This course offers an examination of the marketing process as applied to hospitality and tourism management organizations. Attention is given to the role of marketing as part of a travel and tourism organization’s strategic plans.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

This is a required course in the Sport Management Master’s Degree Tourism cognate. It is important that recreation managers and sport managers understand both the process and the role marketing plays in the strategic plans of organizations. The marketing and promotion of an event, the potential partnerships with other individuals invested in an event, and the use of an event to market a destination are all important for organizers to address when planning and promoting an event or activity.

Textbook readings

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectationsthe student will complete the related checklist found in Module 1: Week 1.

Discussions (4)

Threads

The student is required to post a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be a minimum of 500 words and must build upon the information in the readings (including reflective statements and specific applications to the concepts in the text).

Replies

In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 1 other classmates’ threads. The reply must be a minimum of 250 words and must build on the ideas in the thread.

Case Study Assignments (2)

There will be 2 case studies throughout this course. After choosing a particular case study, the student will write a case response in current APA format. The case response will include: a SWOT analysis, an application of marketing concepts from the book specific to the case, and a connection to a current peer-reviewed article.

Quizzes (8)

Each quiz will cover the assigned Reading & Study material for the module:week in which it is assigned. Each auiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 16 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer/essay questions, and have a 90-minute time limit.