Analysis of Digital Marketing Performance of Resort Hotel Business Websites: A Research on Five Star Hotel Businesses in Alanya Cover Image

Resort Otel İşletmeleri Web Sitelerinin Dijital Pazarlama Performanslarının Analizi: Alanya’daki Beş Yıldızlı Otel İşletmeleri Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Analysis of Digital Marketing Performance of Resort Hotel Business Websites: A Research on Five Star Hotel Businesses in Alanya

Author(s): Fatih Ercan
Subject(s): Marketing / Advertising, Tourism, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Gazi Üniversitesi- Turizm Fakültesi
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Tourism; Resort Hotel Businesses; Content Analysis;

Summary/Abstract: Today, hotel businesses reach their current and potential customers through corporate websites and carry out their marketing activities from this channel. The effectiveness of hotel website digital marketing activities is an important factor in terms of the success and performance of the business. The purpose of this study is to analyze the digital marketing performances of the corporate websites of resort hotels. For this purpose, websites of 79 five-star hotels in Alanya were analyzed by content analysis method and their digital marketing performances were analyzed according to 74 criteria determined in 10 dimensions. According to the findings obtained from the analysis, the digital marketing performance of resort hotel websites in terms of sales promotion tools is poor. In terms of public relations and mobile features, the performance is insufficient. Digital marketing performance is excellent in terms of information about the services offered at the hotel. As a result of the study, the overall digital marketing performance of resort hotel websites has been determined as good.

  • Issue Year: 4/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1727-1745
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Turkish