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HOSPITALITY MARKETING
Hospitality Marketing
An Introduction
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By
David Bowie, MBA, MCIM, MHCIMA, Chartered Marketer, Principal Lecturer and MSC Programmes Director in Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Management, Oxford Brookes University.
Francis Buttle, Founder and principal consultant of Francis Buttle & Associates, Sydney, Australia.

Description
Hospitality Marketing: an introduction takes a unique approach to outlining marketing processes in the hospitality industry. Ideal for those new to the topic of marketing, this text contextualises the subject for the hospitality sector. It discusses the eight elements of the marketing mix with direct reference to the specifics of the hospitality industry and approaches the whole process in three stages, as would the hospitality marketing manager: * BEFORE customers visit the hotel / restaurant, the marketing task is to research the market, manage customer expectations and motivate trial purchase through product / service development, pricing, location, distribution and marketing communication. * DURING the service encounter, the task is to meet or exceed customer expectation by managing the physical evidence, service processes and employee behaviour. * AFTER the service encounter, the task is to audit quality and customer satisfaction, and promote a longer term mutually beneficial relationship with customers through relationship marketing initiative. Hospitality Marketing is a complete learning resource, with real-life examples, case studies and exercises in the text, plus an accompanying website which provides solutions to the exercises, further case studies and links to relevant sites to support both students and lecturers.

Audience
Undergraduate students studying hospitality marketing for the first time (a core topic). Also for students taking tourism, leisure and services sector marketing courses.

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; Index

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 392 pages, publication date: MAY-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5245-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5245-4
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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