From Kitchen to Market: Selling Your Gourmet Food Specialty
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Fantastic book for food start-ups
  • Great book for people serious about starting a business
  • Very Helpful
  • Good for a Start
  • A 'must' for any newcomer cook who would market a product
From Kitchen to Market: Selling Your Gourmet Food Specialty
Stephen Hall
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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ASIN: 0793199972
Release Date: 2005-06-01

Book Description

Grab a slice of the $39 billion specialty food pie with this updated, ultimate resource for gourmet food entrepreneurs.

The specialty food industry is THE proven vehicle for entry-level food distribution in the United States. Retail sales of specialty foods averaging an annual growth rate of more than 7 percent presents, to some, a great opportunity—to others, a formidable challenge.

Your ability to make your mark in the industry, establish your independence, achieve success, and acquire wealth depends on how effectively you prepare, according to Stephen Hall, a long-recognized specialty food marketing professional.

In From Kitchen to Market: Selling Your Gourmet Food Specialty, Hall outlines every food marketing opportunity and then supports entrepreneurial action with detailed guidance. Whether you own your own business or you are thinking about starting one, From Kitchen to Market will show you how to: Identify a winning product and its most appropriate markets. Get your product ready to market. Advertise, promote, and sell your product. Create your own success niche. Professionalize your business.

Also included is updated information about the role of the Internet, health and organic food markets, the latest government regulations and technological advances, and contact information for dozens of valuable resources.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic book for food start-ups.......2007-10-05

This book was recommended in a class at the local community college on starting a food business. There are
excellent examples of various business models and lots of referrals to other helpful web sites. If you have a
specialty food product you're making in your kitchen and you dream of selling it, this book is perfect.

5 out of 5 stars Great book for people serious about starting a business.......2007-05-15

This book is a goldmine of information about the gourmet food business and how to get your product out there. Many charts, templates and other business resources that are not found in any other book I've read. Loved the "real world" examples.

3 out of 5 stars Very Helpful.......2007-01-13

The book was very helpful to me.It contains a lot of useful information.

4 out of 5 stars Good for a Start.......2007-01-04

The level of detail wasn't what I was hoping for, but it was a good book anyway. This book gives an overview of most aspects of marketing and selling food specialties.
After reading this book, you'll want to get some companion books, such as a book on trade shows, or getting publicity, or any of a dozen ideas the author touches on.

5 out of 5 stars A 'must' for any newcomer cook who would market a product.......2005-11-05

The gourmet food industry is perfect for entry-level food distribution in this country: it lends to testing new products, it doesn't require large start-up investment, and it's a fast-growing industry. To enter, consult Food Marketing International president Stephen F. Hall's latest 4th edition of From Kitchen To Market: Selling Your Gourmet Food Specialty: it outlines and analyzes all kinds of food marketing opportunities for small cottage industries new to the business, discussing everything from building a product's concept using trade shows, brokers, and more. A 'must' for any newcomer cook who would market a product.
Sales and Service for the Wine Professional
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Just a reference item
  • enthusiast's dream
  • Sales and Service of the wine Professional 2nd ed.
  • Very good Book
  • Sales and Service for the Wine Professional
Sales and Service for the Wine Professional
Brian Julyan
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ASIN: 1844800539

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Providing in-depth coverage of the wine industry and comprehensive self-assessment material, Sales and Service for the Wine Professional is an indispensable one-stop resource for sommeliers, hospitality managers, food and beverage managers, trainers and students. With detailed treatment of recently emerged regions and a continued emphasis on the importance of service, this new, fully international edition offers ideal support for students and trainees on higher educational, vocational and professional courses.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Just a reference item.......2007-04-04

I enjoy having the book as a reference but I would never sit down and ready it from front to back. I did appreciate the clean black and white graphics espically when they were describing a product I have never used. I purchased this item as a supplement to a college class and it has worked out well when I need technical support for project reports.

