Hospitality and Travel Marketing - Hardcover

Morrison, Alastair M.

9780766816053: Hospitality and Travel Marketing

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0766816052 ISBN 13: 9780766816053

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

For students in two and four-year programs who are seeking careers in hospitality, and travel and tourism industry, this edition of Hospitality and Travel Marketing covers the subject areas for these core courses and more! Emphasis is placed on the relationship between marketing and the tourism industry and how a broader marketing perspective is needed through collaborative efforts between hotels, airlines, restaurants, and travel agencies. Written to engage students 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 objectives, review questions, references, web links, and instructor support tools, this book presents a common sense approach to the principles of Hospitality and Travel Marketing

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Review:

The strength of this particular text is the strong emphasis on the relationship between marketing and the tourism industry. It is specifically written with the industry in mind. The author's tone and writing style are very positive and user friendly.

About the Author:

Professor Morrison is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus specializing in the area of tourism and hospitality marketing in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA and the CEO of Belle Tourism International Consulting (Shanghai), Ltd. (BTI). In addition to having lived and worked in five different countries, Professor Morrison has had a wide variety of experience in the global tourism industry. Most recently he has provided marketing and development advice in over 30 different countries. Since 2000, he has completed more than 30 individual destination marketing and planning projects in China, including as the Team Leader for the Strategic Marketing Plan for Jiangsu Province and the Marketing Strategies for Ningbo and Shaoxing on behalf of the World Bank.

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