1st Edition

Destination Marketing Organisations

By Steven Pike Copyright 2004

    Travellers are now spoilt by choice of available holiday destinations. In today's crowded tourism market place, destination competitiveness demands an effective marketing organisation. Two themes underpin Destination Marketing Organisations. The first is the challenges associated with promoting multi-attributed destinations in dynamic and heterogeneous markets, and the second is the divide between tourism 'practitioners' and academics. Written by a former 'practitioner', Destination Marketing Organisations bridges industry and theory by synthesising a wealth of academic literature of practical value to DMOs.

    Key learning outcomes are to enhance understanding of the fundamental issues relating to:


    The rationale for the establishment of DMOs

    The structure, roles, goals and functions of DMOs

    The key opportunities, challenges and constraints facing DMOs

    The complexities of marketing destinations as tourism brands

    The Author

    Dr Steven Pike (PhD) spent 17 years in the tourism industry, working in destination marketing organisations, before joining academia. He is currently a Visiting Scholar with the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations at Queensland University of Technology, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Marketing and Tourism at Central Queensland University.

    Chapter 1. Introduction to Destination Marketing Organisations. Chapter 2. The Rationale for Destination Marketing Organisations. Chapter 3. DMO Roles and Structure. Chapter 4. Destination Branding.
    Chapter 5. Destination Image. Chapter 6. Destination Positioning. Chapter 7. Destination Marketing. Chapter 8. DMOs, Disasters and Crises. Chapter 9. Performance Measures.

    Biography

    STEVEN PIKE

    "...undoubtedly a very useful text...grounded in a scholarly synthesis of the literature, yet...accessible"
    --Nigel Morgan, TOURISM MANAGEMENT, June 2006