TY - BOOK AU - Shoemaker, Stowe AU - Shaw, Margaret TI - Marketing essentials in hospitality and tourism: foundations and practices SN - 135132711 AV - TX 911.3.M3 .S56 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Columbus PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY -- MARKETING N1 - Includes index; Part I Introduction to hospitality marketing: The Concept of marketing -- Marketing services -- The Marketing mix and the product life cycle -- Relationship and loyalty marketing -- Part II Integration: The Marketing plan -- Part III Strategic marketing: Strategic marketing -- Competition and the marketing environment -- Part IV The Marketplace: Understanding individual customers -- Understanding organizational customers -- Understanding tourism markets Part V Functional strategies: Advertising, merchandising, and public relations -- Personal selling and sales promotions -- Differentiation, segmentation, and target marketing -- Market positioning and branding -- The Pricing decision -- Channels of distribution ER -