Website Transformation of a Latin American Airline: Effects of Cultural Aspects and User Experience on Business Performance

This paper describes a real case of redesigning a Chilean airline’s website, considering cultural elements, customer behavior, and general user experience. We analyzed usability issues and problems in the information architecture, such as a benchmarking for best practices in the current area. We con...

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Published inRevista IEEE América Latina Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 766 - 774
Main Authors Diaz, Jaime, Villareal, Angela, Aguirre, Andres, Collazos, Cesar, Rusu, Cristian, Quinones, Daniela, Virginica, Rusu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.05.2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Airlines
Benchmark testing
Business
Cross-cultural communication
Cultural differences
Cultural factors
Electronic commerce
Human computer interaction
IEEE transactions
Irrigation
User centered design
User experience
User interfaces
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Summary:This paper describes a real case of redesigning a Chilean airline’s website, considering cultural elements, customer behavior, and general user experience. We analyzed usability issues and problems in the information architecture, such as a benchmarking for best practices in the current area. We considered Hofstede's cultural recommendations, and previous work, to propose the final design. Different experiments and more than 40 direct participants worked in the current proposal. After a year of the implementation, and more than 4,000 transactions, the company obtained significant improvements and a better position on the market.
ISSN:1548-0992
1548-0992
DOI:10.1109/TLA.2019.8891945