5 out of 5 stars enthusiast's dream.......2007-02-16

I was first introduced to Mr. Julyan's exciting syllabus through the Court of Master Sommelier's examination process. As both a student of wine and an educator in the hospitality sect, I have found his brief yet thorough writing to be an indispensable reference guide when educating my colleagues at both of my establishments.

For the home enthusiast or even someone just curious about broadening their horizons into a larger world of viticulture and enology, Mr. Julyan's writing broaches the sometimes forboding subject of the old world in an extremely approachable manner, the new world with a sense of excitement and the realms of bartending with both sensetivity toward tradition and the modern mixologist.

For the wine-savvy diner, this book provides valuable insight into the realm of "what should be going on" in the parts of the restaurant world you don't get to see. As a 20 year restaurant veteran, I also greatly appreciated Mr. Julyan's explainations of the difference between the should be's of service versus the nescessary practicality of providing service within the specific constraints of each establishment's environment and ability.

Both an exceptional value and a more approachable read than the sometimes overtly technical wine tomes available, I strongly recommend this to anyone looking to increase the caliber of thier sales and service training in their hospitality career or to soak in a little more than just grape-juice!

4 out of 5 stars Sales and Service of the wine Professional 2nd ed........2007-02-13

Brian Julyan does presents a very comprensive study of wine's of the world, spirts, beers, and service of beverages.
Alot of material in 200 pages.
Self-assessment Questions are helpfull, multi demensional however sometimes he asks very trivial questions with the answer difficult to find in the text.
You will want to use the book over and over, like a good cook book, to increase your understanding and passion for wine.
Highly recomend to anyone wishing to futher their knowledage in the wine world

5 out of 5 stars Very good Book .......2006-08-25

Very good book. I use it as a text book for my beverage class and it's fantastic, easy reading and informative.

4 out of 5 stars Sales and Service for the Wine Professional.......2006-08-07

Great book that I will use often! A wealth of information contained in one book (I actually plan a purchasing more; one for each of my managers). It would be helpful to include a brief summary at the end of each chapter though.
Marketing by Menu
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    Gourmet to Go: A Guide to Opening and Operating a Specialty Food Store
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A great guide
    • Invaluable Tool
    • Good for starting stores or providing to stores.
    • Primer on Contemplating Gourmet Store Venture
    • Don't even think of opening a gourmet food store without it.
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    Robert Wemischner , and Karen Karp
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    ASIN: 0471139394

    Book Description

    "In this book we will communicate just how competitive and serious the business of specialty food retailing is today. We will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the industry, the market today, tools to [enable you] to make a commitment to go ahead, a thorough outline for your business plan, checklists for the most important planning stages, anecdotes and recommendations from the top players in the industry, and tips and insights into the intangibles of what makes good businesses good. You will have a better chance of success by being well armed and taking all the right precautions through careful preopening research and development. And you will see that, for success, it is not just information and organization but ample funding that will give your new business a fighting chance to ripen, develop, and succeed. Guided by this text and the accumulated wisdom of sage retailers who've paved the way, and fueled by your own enterprising spirit and imagination, dream big, plan carefully, and proceed with confidence to success." — From the Preface of Gourmet to Go

    It begins with a dream, a longing for the independence, self-reliance, and creative freedom of running your own specialty take-out food store. But if you want that dream to become a reality, you can't rely solely on your expertise as a chef, manager, or owner of a previous business — you'll need to develop all of those skills and more. You need a comprehensive, reliable information source that shows you what to expect and prepares you to deal with the unexpected. You need to learn from the successes and failures of others how to envision, plan, finance, establish, and run a successful gourmet retail operation. You need Gourmet to Go.

