Includes bibliographical references and index.

Marketing for hospitality and tourism -- Service characteristics of hospitality and tourism marketing -- The marketing environment -- The role of marketing in strategic planning -- Marketing information systems and marketing research -- Consumer markets and consumer buying behavior -- Organisational buyer behavior of group market -- Market segmentation targeting and positioning -- 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 -- Destination marketing -- Next years marketing plan -- The five gap model of service quality -- Forecasting market demand