Selected Marketing Activities Aimed at the Touristic Complex of Aquarius SPA Hotel. A Case Study

Abstract

The Aquarius hotel has existed and run intensive promotion since 2009. It utilizes in a creative way the marketing concept of services particularly in the Internet, in an effort to reach the most numerous target group of potential customers. The aim of article is the presentation of the scope of desired marketing actions for a touristic complex, as well as discussing the results of the case study of the Aquarius SPA Hotel in Kołobrzeg. The theoretical part concerns the issues con-nected with services marketing. The further part characterizes the Aquarius Hotel SPA in Kołobrzeg. It presents certain PR activities of the Aquarius hotel. It mainly focuses on the effec-tiveness of the influence of the hotel’s website (homepage). The offer presented on the website of the hotel is concise, described in details and presented by numerous multimedia materials like pictures, films ,,and vast panoramas enabling virtual stroll about every part of the hotel. Integrated have been also the modules of direct contact with the client service as well as the possibility of leaving the opinion about the hotel. The Aquarius Hotel is an unquestionable leader in effective positioning itself by means of useful phrases like: ,,Hotel Kołobrzeg”, ,,SPA at the Seaside”. The paper also characterizes the rules of and describes the advantages of running email cam-paigns as well as the utility of a newsletter. It also depicts the effectiveness of advertisements on the branch websites in the era of increasing interest in tourism and SPA-Wellness services. Further part of the paper shows the role of social media, including the Facebook which has become a new contact channel and from which the viral marketing originates. While taking care of the perfect image of the hotel one should first of all lay emphasis on the highest possible quality of presented materials and their contents, and for this reason the additional part of promotional activities should be commissioned to specialist firms dealing with e-business.