Unit of Study HOTL6002 Creating the Hotel Customer (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Educational Partnerships Board
Placement

No

Unit description

Examines major conceptual frameworks and applications that support the identification, creation, development and retention of the contemporary hotel customer. Students examine traditional versus contemporary marketing methods, customer segmentation, and communication strategies. In addition, new approaches to market development are explored that address cultural and destination considerations.

Unit content

The unit contains the following 6 modules:

1. Customers, segmentation and target markets
2. The contemporary traveller from a marketing standpoint
3. Marketing techniques: mass media and social media
4. The unique customer: direct and special events marketing
5. Innovative strategies for guest attraction and retention
6. Cultural considerations in market development

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Brisbane - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5
Melbourne - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5
Sydney - The Hotel School	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the major conceptual frameworks used to identify, attract and retain the contemporary hotel customer

demonstrate the ability to analyse the various strategies and tools used to identify, attract and retain the contemporary hospitality customer.

demonstrate the ability to develop strategies to identify, attract and retain the contemporary hotel customer

demonstrate the ability to reflect upon the challenges in developing and implementing strategies to identify, attract and retain the contemporary hotel customer.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Viva voce	40%
Report	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Viva voce	40%
Report	30%

Teaching method

Tutorial 3 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Viva voce	40%
Report	30%

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