    This full-spectrum guide offers solid direction on every aspect of the retail specialty food industry. Making liberal use of case studies, Robert Wemischner and Karen Karp lead you step by step through each phase of the development and operation of a take-out gourmet store. They help you find the concept that's right for you, write a business plan, and secure the financing you'll need. Next, you'll discover what to look for in choosing your location; how to communicate with designers, builders, and contractors; and the ins and outs of legal structure and complying with government regulations. You'll learn how to select graphic designs, purchase and price merchandise, hire and train employees, set store policies, and manage your cash. Each of these issues is presented in a clear, forthright style that enables you to understand your options and make informed choices. You'll also learn how to:

    Whether you're a foodservice professional yearning for independence or a retailer looking to expand or transform your current business; whether you're a caterer wanting to offer your creations to a broader public or a successful manager in search of a great business opportunity, Gourmet to Go helps you start strong and guides you every step of the way, until your dream comes true.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A great guide.......2004-11-20

    A friend recently opened a store and this book has acurately addressed some of the issues we are experiencing. The author has a knack for addressing both personal issues such as self doubt, fear, relations with partners as well as topics related to the business. He compels the entrepreneur to think hard about the objectives of his undertaking and then walks him through it step by step.

    The sections on site location and templates for creating a business model, mission statement and feasability study are better than two other books that I had purchased.

    Most of the book has little to do with specialty food and more about the decision and execution process of opening a new place. I would recomend it to both someone just toying with the idea and someone who is already established.

    5 out of 5 stars Invaluable Tool.......2003-06-14

    I have been working on opening a specialty food shop/cafe and got stuck on the logistics of planning. After using several guides and books I randomly found (and getting NOWHERE) I decided to buy Gourmet to Go on a recommendation. It is THE best thing I could have ever bought, hands down. It seems that all the questions I had were answered in the book, and the structure of the book leads readers down a logical path through the maze of planning for this type of business. If you are to buy any book on this topic, this is the one. The money spent on this book will save you thousands later on. Two thumbs up!

    5 out of 5 stars Good for starting stores or providing to stores........2003-06-07

    This is an excellent treatise of starting a specialty food store or, perhaps is even more beneficial to one who wishes to wholesale food products to place in food stores or delis..

    People wanting to cash in on the current trend towards take-out convenience need this book, as well as From Kitchen To Market and How To Get Your Product Into Supermarkets.

    The three books are invaluable for overlapping reasons. A prospective store operator needs to understand how to setup his or her store and, just as important, how their competition operates. Beginning store operators also need to understand their industry in detail not merely from the viewpoint of their competition and from their customers, but from their suppliers position.

    Gourmet To Go does a great job from a narrow viewpoint. Probably the only topic not suffriciently explored is the hands'-on advice. Perhaps the next edition will detail the possibilities for including rollergrills, microwaves and how to earn what the industry refers to as "Plus-sales." I'm speaking of the technique in all fast food chains and convenience stores to get customers to spend more money.

    Other hands-on topics that should be discussed are controlling theft and the experience of many store operators who have lost significant chunks of money in providing lottery tickets. I know of a feww whose losses exceeded $10,000. Adding insult to injury, lottery only reimburses stores from one to three percent of gross sales and pay-outs for winning tickets. Despite such a poor return on investment, many stores consider it mandatory to provide lottery.

    Further, computerizing the store could be considered, as well as installing UPC readers. It is not uncommon to see even the smallest store using such equipment. Yet, those installing such systems all seem to have to reinvent the wheel.

    Again, buy this book but augment it with From Kitchen To Market and with How To Get Your Product Into Supermarkets so you can keep up with and, perhaps, improve upon your competition and keep customers, suppliers and yourself happy!

    5 out of 5 stars Primer on Contemplating Gourmet Store Venture.......2003-04-04

    Having some experience with new product projects for major corporations, this somewhat smaller scale, but nonetheless similar principled look at the operations and craft of specialty food store biz is well-done.

    It is full of relevant and cogent thoughts for anyone interested in this market niche. What I found very well done is the sections of writing the biz plan and the steps therein critical to putting together and then implementing such.

