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Detail |
| The Nature of Marketing | • The marketing concept • Creating and delivering customer value and satisfaction • Marketing and business performance • The services marketing mix
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| The Global Marketing Environment | • Political and legal forces • Economic forces • Social and demographic forces • Technological forces • The microenvironment • Environmental scanning |
| Understanding Consumers in the Services Context | • Dimensions of consumer behaviour • Influences on consumer behaviour • Consumer/Audience analysis • Market segmentation, Targeting and Positioning |
| Marketing Research | •Importance of marketing research •Approaches to conducting marketing research •Stages in the marketing research process •Ethical issues in marketing research |
| Hotel Products and Services | • Branding • Brand management issues • Fundamentals of services marketing • Service quality • Service innovation
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| Pricing Strategy | •Price setting •Key factors influencing price-setting decisions •Pricing strategies |
| Integrated Marketing Communications | • Integrated marketing communications • Advertising • Sales promotion • Public relations • Sponsorship • Direct Marketing • Online and Digital Promotion • Personal Selling |
| Distribution Management | • Types of distribution channels • Channel strategy and management • Distributing Services through Physical and Electronic Channels |
| People, Process and Physical Evidence | • Internal Marketing • Creating a service culture • Designing and managing service processes • Crafting the service environment
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