transformações gerenciais por causa da inserção das mídias sociais como plataformas de comunicação que envolvem os clientes. Diante disso, verificar se as mídias sociais podem colaborar nos recursos internos e ajudar no desempenho das empresas tem sido uma fonte potencial de estudos. Design/metodologia/abordagem: A amostra do estudo apresentou 67 hotéis. Para isso, foram realizadas entrevistas presenciais com gestores hoteleiros a fim de coletar os dados de seus respectivos hotéis. Coletaram-se dados sobre a utilização de práticas de gerenciamento de mídias sociais e sobre medidas de desempenho mensuradas por meio do RevPAR (divisão das receitas pelo total de quartos disponíveis) e das notas de avaliação on-line do site Booking.com. A partir de uma abordagem quantitativa, aplicaram-se as técnicas de análise fatorial exploratória e análise de regressão múltipla para avaliar as hipóteses do estudo. Resultados: Evidenciaram-se que as práticas de gerenciamento de mídias sociais podem ser categorizadas na dimensão de práticas de monitoramento e de resposta aos comentários, e na dimensão de práticas de responsividade e disseminação de informações. A utilização dessas práticas influencia positivamente no desempenho hoteleiro medido por meio de notas de avaliação on-line e nas receitas medidas por meio do RevPAR. Diante dos resultados, espera-se que os hotéis tenham vantagens competitivas ao gerenciarem seus recursos com a ajuda das mídias sociais e que estudos nesse setor ganhem mais visibilidade. / Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to examine the influence of social media management practices on hotel performance. Originality/value: The hotel industry is undergoing organizational transformations due to the insertion of social media as a communication platform that engages customers. Given this, verifying whether social media can collaborate on internal resources and help the companies’ performance has been a potential source of studies. Design/methodology/approach: The study sample comprised 67 hotels. To this end, hotel managers conducted face-to-face interviews to collect data from their respective hotels. Data were collected using social media management practices and performance measures measured through RevPAR (a revenue division by total rooms available) and online review scores from Booking.com. Exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were applied to evaluate the study’s hypotheses from a quantitative approach. Findings: It was evidenced that social media management practices can be categorized into monitoring and comment responsing practices and the dimension of responsiveness and information dissemination practices. These practices positively influence hotel performance measured through online review scores and revenue measured through RevPAR. Given the results, it is expected that hotels will have competitive advantages by managing their resources with the help of social media and that studies in this sector will gain more visibility.