    Also included are fairly thorough lists of resources such as consultants, trade journals, suppliers, etc.

    What could possibly have been additionaly useful was stress on two key areas: concentration on obstacles and their probability of happening (i.e. scenario plotting) and finding and use of two key players from the outset: attorney and accountant/tax specialist.

    5 out of 5 stars Don't even think of opening a gourmet food store without it........2002-01-28

    Although, as the name suggests, this book is geared mainly towards gourmet to go operations (specialty food stores with emphasis on catering and gourmet take-out) it is an invuluable resource for anyone thinking about entering the gourmet food industry.

    I wasted all kinds of time and money on general business start-up books and learned little more that nothing about starting a gourmet food store (or any business for that matter). The business plan section alone is better than a whole book I purchased on the subject. I found every bit of Gourmet to Go to be extemely useful and after reading it couldn't believe I had even considered going into business without it.
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    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Partially Good Book
    • Easy-to-Read and Extremely Informative
    • too cool for school
    • very good
    • Great book
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    4 out of 5 stars Partially Good Book.......2007-02-25

    This book is really good. however my main problem with is that it is mainly good for the American resort market, and not so useful in European circumstances speciall in smaller individual cityhotels.
    I have to stress that it is very well written but not what i was looking for.
    It is also abit dated. nevertheless I think everyone working this field shoud read it!

    5 out of 5 stars Easy-to-Read and Extremely Informative.......2006-04-24

    I normally don't take the time to write book reviews, but this book was so amazing that I felt obligated to comment. It is succinct, well-written, and extremely easy to read. The ideas in this book can be applied to any type of hospitality product. Mr. Raza supplements the text by giving links to websites the readers can visit to obtain more information.

    The chapters:
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    5 out of 5 stars too cool for school.......2006-04-22

    Just finished it. Had to write a review. In summary: The Best Marketing Book Ever!

    5 out of 5 stars very good .......2006-01-14

    Great to read. very good book.

    5 out of 5 stars Great book.......2005-09-25

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    Event Marketing: How to Successfully Promote Events, Festivals, Conventions, and Expositions (The Wiley Event Management Series)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Didn't help me at all
    • Very Useful and Easy to Follow
    • Raves for Event Marketing by Leonard H. Hoyle
    • so helpful!!
    Event Marketing: How to Successfully Promote Events, Festivals, Conventions, and Expositions (The Wiley Event Management Series)
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    Authored by a well-known figure in the field.
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    * Individual chapters address the differences involved in marketing different types of events.
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    2 out of 5 stars Didn't help me at all.......2007-06-12

    $65 on a book that's only based on theory and didn't give any insights or executions to help get the job done. A compete waste of money when you can buy a better book for less than $20.

    4 out of 5 stars Very Useful and Easy to Follow.......2002-08-21

    Event Marketing explores the promotions industry. Though it is a textbook, Hoyle delightfully surprises the reader by writing in a witty style. Why intimidate or bore the reader when you can engage them? Hoyle takes this obvious, but overlooked, premise and runs with it as he explains the events promotions business.

    Like Michael Levine's Guerrilla PR: Wired, which also has case histories and strategies in how to promote events in a low-cost fashion, Hoyle seeks to turn a confusing and frantic arena into one that, like all other areas, is more easily understood once clear and discrete steps have been demonstrated. The personal examples at the end of each chapter only serve to add credibility and weight to Hoyle's words.

    5 out of 5 stars Raves for Event Marketing by Leonard H. Hoyle.......2002-06-27

    When I began reading this book, I knew it was a textbook and expected the normal dry, wordy textbook in which information is buried under an avalance of prose. I was delighted to find a work that was clear, complete, informative, and interesting to read. I found that I looked forward to each chapter and subject. The information is presented in prose, lists of important topics, and highlighting of certain need-to-know material in such a way that cross-refencing and finding previously studied material are amazingly accessible. Added bonuses are the quotes before each chapter and the personal experiences at the end of each chapter.
    The suggestions about organization, multitasking, and people management are so original and all-encompassing that I heartily recommend this book for everyone -- not only those interesting in planning events.

