This document discusses Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, a luxury hotel management company. It was founded in 1979 and currently operates 25 hotels and resorts globally. The document analyzes Rosewood's branding strategy and compares the financial impacts of maintaining individual property brands versus adopting a unified Rosewood corporate brand. Adopting a corporate brand is estimated to increase customer lifetime value and profitability by strengthening the overall Rosewood brand equity and encouraging more multi-property visits. The document recommends Rosewood adopt a corporate branding strategy to strengthen its brand and increase customer loyalty and profits.
1. Ali Yudhi
Dame Reiny
Dewi Aryani
Dewi Sagita
Frisca Listya
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts :
Branding to Increase Customer Profitability and Lifetime Value l the SIXers MM UI
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2. ROSEWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS (ROSEWOOD)
is a private hotel management company .
• operated a “collection” of individually branded unique
hotels & resorts
• Has global reputation with iconic luxury hotels
Rosewood Facts
3. 1979
• The Caroline
Rose Hunt Trust
Estate
1984
• Hotel Hana
Maui, Hawaii
Rosewood Facts HISTORY
11. Calculating Customer Lifetime Value
Customer lifetime value (CLV) describes the net present value of
the stream of future profits expected over the customer’s lifetime
purchases
Rosewood Theory
13. Pro’s and Con’s
Individual Branding
• Better CLTV
• Collective Experience (duplicate
standard)
• Consistent Service
• Encourage guest to use more than
one properties
• Better Brand Recognition
• High customer loyalty (Rosewood
Junkies)
• Inconsistency in brand wide • Increase Marketing Cost for re-branding
performance standard • Resistant from owner, guest, manager
• Guest feel alienate
• Bad Reputation may impact others
Rosewood Analysis
14. Revenue and Cost Analysis Without Rosewood Branding With Rosewood Corporate
(2003) Branding
Total number of unique guests (a) 115,000.00 115,000.00
Average daily spend (b) $750.00 $750.00
Number of days average guest stays 2 2
Average gross margin per room 32% 32%
Average number of visits per year per guest 1.2 1.2
Average marketing expense per guest $130.00 $138.70
(system-wide) d
Average new guest acquisition expense $150.00 $150.00
(system-wide)
Total number of repeat guests (e) 19,169 24,919
Of which: Total number of multi-property stay 5,750 11,500
guests
Number of Multiproperty Guest 5% 10%
Average Guest Retention Rate (f) 16.67% 21.67%
Average Gross Profit per Guest $576.00 $624.00
Rosewood Analysis
15. Total NPV of CLTV without Corporate Brand
Years 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Gross profit per guest 609.50 646.07 684.83 725.92 769.48 815.65
Acquisition expense per
new guest 115.00
Marketing expense per
guest 132.60 135.25 137.96 140.72 143.53 146.40
Net Profit per Guest (115.00) 476.90 510.82 546.88 585.21 625.95 669.25
Retention factor 1.00 0.22 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00
Discount factor 0.93 0.86 0.79 0.74 0.68 0.63
Net Present Value (NPV) (115.00) 441.58 94.90 20.38 4.38 0.94 0.20
448.62
Rosewood Analysis
16. Total NPV of CLTV with Corporate Brand
Years 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Gross profit per guest 661.44 701.13 743.19 787.79 835.05 885.16
Acquisition expense per
new guest 115
Marketing expense per
guest 142.86 147.14 151.56 156.10 160.79 165.61
Net Profit per Guest (115.00) 518.58 553.98 591.64 631.68 674.27 719.55
Retention factor 1.00 0.22 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00
Discount factor 0.93 0.86 0.79 0.74 0.68 0.63
Net Present Value (NPV) (115.00) 480.17 102.92 22.05 4.72 1.01 0.22
Total NPV 496.09
Rosewood Analysis
Rosewood get its reputatation in enhance property’s values after they successfully converted The Mansion on Turtle creek, Little Dix Bay in The British Virgin Island, and new builds : The Lanesborough in London, UK & alsoThe Las Ventanas Al Paraiso in Mexico
Properties growth among the Individual Branding Hotels, Rosewood Hotel increased from 6 hotels in 1996 to 12 hotels in 2003.
From the research, the conclusion is that the Rosewood Brand reflected as: 1. Luxurious Hotel that gives the guest local character & local culture 2. One of kind uniqueness 3. Soft, complementary & intrusive, only mentioned on low amenities
In 2003, The President & CEO of Rosewood, John Scott decided to do Brand Audit by giving questioner to their customers, travel agents & employee, and also doing research using CSR (Customer Service Reservation) through all their hotels system.
The Rosewood Management (John Scott as CEO & Robert Boulogne as COO) decided what their goals in the future.
Data dari exhibit 8 a.Given b.Given d. Cost of marketing communication with a Rosewood corporate brand: [(total number of guests * average cost of marketing per guest in 2003) + $1,000,000] / total number of guests. e. Total number of repeat guest is increasing 5% f. number of repeat guests/total number of guests
Gross profit per guest increasing 6% p.a. Acquisition expense per new guest only in 2003, with asumption that the next year following there will be no new guest coming to thier hotels.
Gross profit per guest increasing 6% p.a. Acquisition expense per new guest only in 2003, with asumption that the next year following there will be no new guest coming to thier hotels.
Brand Loyalty provides : 1.Predictability & security of demand for the firm 2.Barriers to entry 3.Customer willingness to pay higher
3 criteria determine whether a brand association. Some consideration : 1. Desirable to consumer 2. Deliverable by the company 3. Differentiating from competitor Brand Quality : f or wealthy people Rosewood is the luxur y hotel that offer the sense of place