Bay Hotel Singapore is strategically located near Sentosa Gateway and opposite Vivo city mall, one of the biggest malls in Singapore. They are a perfect location for leisure, corporate and staycations traveller. Proximity to Maple Tree Business Centre, Harbour Front Centre and nearby corporate headquarters such as HP, Meryll Lynch makes it preferred accommodation for all.
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Bay hotel widely caters to corporate and leisure traveller. Sales and marketing department has sales people focusing on specific market segments such as Shipping, Corporates, Online Travel Agents, Local Travel agents. Trade shows, site visits/inspections are some of the ways to reach
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This interview with bay hotel marketing manager examines that they have relationships between marketing, production, and human resources management, food and beverage and accounting department. It is possible to conclude that increasing interaction is taking place.
In Bay hotel Marketing manager take decisions - whether related to price, products, promotion - are affected by other business functions. Marketing should be focused on the customers’ needs in order to give them what they want.
1.3 Examine the role of corporate strategy in relation to vision, mission statements, SMART corporate objectives.
With the help of marketing manager we came to know that mission and vision are common and important elements of a company 's organizational Strategy. They develop organizational mission statements and vision statements, which serve as foundational guides in the establishment of company objectives. After developed mission and vision then they develops strategic and planning according to the objectives. A company 's mission statement is essentially outlining its purpose. Vision statements should not be confused or seen as the same as mission
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Different countries may have different beliefs and values such as spending more or less on certain products. Population trends such as an aging population can also affect business trends.
Technological Factors
Technology is vital for competitive advantage, and is a major driver of globalization. Some businesses may have better technology and stay ahead of their competitors.
2.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the business (SWOT) SWOT identifies the Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of a business.
Strengths
Strength are features of business which allows businesses to operate more effectively than the competition. In the hospitality industry, some strengths could be specialist technical knowledge, strong customer loyalty, good reputation and unique selling points of the products.
Weaknesses
These are areas where businesses may be facing difficulties. Some examples includes poor cash or lack of capital, a new competitor in a nearby location, insufficient market research data, poor reputation of the brand and poor communication with customers.
2.3 The methods used by hospitality or tourism organization to segment its markets.
Market segmentation is an important basis of many successful marketing
Strengths are the features of the business and internal capabilities that allow the company to operate more effectively than their competitors and help to reach its objectives , such : distinct product quality , marketing expertise , good location and other , for example : United airlines have a good reputation and this is a strength of the company .Weaknesses are internal limit that may limits the company’s ability to achieve its objectives , such : bad location , poor quality product and other , for example : United airlines have a lack of resources and this is a weakness of the company . Opportunities are external factors that may help the company to exploit to its advantages , such :demographic changes , economic claims , new technology and taste of customers , for example : in the holidays , people often want to travel , so United airlines provide a good offering to attract more travelers . Threats are emerging or current external factors that may challenge the company’s performance , such as : economic crisis , taxation and competitions , for example : United airlines have a many competitors that may challenge the company’s abilities to attract more customers . as I’m the owner and managers of United airlines ,first I will look at my own internal strengths for example : United airlines are a very trusted brand and Has an employee strength of over 85,000+ . While my own internal weaknesses
1 What is Outrigger Hotels and Resorts’ strategic position? What are the firm’s Critical Success Factors (CSF)? Outrigger Hotels and Resorts are currently using geographical and product diversification strategy. The firm expend their firm around Pacific Ocean and diversify its product portfolio by adding condominiums resorts and OHANA hotels.
Recognizing an organization’s mission and values in the strategic planning process is always the first step. To a few organizations, this step would include revisiting and occasionally reworking the mission and values if necessary. To some organizations, it would be the first time they are sitting their mission and values. “Mission statements define the nature, purpose, and role of organizations; focus resources; and guide planning” (Keeling 213). They represent the route wherein the organization is proceeding.
A brief history of the entrepreneur: Robyn Rihanna Fenty (better known as Rihanna) was born on the 20th of February 1988 in Barbados. She is the eldest of three children who were born into a family were drug and alcohol abuse was prevalent. Rihanna turned to singing to release the stress of her family life which became worse after her parents’ divorce. At a very young age of 16 she was signed to Def Jam records and started producing and releasing music hereafter. Despite Rihanna’s harsh family life and intense migraines, she managed to work her way up to the top of the cultural ladder without ever letting go of her traditions from home in the Caribbean Island.
