The Influence of Experiential Marketing on Customer Loyalty Through Customer Satisfaction as the Mediating Variable: Study at Food and Beverages Restaurant in Pontianak and Kubu Raya District

The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of Experiential Marketing to Customer Loyalty through Customer Satisfaction as the Mediating Variable in Food and Beverages Restaurant in Pontianak and Kuburaya District. The competition in culinary of Food and Beverage Restaurant is increasingly significant improving. In Culinary business sector is commonly known as a vulnerable business when it comes to the problem of the food taste consistency and service provided. From this point, the culinary businessmen of food and beverages restaurant want and need to make the customer satisfied and loyal to their businesses. From this point we can see that it is undeniable Customer loyalty plays an important factor in every industry, especially in creative industry such as culinary sectors. While Experiential Marketing with its 5 dimensions is used as the strategy to achieve the Customer Loyalty. The data obtained in this research by distributing the online questionnaires and the data is analyze Structural Equation Model Partial Least Square (SEMPLS) method. To conduct analysis using PLS method, this research is using smartPLS 3.0 software. The hypothesis of the research are. The result of this research shows that H2, H5, H6, H11, and H12 are accepted but H1. H3, H4, H7, H8, H9, and H10 are rejected. Keyword : experiential marketing, customer loyalty, customer satisfaction, sensory experience, affective experience, creative cognitive experience, physical experience, social identity experience References Abdillah, W., & Hartono, J. (2015). Partial Least Square (PLS): Alternatif Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) dalam Penelitian Bisnis. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Andi.Abraham, M. R. (2009). Importance of a Theoritical Framework for Research. Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research, 976: 47-66.Ajayi, V. O. (2017). 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