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Title:
Hospitality and travel marketing
Author:
Morrison, Alastair M.
ISBN:
9780766816053
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Albany, NY : Delmar Thomson Learning, c2002.
Physical Description:
xviii, 625 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Introduction to Marketing -- Marketing Defined -- Marketing Hospitality and Travel Services -- Hospitality and Travel Marketing System -- Planning: Research and Analysis -- Customer Behavior -- Analyzing Marketing Opportunities -- Marketing Research -- Planning: Marketing Strategy and Planning -- Marketing Strategy: Market Segmentation and Trends -- Marketing Strategy: Strategies, Target Markets, Marketing Mix, Positioning, and Marketing Objectives -- Marketing Plan and the Eight Ps -- Implementing the Marketing Plan -- Product Development and Partnership -- People: Services and Service Quality -- Packaging and Programming -- Distribution Mix and the Travel Trade -- Communications and the Promotional Mix -- Advertising -- Sales Promotion and Merchandising -- Personal Selling and Sales Management -- Public Relations and Publicity -- Pricing -- Controlling and Evaluating the Plan -- Marketing Management, Evaluation, and Control.
Abstract:
"For those who are seeking a career in hospitality, hotel, and restaurant management, this edition of Hospitality and Travel Marketing expresses the relationship between marketing and the tourism industry, and emphasizes a broader marketing perspective through collaborative efforts between hotels, airlines, restaurants, and travel agencies. Written to engage readers in understanding all aspects of marketing, some of the topics covered include: research and analysis; plans and strategies; marketing segmentation and trends; product development; partnership; people and service; packaging; the distribution mix and the travel trade; communications; advertising; sales promotion and merchandising; sales management; personal selling; public relations; and pricing and evaluation. The book is organized around the Hospitality and Travel Marketing System model which serves as a guide to understanding marketing functions and related techniques. Complete with references, web links, and four-color insert, this book presents a common sense approach to the principles of Hospitality and Travel Marketing." -- BOOK JACKET.
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