    5 out of 5 stars so helpful!!.......2002-05-29

    The great insight on how to reach new event attendees was very helpful. I appreciated the variety of events that were mentioned in the book, along with the helpful appendice chocked full of information. Definitely a great purchase.
    Event Sponsorship (The Wiley Event Management Series)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Valuable resource
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    Book Description

    State-of-the-art methods for finding, securing, and retaining the best corporate sponsors
    The authoritative guide to creating and closing deals with irresistible ROIs
    Event Sponsorship provides step-by-step guidelines for attracting, signing, and keeping sponsorship for any event, including festivals, conventions, expositions, sporting events, arts and entertainment spectaculars, charity benefits, and much more. This hands-on resource presents successful strategies and tools for staying competitive in today's market by offering corporate sponsors the highest return possible on their investment. Leading experts give real-world advice for researching and targeting prospective companies, developing a sponsorship marketing plan, creating an effective proposal, selling the sponsorship, and negotiating a deal.

    Learn how to bring increased sponsorship dollars to any event by:

    With complete coverage including case studies, legal issues, the Internet, the sophisticated corporate customer, non-sports sponsorship opportunities, and an international view of sponsorship, Event Sponsorship is a powerful tool for event managers and other event professionals.
    THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES-Series Editor, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEP

    THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting-edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Valuable resource.......2007-10-21

    I found the way the authors dissect various events, detailing the ideal sponsors for (say) the Orange Bowl, sailing regattas, music festivals and so forth to be interesting and extremely valuable. Getting sponsors to part with precious funding is an art, so one must have a clear idea what motivates them. This book helps a ton.

    5 out of 5 stars Enlightening.......2002-11-11

    There's so much to learn about event sponsorship. It was interesting to see the various views of the industry, including how to expand the value of the sponsor, as well as the image of the actual event.
    Hotel Sales and Operations
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Fantastic tool for up and coming hoteliers!
    • outstanding one of a kind
    • Very informative. Great job Ahmed!!
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    Ahmed Ismail
    Manufacturer: Cengage Delmar Learning
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0827386478

    Book Description

    This comprehensive book offers a real-world approach to hotel sales and operations. It includes background information on hotel operations and marketing to ensure success in hotel sales. It introduces the concept of the sales triangle (room sales, catering sales, and outlet/ancillary sales) and illustrates the importance of each to the overall sales success of the hotel. This book helps fill in the gaps for hospitality professionals by clearly outlining the steps involved in successful hotel sales.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic tool for up and coming hoteliers!.......1999-07-27

    Applicable Hotel Sales know how. Ismail's breadth of hotel industry knowledge is astounding. Great reading for anyone interested in a hotel career.

    5 out of 5 stars outstanding one of a kind.......1999-02-13

    I am in the hotel business and have been for 10 years. Mr. Ismail and one of his contributers, Mr. Sweetland both are dead on target with their advice and I recommend this book to anyone who is even thinking of getting into the Hospitality Business. This book is to be required reading for anyone aspiring to management in my hotel from this day forward. If you are considering purchacing a franchise, this is a must read!

    5 out of 5 stars Very informative. Great job Ahmed!!.......1999-02-05

    It's awesome to see industry colleagues putting in print how the industry functions. It's comprehensive and enjoyable to read.
    Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism (3rd Edition)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Good for college students
    • great textbook
    • classic
    • wow!
    • Great for Marketing Beginners
    Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism (3rd Edition)
    Philip Kotler , John T. Bowen , and James C. Makens
    Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0130996114

