Overview

Venture through the pages of How Consumers Pick a Hotel to learn the steps of selecting a target and using consumer behavior applications to segment the market to reach your target. Much as a consumer goes through the process of selecting a satisfying hotel, you can choose to use the information provided to make your hospitality career relaxing and satisfying. When you finish this fantastic reading journey, you’ll be prepared to offer services that meet the public’s demands, and you’ll possess the prerequisite knowledge and skills for developing your own strategic approach to a target market. As the many methods of segmentation are discussed in detail, you will also learn effective strategies for communicating with multiple segments. Ideal as a supplementary text for marketing and hospitality marketing courses, How Consumers Pick a Hotel provides a concise overview of consumer behavior and intertwines marketing theory with sound ways in which to implement the theory. This will both orient you and give you a solid base for understanding the principles in question. You will quickly grasp the various methods of segmentation, and the book’s “real-life” segmentation schemes will teach you how to apply them in day-to-day business.As the many methods of segmentation are discussed in detail, you will learn effective strategies for communicating with multiple segments. In the end, you will have acquired the prerequisite knowledge and skills for developing your own strategic approach to a target market. How Consumers Pick a Hotel is suitable both as a reference guide for practicing marketing managers and hospitality professionals who specialize in marketing and as a companion text for graduates and undergraduates who need to know the ABCs of target marketing. You’ll turn to it again and again for guidance and practical, easy suggestions!

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Author:   William Winston ,  Dennis J Cahill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780789001849

ISBN 10:   0789001845
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   18 June 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface Part I. Getting Ready Chapter 1. “How Do You Pick a Hotel?”: A Brief Look at Consumer Behavior Chapter 2. Strategic Planning and Implications Part II: Segmentation Strategies Chapter 3. Physical Attribute Segmentation Chapter 4. Behavioral Attribute Segmentation Chapter 5. Industrial Segmentation Part III: Translating Segmentation in Marketing Strategy Chapter 6. What Now? Chapter 7. Perceptual Mapping Chapter 8. Marketing Communications Chapter 9. Finally: Which Segmentation Technique? Appendix: Case Applications of Segmentation Introduction to the Cases Case 1: VALspeak and an Organization’s Culture Case 2: Typing Focus Groups for Product/Service Design Case 3: A Proprietary Segmentation Scheme What Do the Cases Tell Us? References Index

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