SERVICES MARKETING
PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY
Christopher Lovelock
Yale University
Jochen Wirtz
National University of Singapore
Prentice Hall
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam
Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo
CONTENTS
Preface xvii
XIII
xiv Contents
Cases
Case 1 Sullivan Ford Auto World 440
Case 2 Four Customers in Search of Solutions 446
Case 3 Dr. Beckett's Dental Office 448
Case 4 Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts 453
Case 5 Giordano: Positioning for International Expansion 463
Case 6 Distribution at American Airlines 475
Case 7 The Accra Beach Hotel: Block Booking of Capacity During a
Peak Period 484
Case 8 Revenue Management of Gondolas: Maintaining the
Balance Between Tradition and Revenue 490
Case 9 Aussie Pooch Mobile 494
Case 10 Shouldice Hospital Limited (Abridged) 507
Case 11 Red Lobster 519
Case 12 Menton Bank 521
Case 13 Dr. Mahalee Goes to London: Global Client Management 531
Case 14 Hilton HHonors Worldwide: Loyalty Wars 533
Case 15 Massachusetts Audubon Society 547
Case 16 TLContact: CarePages Service (A) 564
Case 17 The Accellion Service Guarantee 577
Case 18 Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service 580
Glossary 596
Credits 603
Name Index 604
Subject Index 616