Barcelo Hotels and Resorts (A)

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John T. Gourville

Harvard Business School

Marco Bertini

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: February 18, 2011

Abstract

Barcelo Hotels and Resorts must decide whether to allow its many hotels to continue to undertake separate promotional campaigns or to run, for the first time, a broad corporate-level promotion. Complicating the decision is the fact that the many hotels in its portfolio vary greatly in their character, clientele, positioning, and locations.

Learning Objective: Looks at the costs and benefits of a corporate level branding and price promotion strategy. Also, when used with the Harrah's case (HBS Case No. 502-011), allows for a discussion of centralized versus decentralized management of a portfolio of service entities.

Suggested Citation

Gourville, John T. and Bertini, Marco, Barcelo Hotels and Resorts (A) (February 18, 2011). Harvard Business School Marketing Unit Case No. 511-108, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2020703 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2020703

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Marco Bertini

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