Tourism businesses engage in strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) when they integrate responsible behaviors in their operational practices (Camilleri, 2015, 2019a; Carroll & Shabana, 2010; Porter & Kramer, 2006, 2011; Van Marrewijk, 2003; Vogel, 2005). Strategic CSR activities may usually improve...

This chapter examines the global marketing environment of today's higher education institutions (HEIs). (Semi) Autonomous HEIs and business schools are increasingly behaving like for-profit organisations as they seek new opportunities and resources to prioritise revenue creation. Therefore, they...

The airline product consists of tangible and intangible elements. It is important to remember that passengers are purchasing more than the airline product; they are also acquiring its benefits, including their customer experience, which they associate with it. Hence, the process of product...

The airline's scheduling process is intended to provide a plan on the operating patterns of the companies' aircraft and their resources, to meet the anticipated demand. The schedules' plans are usually based on one season only. However, they should be integrated into a long-term corporate plans,...

Modern revenue managers understand, anticipate, and react to market demand to maximize their businesses' revenues. They often do so by analyzing, forecasting, and optimizing their fixed, perishable inventory, and time-variable supply, through dynamic prices. Hence, the objective of pricing and...

The central role of marketing stems from identifying processes which create value to customers. Therefore, the marketing strategies and plans should be based on relevant frameworks which create and capture value to customers and to the businesses, themselves. The strategic planning involves a...

Businesses may not be in a position to satisfy all of their customers, every time. It may prove difficult to meet the exact requirements of each individual customer. People do not have identical preferences, so rarely does one product completely satisfy everyone. Therefore, many companies may...

Promotion is one of the four major elements of the marketing mix. Therefore, an integrated marketing communications (IMC) strategy consisting of a combination of promotional tools could be an essential element of the businesses' overall marketing strategy. Different promotional tools could...

This chapter introduces its readers to the concept of tourism. It sheds light on the rationale for tourism, as it explains the tourists' inherent motivations to travel. It also describes different aspects that together make up the tourism industry. Tourists travel to destinations that are...

Business ought to understand their customers' needs and wants, if they want to remain successful in a competitive market place. Therefore, this chapter introduces its readers to market research as tourism businesses continuously require information on their customers. In this light, a well...