The Marketing Audit
Several years ago, the marketing director of a medium sized casino saw an opportunity to partner with a nearby hotel to achieve mutually beneficial goals. The casino, lacking a hotel, needed a lodging property to house its overnight customers. The casino’s marketing director also recognized the potential gaming value of transient lodging customers if they could be induced to cross the street and visit the casino. Thus, a promotion was created. The hotel agreed to set up a direct billing accow1t and the casino agreed to provide the hotel with a stock of coupon books containing a number of compelling offers to be given to guests upon check-in.
The coupons were designed, printed and numbered. As the books came into the receiving department, they were shipped to the secured document storage closet in the accounting office. The marketing director then requested several cases of coupon books from accounting, which he delivered to the hotel.
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