Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, Global Edition

Marketing forHospitality and Tourism, 8e is the definitive source for hospitality marketing courses. Taking an integrative approach, this highly visual, four-color book discusseshospitality marketing from a team perspective, examining each hospitalitydepartment and its role in the marketing mechanism. These best-selling authorsare known as leading marketing educators and their book, a global phenomenon, is the most frequent adoption for the course. Developed with extensive studentand professor reviews, this edition includes new coverage of social media, discussion of current industry trends, and hands-on application assignments.

1. Introduction: Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism
2. Service Characteristics of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing
3. The Role of Marketing in Strategic Planning

1. The Marketing Environment
2. Marketing Information Systems and Marketing Research
3. Consumer markets and Consumer Buying Behavior
4. Organizational Buyer Behavior of Group Market
5. Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning

1. Designing and Managing Products
2. Internal marketing
3. Pricing Products: Pricing Considerations, Approaches, and Strategy
4. Distribution Channels
5. Promoting Products: Communication and Promotion Policy and Advertising
6. Promoting Products: Public Relations and Sales Promotion
7. Professional Sales
8. Direct and Online Marketing: Building Customer Relationships

1. Destination Marketing
2. Next Year' s Marketing Plan