This document discusses tourism from different perspectives:
1) It examines the different professionals involved in the tourism industry in Greece and how the concept of tourism as an experience has evolved over time.
2) It explores new approaches to services marketing that focus on co-creation of value and networks of relationships, rather than the traditional 4 Ps framework.
3) It outlines the complex network of individuals and organizations involved in managing the healthcare of an elderly patient, and discusses how a similar network perspective can be applied to understand the tourism industry.
10. Τουρισμός στην Ελλάδα= ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ “ Come with me gia na tin vreis, na glentisume together, h anamnhsh ap'th Greece, tha su meinei gia for ever ” Gardelis, 1982 wow! Ο ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΩΣ ΕΜΠΕΙΡΙΑ !
16. The 4Ps are neither 4 nor Ps any more! Gummesson, E. (2009).The Naples Forum on Services Marketing,Italy.
17. Intangibility Heterogeneity Inseparability Perishability FORGET IT! IT’S RUBBISH! SERVICE MARKETING IS DIFFERENT FROM GOODS MARKETING IN 4 WAYS: Gummesson, E. (2009).The Naples Forum on Services Marketing,Italy.
18. Goods and services always come together Suppliers make value propositions Customers do the value actualization Co-creation of value Customer-to-customer interaction, C2C NEW SERVICE DOMINANT LOGIC Introduced by Vargo and Lusch (2004), Journal of Marketing.
19. 1960s-present 1990s-present 2000s- DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELATIONAL APPROACH TO MARKETING Traditional American marketing management and marketing mix Customer centric Centered on one party Customer Relationship marketing CRM One-to-one marketing Supplier Customer Relationship centric Centered on two parties Many-to-many marketing Network centric Centered on many parties
20.
21.
22. Patient ANNA, 82 Network & systems manager 5 doctors prescribing 9+2 pills 23 diagnosed disorders 11 therapies comprising 41 components 55 specialists masseurs social assistants social insurance people nurses ambulance and taxi drivers an endless amount of capital goods and disposables Based on Akner, G. (2004). Multisjuklighet hos äldre. Malmö, Sweden: Liber.
27. Government EU Hotel chain headquarters Competing destinations Customers: tourists business travellers Tourist and Congress Office THE HOTEL GROUP Source: von Friedrichs Grängsjö, Yvonne and Gummesson, Evert, “Hotel Networks and Social Capital in Destination Marketing”, International Journal of Service Industry Management, 2008, Vol. 17, No.1, 58-75. The early applied field of network theory: TOURISM Hotels
28. “ If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere”
Η επιμήκυνση της τουριστικής περιόδου, η αύξηση του τουριστικού ρεύματος στη χώρα μας, η αύξηση της ποιότητας των επισκεπτών και, γενικότερα, η μεγέθυνση των θετικών επιδράσεων του τουρισμού στην Ελληνική Οικονομία, έχει μία απαραίτητη και βασικότατη προϋπόθεση, την αναβάθμιση των παρεχομένων υπηρεσιών στους τουρίστες και την ανάπτυξη του ανθρώπινου δυναμικού μέσω αναβάθμισης της τουριστικής εκπαίδευσης.
(Refers to slide 36) But the most important implication of the results is that False perceptions might lead to ineffective decision making for marketing in terms of segmentation, positioning and marketing mix formulation.