    Book Description

    The bible of the field. Easy-to-read and user-friendly, this book provides examples and applications that illustrate the major decisions hospitality marketing managers face in their efforts to balance objectives and resources against needs and opportunities in today's global marketplace. Real-world in focus, it reflects the authors' rich combination of both academic and international consulting experience in the hospitality and travel industries. An abundance of real-world examples and cases and experiential and internet exercises give readers extraordinary insight into marketing situations actually encountered on the job. Service Characteristics of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing. The Role of Marketing in Strategic Planning. The Marketing Environment. Marketing Information Systems And Marketing Research. Consumer Markets and Consumer Buying Behavior. Organizational Buyer Behavior of Group Market. Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning. Designing and Managing Products. Internal Marketing. Building Customer Satisfaction through Quality. Pricing Products: Pricing Considerations, Approaches, and Strategy. Distribution Channels. Promoting Products: Communication and Promotion Policy. Promoting Products: Public Relations and Sales Promotion. Electronic Marketing: Internet Marketing, Database Marketing and Direct Marketing. Professional Sales. Destination Marketing. For Marketing Managers in any aspect of the hospitality and tourism industry.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Good for college students.......2006-03-01

    This book is exactly what I needed. I bought through Amazon because the shipping was free and it ended up being cheaper than my University bookstore. Recommend for any hospitality students that have to have this book.

    4 out of 5 stars great textbook.......2004-12-28

    This is the texbook I had in college. It was and still is great, but for one...being a textbook ...it is more theoretical and two, it lacks certain areas. Nevertheless, it is very usefull. I would complement it with a book that I have recently read: Heads In Beds - hospitality and tourism Marketig by Ivo Raza. This is very practical and covers the areas that are missing from Kotler's textbook like Loyalty marketing, COOP with Touroperators, targeting travel agents, creating promotional materials, development, etc. Combined, both books truly give a complete overview of the complex travel indutry and should be the foundation for people studying or working in travel and tourism.

    5 out of 5 stars classic.......2004-09-03

    Great book. The classic for anyone entering the industry. Complete and comprehensive. Great textbook for students and novices. Good for non marketing people. Good examples and highlights. I also recommend a new release: Heads In Beds. More practical than this one. With both you'd really know your stuff and make your boss happy.

    5 out of 5 stars wow!.......2001-08-11

    The layout and format of this book was very easy to follow!

    5 out of 5 stars Great for Marketing Beginners.......2000-12-06

    Kotler's Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism helps marketing beginners and people that are getting into the hospitality business. It demonstrates basic knowledge that can be applied to the business, great tool for working!
    Destination Branding, Second Edition: Creating the unique destination proposition
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The World of Destination Brands
    Destination Branding, Second Edition: Creating the unique destination proposition
    Nigel Morgan , Annette Pritchard , and Roger Pride
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    In today's highly competitive market, many destinations - from individual resorts to countries - are adopting branding techniques similar to those used by 'Coca Cola', 'Nike' and 'Sony' in an effort to differentiate their identities and to emphasize the uniqueness of their product.

    By focusing on a range of global case studies, Destination Branding demonstrates that the adoption of a highly targeted, consumer research-based, multi-agency 'mood branding' initiative leads to success every time.

    * Includes five completely new chapters authored by brand consultants, destination marketers and academics, including Philip Kotler and Wally Olins.
    * A more global coverage with new case studies and examples from the US, New Zealand, Australia and Asia.
    * Considers the web as a channel of place branding/promotion and its effects on the industry

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The World of Destination Brands.......2007-10-21

    After Destination Branding was first released it quickly became the branding bible for destination marketers and academics alike. Contributions by some of the world's leading destination branding experts such as Philip Kotler, Simon Anholt and Wally Olins have provided the second edition with some of the best in contemporary thinking on the subject. This edition introduced a number of new case studies that reflect the challenges of branding places in a variety of different market situations and lifecycle stages. I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of Shanghai which is destined to be one of the great destination brands of the 21st century.
    Bill Baker - Author of Destination Branding for Small Cities

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