Estórias para um turismo slow. Contributos para o marketing na Serra Algarvia

Dissertação de Mestrado, Marketing, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2016

(Con)vivendo em fortalezas: o outro lado do morar bem

The intensification of the fear in the city and in the spaces controlled by this feeling has contributed to a growing socio-spatial inequality, and the rapid growth of market protection. The residential condos emerge as a possible solution to the problem. This is a housing typology expanding worldwide which is seen, especially by the urban middle class, as enablers of quality of life and safety. In Brazil, especially in large cities, the quest for quality of life is directly connected with the desire for security translated through space control (use of high walls, gates, entrance hall, security cameras) and people who use it. This thesis aims at investigating how the different categories of inhabitants of an area predominantly occupied by vertical residential condos realize the socio-spatial dimension and the socio-urban space determined by this type of development. It especially takes into consideration the issue of urban insecurity, based on the assumption that, although published and sold by marketing as safe places , synonym of welfare and supporters of community life , the living in these condos, may even inhibits, social relationships, contributing to socio-spatial isolation and consequent social weakness. This is a survey that seeks to meet the assumptions of Environmental Psychology towards the comprehension of person-environment studies, emphasizing the use of different methods (desk research, observations of and group interviews, focus group technique using photographic resources), as well as the focus on current problems of the urban scene and the knowledge gained in Social Psychology

O marketing territorial como estratégia partilhada para a competitividade em regiões periféricas: o caso de Bragança

O cenário atual de crescente globalização e competitividade obrigou os gestores dos territórios a mudar o paradigma do planeamento e desenvolvimento dos lugares. Hoje, cidades, regiões e países competem entre si pela atração de investimento, empresas, negócios, turistas e pela retenção de população e talento. É neste contexto que o marketing territorial tem ganho relevância na esfera académica e na gestão pública. Decidimos, assim, investigar este tema, tendo como suporte físico um território de uma região periférica como é Bragança. Em paralelo, verificámos através da revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema, que os modelos inclusivos e colaborativos de gestão do marketing territorial estão a assumir especial preponderância no campo da governação pública, nos quais se dá primazia à mobilização e inclusão de diferentes stakeholders, nomeadamente dos residentes. Com o intuito de compreender a existência de uma visão estratégica partilhada entre os vários stakeholders e analisar o papel dos residentes no contexto do marketing territorial, utilizamos uma metodologia mista, com elementos qualitativos (8 entrevistas a diferentes stakeholders) e quantitativos (408 questionários a residentes em Bragança). Concluímos que nas questões estratégicas essenciais existe entre os stakeholders uma visão alinhada e uma partilha de opiniões, contudo, questões como a decisão por uma abordagem local ou regional e a liderança provocam alguma divisão de opiniões. No que aos residentes se refere, é notório o elevado grau de satisfação, vinculação e recomendação de Bragança, contudo, a mobilização e participação podem ser mais efetivas, se houver mecanismos influenciadores e indutores. Importa destacar ainda que a questão da perificidade não é vista como um constrangimento mas uma oportunidade, sempre que se saibam potenciar os recursos endógenos do território e a proximidade a Espanha e ao resto da Europa.

Visitor Relationship Management (VRM) - Repeat Visitation Opportunities for Destination Marketing Organisations

In competitive tourism markets the consumer-traveller is spoilt by choice of available destinations. Successfully differentiating a destination and getting noticed at decision time is arguably the focus of activities by destination marketing organisations (DMOs). In pursuit of differentiation, three emergent themes in the marketing literature during the past decade have been branding, integrated marketing communications (IMC), and customer relationship management (CRM) a fundamental goal of each being stimulating customer loyalty. However there has been little attention given to destination loyalty in the tourism literature. The purpose of this paper is to report an exploratory investigation of visitor relationship management (VRM) by DMOs. Based on interviews with the management of 11 regional tourism organisations (RTO) in Queensland, Australia, the opportunities for, and immediate challenges of, VRM are discussed. While each RTO recognised the potential for VRM, none had yet been able to develop a formal approach to engage in meaningful dialogue with previous visitors from their largest market.

Consumer appraisals of mobile marketing communications

This paper reports on a study that investigates the emotions elicited from appraising SMS-based mobile marketing (m-marketing) communications under three marketing conditions: product consistency, incentives and permission giving. Results from the experimental design show that appraising m-marketing communications elicits both single emotions and mixed emotions; that is, a mixture of positive and negative emotions in the same response. Additionally, the results show that the influence of specific marketing conditions may increase or reduce the intensity of the emotions elicited. This study contributes to marketing practice by examining consumer appraisals of m-marketing communications under different combinations of marketing conditions. The results provide insights into which emotions are likely to be elicited as a result, and how a specific marketing condition might influence their levels of intensity. The study contributes to marketing theory also through combining appraisal theory with Richins (1997) consumption emotion set.

Mobile phone consumption and implications for SMS marketing

This paper reports on a Q-methodology study on the consumption of mobile phones and opinions on SMS-marketing, extracted from interpretive interviews and focus groups. The Metaphors Q-sort, developed within a framework of Holt's (1995) four metaphors of consumption, identifies three experiential value clusters in the consumption of mobile phones: the Mobile Pragmatists, the Mobile Connectors and the Mobile Revelers. The SMS-marketing Q-sort identifies two key clusters of subjective opinions on various aspects of SMS-based mobile-marketing. By integrating the findings from these two Q-sorts, we demonstrate that while all three value clusters express positive opinions towards ‘location specific’ and ‘customer initiated contact’ SMS-marketing, there are noticeable differences in how marketers should develop their strategies to maximize the consumers’ perceived experiential value derived from the consumption of their mobile phones. Keywords: mobile phones; experiential consumption: SMS-marketing; Q-methodology