TY - BOOK AU - Gursoy,Dogan AU - Buttle,Francis AU - Bowie,David TI - Hospitality marketing: principles and practices SN - 978-1-032-03026-5 AV - TX 911.3 G87 2023 U1 - 647.940688 23/eng/20220611 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group KW - HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY KW - MARKETING KW - HOTELS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to hospitality marketing -- Marketing research -- Understanding and segmenting customers -- Competitive strategies -- Developing the hospitality experience -- Locating the offer -- Pricing the offer and revenue management -- Distributing the offer -- Communicating the offer -- Managing the physical environment -- Managing service processes -- Managing customer-contact employees -- Measuring and managing customer satisfaction and word-of-mouth (WOM) -- Relationship marketing -- Marketing planning N2 - "Hospitality Marketing 4e is an introductory textbook which shows readers how to apply the principles of marketing within the hospitality industry. This book is written specifically for students taking marketing modules within hospitality courses and is a valuable resource to promote learning"-- ER -