Political Forces: The political stability is very important for the business to grow and last, according to that if the business has been operated in a politically unstable area, or in a country that is under a threat of wars that will lead to a loss for the business. Politics and governmental interferes is an important issue that is facing businesses and became a barrier in many situations. GAP Inc.
The goals created for the organization have to be aligned with the strategic goals and overall mission of the entire organization.
KETING STRATEGY A marketing strategy is a process or model to allow a company or organization to focus limited resources on the best opportunities to increase sales and thereby achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Or it is a process or model to allow a company to focus limited resources on the best opportunities to increase sales and there by achieve sustainable competitive advantages. The marketing strategies of Hilton Garden Inn are as follows. Philip Kotler defines marketing as a social process used by the people, individually or in a group to achieve what they want by the creation or exchanging their product details and their values with others.
It relates to the purpose of the company and what they want to achieve in the future. The mission goes beyond the vision as it explains the company’s goals and objectives more clearly. It also mentions how this will be accomplished. The last step is to create a strategy based on the defined vision and mission. (Miller, 2014) Tesla’s mission is ‘to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport by bringing compelling mass market electric cars to market as soon as possible’.
Weighted average cost of capital for Marriot Corporation: In order to determine cost of capital, first we need to find out cost of equity and cost of debt. For determining the cost of equity we need to determine the beta for the target leverage ratio. According to the information provided by exhibit 3 equity beta is estimated at 0.97 when equity-to-total capital ratio is 0.59. Therefore we need to find unlevered beta value so that we can find firm’s equity beta at the desired leverage ratio as mentioned in Table A. Tax bracket of 44% is used based on ratio of income taxes to income before income taxes (175.9/398.9) in Exhibit 1.
CASE JOURNAL-ROSEWOOD HOTEL& RESORTS Rosewood’s management is on the right track to increasing brand awareness among its customers by pursuing the corporate branding strategy. Implementation of the corporate branding strategy not only increases the number of repeat visitors to the hotels, but also increases the gross profits made by the company by $2,599,000. Corporate branding has a positive impact on the customer lifetime value as well. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is a privately owned hotel management company that is known for its unique properties like The Carlyle and the Mansion on Turtle Creek that differentiates the company from other luxury hotel competitors.
Organisations have long struggled to retain employees without pouring in too many resources into incentives, however there are many other factors that influence the motivation for an employee to work for an organisation. The following factors are very important to retaining employees: ➔ Vision and Mission: Each organisation has a vision set by its leaders, a ground basis on which it stands for. This vision is the key for driving innovation, research and development for the company. Vision is also the driving force and motivation for its employees, to push their limits and to outperform the competition.
Intercontinental Hotels is using the market differentiation strategy in segmenting its market into appropriate market divisions based on characteristics of the varying needs and characteristics of the target markets. The company has more than 3500 hotels in over 100 countries with around 535000 guest rooms. It has established a substantial customer base with over 120million customers whose preferences vary based on price and quality expectations. The Intercontinental group is made up of many brands such as the Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Garden Court, Crown Plaza Hotels & Resorts, SunSpree, Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Family Suites Resort, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Select, Holiday Inn, and Candlewood
The process of market segmentation involves the division of a market into groups of smaller size whose needs, behaviour and characteristics are distinct from each other. These smaller groups or 'segments ' may require separate marketing strategies. There are four major market segmentation variables namely behavioural, psychographic, geographic and
Strategic marketing is a broad and practical subject which included the concept of marketing subjects of previous semesters such as business marketing. The study of this subject has contributed to marketing knowledge in many ways, as well as it has strengthened my skills in application of marketing concepts. My knowledge was increased that I was able to develop a complete strategic marketing plan of not only on the part of marketing analysis or strategy of a product or service, but also the whole corporate plan. My skills and capabilities that were developed and integrated during lectures and tutorials include the analytical skills, coordination skills, presentation skills, organization skills, etc.
1. MARKAT SEGMENTATION Market segmentation is a strategy that is generally used by a company to identify and define the target customers, and provide the supporting data for the marketing plan elements. There are five types of market segmentation which are demographic segmentation, geographic segmentation, psychographic segmentation, benefits segmentation and volume segmentation. • Demographic Segmentation Demographic segmentation is market segmentation according to age, family size, religion, race, gender, income and education. By using this segmentation, a company can categorize the needs of consumers more easily and target its consumers more accurately because demographics can segmented into several markets.