Rosewood Hotels & Resorts‚ L.L.C‚ was established in 1979 by the Caroline Rose Hunt Trust Estate. This collection of high end luxury hotels has up to 2004 implemented an individual brand/collection brand strategy built around the “sense of place” concept. This concept tailors their hotels to capture the local architecture‚ history and culture‚ differentiating them from corporate branded hotels. Despite Rosewood’s performance of having the highest average per room daily room rate and revenue‚ and
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Rosewood Case 1. Make an overview of the pros and cons of the tow different branding strategies (i.e.‚ individual branding and corporate branding) 1) Individual branding: - Each hotel and resort featured architectural details‚ interiors and culinary concepts that reflected local character and culture and defined Rosewood’s ‘Sense of a Place’ (each of the properties seeks to capture what is unique about the given location). - Some degree of flexibility and creativity
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Recommendation for Rosewood to improve CLV The fundamental Idea behind Customer Lifetime Value is to maximize profits per customer. While Rosewood does have loyal customers‚ these customers are limited to the one unique destination Rosewood hotel as they do not identify with Rosewood brand. Whereas the Rosewood strategy for individualistic properties based on the local area‚ local history and local staff has been successful in bringing in customers‚ it has failed in retaining customers. This can be related
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to foster customer retention and loyalty increasing cross-property usage. The number of multi-property guest stays should be increased to 10% from the 5% rate experienced during the last year. MARKETING SITUATION Problem situation: Rosewood brand was muted‚ not very well known but it was not clear what is the best corporate branding strategy without destroying the value of each individually branded hotel and loosing a customer. A new branding strategy proposing an increased customer profitability
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b) Organizational & Political Environment 3 c) SWOT analysis for Rosewood 5 III. PROBLEMS FOUND IN SITUATION ANALYSIS 6 IV. STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES 9 a) Corporate Branding 9 b) Individual Branding 11 c) Selective Corporate Branding 12 PROPOSED BRANDING STRATEGY - SELECTIVE CORPORATE BRANDING STRATEGY 13 SUMMARY 15 APPENDICES 16 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (Rosewood)‚ known for managing distinctive luxury hotels is considering a new brand
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RoseWood Hotels & Resorts RoseWood Hotels & Resorts: Branding to increase customer profitability and lifetime value. Rosewood Hotels& Resorts(Rosewood) ‚ a private hotel management company started in 1979‚ that built a global reputation with iconic luxury hotels such as The Mansion and The Carlyle‚ became well known for its ability to enhance a property’s value by creating unique‚ one-of-a-kind properties with a small ultra-luxury residential style. But amidst this‚ the brand ROSEWOOD
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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts: Branding to increase profitability and lifetime value BACKGROUND Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is a private hotel management company established in 1979 by the Caroline Rose Hunt Trust Estate. It is a well known company in the luxury hotels market which owns 17 iconic properties in 7 different countries (http://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/the_company/). The first hotel was The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas; afterwards the company expanded its “collection of unique
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Why is Rosewood considering a new brand strategy? What is the key issue that prompted them to rethink their brand strategy? Rosewood is considering a new brand strategy‚ because the individual branding strategy is not responding their objectives any more. Rosewood’s new president and CEO‚ John Scott is considering a new strategy to boost the company’s growth. The management team thinks that it is the right time to establish Rosewood as a corporate brand. A known corporate brand name will encourage
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The movie Rosewood had a lot of impact on black and white people throughout the century. Rosewood stems from a small town located in central Florida. It co-existed with 120 people‚ mostly blacks who owned and farmed the surrounding land. On New Year’s Day of that year‚ Fanny Taylor‚ a white woman in the nearby predominantly white town of Sumner‚ ran out of her house screaming‚ bruised and battered‚ claiming that a black man had assaulted her. In fact‚ the beating had been at the hands of her white
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Case Study of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Background: Established in 1979‚ Rosewood Hotels & Resorts‚ a privately held company‚ became known for its ability to enhance a property’s value by creating unique‚ one-of-a-kind properties that differentiated from other chain-like luxury competitors. In early 2004‚ to boost the company’s growth‚ Rosewood considered to implement a new branding strategy to establish Rosewood as a true brand with a global reputation for iconic luxury hotels. Problem
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