Hospitality marketing : principles and practice.

This introductory textbook shows you how to apply the principles of marketing within the hospitality industry. Written specifically for students taking marketing modules within a hospitality course it contains examples and case studies that show how ideas and concepts can be successfully applied to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowie, David, 1951-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Buttle, Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part A: Introduction: Introduction to hospitality marketing; Part B: Pre-encounter marketing; Marketing research; Understanding and segmenting customers; Competitive strategies; Developing the offer; Locating the offer; Pricing the offer; Distributing the offer; Communicating the offer; Part C: Encounter marketing; Managing the physical environment; Managing service processes; Managing customer-contact employees; Part D: Post-encounter marketing; Managing customer satisfaction; Relationship marketing; Part E: The marketing plan; Marketing Planning.
  • Part A: Introduction
  • 1. Introduction to hospitality marketing
  • Part B: Pre-encounter marketing
  • 2. Marketing research
  • 3. Understanding and segmenting customers
  • 4. Competitive strategies
  • 5. Developing the offer
  • 6. Locating the offer
  • 7. Pricing the offer
  • 8. Distributing the offer
  • 9. Communicating the offer
  • Part C: Encounter marketing
  • 10. Managing the physical environment
  • 11. Managing service processes
  • 12. Managing customer-contact employees
  • Part D: Post-encounter marketing
  • 13. Managing customer satisfaction
  • 14. Relationship marketing
  • Part E: The marketing plan
  • 15. Marketing Planning.