Marketing Flashcards

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The opening section of the marketing plan that presents a summary of the main goals and recommendations to be presented in the plan.

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Executive Summary

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Describes the target market and the company’s position in it.

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Current Market Situation

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Company marketing opportunity would be an attractive arena for marketing action in which the company would enjoy a competitive advantage.

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Opportunities and Issue Analysis

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Should be stated as goals the company would like to reach during the plan’s term

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Objectives

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5
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This consists of specific strategies for target markets, marketing mix, and marketing expenditure levels.

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Marketing Strategy

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This section sets out what will be done, when, by whom, and how much will be spent doing it.

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Action programs

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7
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The marketing budget section of the plan shows projected revenues, costs, and profits/ surpluses.

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Projected Profit-and-Loss

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Outlines the control measures that will be used to monitor progress

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Controls

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9
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It is the process that turns marketing plans into marketing actions to accomplish strategic marketing objectives.

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MARKETING IMPLEMENTATION

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10
Q

What are Marketing Department
Organization?

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  1. FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION
  2. GEOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION
  3. PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
  4. MARKET OR CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
  5. COMBINATION PLAN
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Different marketing
activities are headed by a functional specialist.

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FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION

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Sales and marketing people are assigned to specitic countries, regions, or districts.

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GEOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION

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A product manager develops a complete strategy for a product or brand.

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PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION

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14
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Specific market plan is developed for each specific market or customer.

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MARKET OR CUSTOMER
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION

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15
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Large companies many times combine elements
of any of the above

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COMBINATION PLAN

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16
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It is the process of measuring and evaluating the results of marketing strategies and plans, and taking corrective action to ensure that
marketing objectives are attained.

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MARKETING CONTROL

17
Q

TWO BROAD FORMS OF
CONTROL

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OPERATING CONTROL

STRATEGIC CONTROL

18
Q

Involves checking ongoing performance against the annual plan and taking action when necessary

A

OPERATING CONTROL

19
Q

Involves looking whether the company’s basic strategies
are well matched to its opportunities.

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STRATEGIC CONTROL

20
Q

What are Role of Marketing in
Hospitality

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IDENTIFY CUSTOMER

SATISFY CUSTOMER

RETAIN CUSTOMER

21
Q

is used to indicate the several marketing variables
used by the sales team to target specific guests or target market
segments.

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The hotel marketing mix

22
Q

What are The Hotel Marketing Mix

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SERVICE / FACILITIES
PLACE AND DISTRIBUTION
PROMOTION and COMMUNICATION
ROOM RATE / pricing

23
Q

This is considered as the first because without this, hotel marketing team will have nothing to deliver to the potential guests/customers.

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SERVICE / FACILITIES

24
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Refer to the accessibility of the products and consumers

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PLACE AND DISTRIBUTION

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WHAT ARE THE Direct METHODS
- SALES THROUGH THE HOTEL SALES TEAM PERSONNEL TELLPHONE CALLS PRINTED MEDIA ADVERTISEMENT HOTEL WEBSITE BOOKING SYSTEM (WBS) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (GDS)
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WHAT ARE INDIRECT METHODS
TRAVEL AGENTS INDEPENDENT TRAVEL AGENTS EVENT PLANNERS ONLINE TRAVEL PORTALS INDEPENDENT HOTEL REPRESENTATIVE ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCIES
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The director of Sales and Marketing should work out the most effective promotion and communication mix for the hotel.
PROMOTIONs AND COMMUNICATIONs
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Promotions and Communications channels used by hotels
• Brochures * Google + Page • Television Commercials * Hotel pens & Pencils • Hotel Websites * Scratch Pads with hotel logo • Twitter Channel * Billboards • Facebook Page
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In this very competitive market, guests are strongly influenced by the pricing and packages. The hotel rate codes and packages are defined keeping in mind to attract or impress guests.
ROOM RATE AND PRICING
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This period when the demand for a hotel and its services is highest and the hotel can charge the highest price to the guests.
Peak season
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The time of the year with the lowest demand for rooms.
VALLEY SEASON / OFF SEASON
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This period falls between peak and off￾season. This time is considered as the best time to attract new business as the rooms are available and medium or highest rates can be charged.
SHOULDER THE SEASON