Service Quality Group Project
1. What are the main factors that contributed to Banyan Tree’s success?
Great experience & expertise of founder
Extensive travel experiences, sharp observation and superior foresight of Ho Kwon Ping, founder of Banyan Tree, inspired him to bridge the price gap in the hotel industry.
Ho foresees that the 21st century will be followed by a greater Asian demand for the industry, therefore he created a brand that Asians will like, with a strong Asian culture, which will also attract the global consumers. (Mary Scoviak, 2007)
Ho attributes the success of the Banyan Tree Group, as opposed to other Asian brands, to his ability to understand Western consumer markets. While Ho’s upbringing has allowed
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Banyan Tree is innovative and constantly coming up with new product offerings through integration of their in-house design, project management and centralized marketing. Thus improving the speed of service delivery and reducing costs effectively.
Employees’ good working attitudes are worth commending. Besides being courteous, friendly and helpful towards all guests, employees of Banyan Tree go the extra mile to remember guests by their names and individual preferences. Such personalized service delighted guests, it made them feel welcomed and at ease.
Employees are given the flexibility to vary the service delivery process according to local culture and practices, as long as consistency with the brand promise of romance and intimacy are sustained. For example, employees have the freedom to decorate the villas according to customers’ preferences. In this way, customers can look forward to a fresh and different experience on each of their visits. This will encourage repeat patronage from the customers.
Banyan Tree focuses on customer satisfaction and desired experience which they aspire. For example, it launched a product known as the “Intimate Moments” package, specially created for couples.
Effective internal marketing
Generous staff welfare policies such as letting employees
This assignment will define and analyse the need for a chosen service improvement within the pathway of mental health, as well as evaluating the suggested service. Demonstrating how this service can inform and benefit integrated practice, discussing the ways in which the agency’s statutory obligations and responsibilities impact on both individual and group decision making. The chosen service improvement for this assignment is the introduction of a mental health nurse into primary care services, for example, a GP Surgery. Focusing on service users with mental health issues in the community and therefore in the care of the local Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Also, Yue Sai’s products can’t compete with brands with larger marketing budgets and distribution channels in marketing scale. In order to compensate for this disadvantage, Yue Sai needs to shrewdly utilize its product’s influence on Chinese consumer behavior. For example, using an expensive Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) known for its natural medicinal properties will imprint a positive image in Chinese consumers. Since TCM is generally believed to be gentle, healthy, and harmless, it will
financial gain but is not best for the long-term or the trees. It is the
products, have attracted a lot of customers throughout the world. The company has a huge
The main target market for the company is people of 15 and over years of the age, who represent healthy and luxurious lifestyle, and appreciate high quality product. Such people are mostly representatives of business who loves take care of their health and body: regular work out in gym, yoga, SPA, aroma therapies etc. Those people demonstrate elegant style in everything, starting from a coffee what they drink and finishing a shampoo or hand lotion what they use. Bright example of such group of customers can be those who prefer Starbucks coffee to Tim Horton’s one.
The brand seeks great opportunity to further develop the business, enhance product design as well as company’s brand image.
Sharing Zhang’s belief that a superior level of category leadership was within reach if the Li Ning brand could somehow acquire elements of brand strength equivalent to those associated with the Nike and Adidas names, vice president of marketing Abel Wu was pursuing a marketing strategy aimed at establishing in people’s minds, just in time for the Olympics, a uniquely differentiated position for the Li Ning brand. Chief among Zhang’s concerns at this point was how to integrate Li Ning’s decision-making to ensure that new opportunities could be seized while making the most of the company’s current competitive advantages.
This paper is designed for exploring the reasons for the success of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Paris (Four Seasons). Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is Canadian based international leading operator of midsized luxury hotels. Four Seasons has enabled guests to maximize the value of their time with providing high-quality and truly personalized service. Four Seasons was able to succeed with their unique strategy of dealing with cultural differences, unique corporate culture, and strategy of human
Four Seasons is a globally renowned hotel company recognized for its luxurious diversity, and emphasis on customized service. The company has 270 core worldwide operating standards that are congruent across all properties. However, along with their globally uniform standards, they do an excellent job of integrating the local culture into each property. For example, a guest will always receive a message on time, have clean room, and enjoy a great meal. But an Italian concierge has his own style and flair, while in Turkey or Egypt, the guest
Although the potential cooperation may prove to lessen the barriers of entry to the American market there are still existing challenges that may render Yunnan Baiyao to be unsuccessful in diversifying into the international market. Apart from regulatory compliance issues, there are also cultural differences that affect consumer behaviors towards products. Perceptions of herbal medicine as lacking modern scientific support and general skepticism can lead to failure of acceptance of the product. There is also the existing problem of Yunnan Baiyao’s lack of international experience. Even by hiring local sales personnel, aligning personnel values with company values is a potential challenge.
Traditionally, Service quality can be portrayed as the result from client comparison between their assumptions about the service they will use and their insight about the service company. That implies that if the insight recognitions would be higher than the desired the service will be considered as fabulous, if the desires rise to the insight observations the service is viewed as great and if the desires are not met the service will be viewed as awful. For a service to be considered as good the organisation is required for making customers satisfied and service quality should be associated with customer perceptions and expectations. (Carlsson, 2010)
Customer service is very important element in hospitality industry. A good restaurant or a good hotel always have an excellent service first. Hotels and restaurants put added value in their products and service make guest love it. Some hotels give guest drink when they arrived or prepare small birthday gifts to their loyalty guests. But sometimes hotels spend lots of money to added value of customers’ experience but customers still don’t like their service. So, what’s happening? Hotels gave service and improved service are not customers needed or most needed. That’s the gap between you and your customer. “You know your hotel inside out, but do you ever see it through your guests' eyes? In many cases, there is a disconnect between what hoteliers think
Strategic brand management was crucial to associate BT with the appropriate qualities that its target market would respond positively to. Steps undertaken by its founders included careful choosing of the name “Banyan Tree”, a tree with its origins rooted in Asia and whose name evoked a calming sense of nature, as well as the tagline “Sanctuary for the Senses”, which implied that the resort was a safe haven away from the stresses of modern life.
The case of Flying Tiger in Japan initially caught our attention due to the big success immediately after market entry. Later on in the process we learned that there are many challenging aspects of operating the Flying Tiger business in Japan. The massive news media coverage and public attention in the early stage after the entry, served as a head start for the company. However it is not possible to sustain that level of attention, so it is necessary for Flying Tiger to figure out how to build a long-term competitive position in the Japanese market. We found that Flying Tiger needs to constantly reinvent and build the brand image, as the branding and the ‘story’ of the brand is extremely important in Japan. It is crucial for Flying Tiger to hold on to their uniqueness.
Be the first company to create and penetrate into high-end segment. Provide a unique of hotel & resort and spa that meets high-end customers need. Well-trained for staffs with five – star standard service and measure by efficiency and productivities. Launching new brand to meet a middle class, Angsana, on time and providing to market more product portfolio like Gallery and The Museum Shop. Smart in distribution products and services thru GDS. Success in building CSR and environmental conservation, Success in using local culture and heritage that will be served and satisfied their customer, these culture and heritage will be differentiated in each county. Bring benefits to local famer and traders by purchasing fresh product and traditional art, handicrafts. Information Technological System is available with latest updating about BTHR program. it is very convenient for customers.