TY - BOOK AU - Kotler, Philip. AU - Bowen, John T. AU - Makens, James C. TI - Marketing for hospitality and tourism. SN - 9780132453134 AV - TX911.3.M3K68 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Marketing N1 - Include index; Contents: Understanding the hospitality and tourism marketing process:introduction: marketing for hospitality and tourism -- service characteristics of hospitality and tourism marketing -- The role of marketing in strategic planning -- Developing hospitality and tourism marketing opportunities and strategies: The marketing environment -- Marketing information systems and marketing research -- Consumer markets and consumer buying behavior -- Organizational buyer behavior of group market -- Market segmentation, targeting and positioning -- Developing the hospitality and tourism marketing mix: Designing and managing products -- Internal marketing -- Pricing products: pricing considerations, approaches and strategy -- Distribution channels -- Promoting products: communication and promotion policy and advertising -- Promoting products: public relations and sales promotion -- Professional sales -- Direct and online marketing: building customer relationships -- Managing hospitality and tourism marketing: Destination marketing -- Next year's marketing plan ER -