Market Segmentation Strategy as a Competitive Advantage: An Exploration Study on “Single” Tourism Sector in São Paulo City

Authors

  • Roberto Bazanini Universidade Paulista - UNIP
  • Ademir Antonio Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo - USP
  • José Ricardo Ramos Féris Universidade Paulista- UNIP
  • Fernando Araújo Ravagnani Universidade Paulista - UNIP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/podium.v5i1.153

Keywords:

Tourism Single, Market Segmentation, Competitive Advantage.

Abstract

This article is the result of a survey conducted with four companies of tourism sector (agencies and operators) from São Paulo that perform special travel programs comprising the segment of people who travel alone. The main focus of this exploratory and qualitative nature was to assess the perception of the leaders of those companies and their competitive advantage by specializing in the needs and desires of a particular market segment. We sought to explore, through the interviews and survey data from the companies, the tourists single’s profile, their motivation and expectations, as well as the strategy and the activities conducted by the company to serve them. We found that companies who have chosen to target on the market of “single” tourism usually realized the existence of a latent niche to be exploited, but only the companies that adopt market concentration in this segment obtains competitive advantage.

 

 

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Author Biographies

Roberto Bazanini, Universidade Paulista - UNIP

Doutor em Comunicação e Semiotica (PUC/SP). Professor titular do mestrado em administração da Universidade Paulista - UNIP.

Ademir Antonio Ferreira, Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Doutor  em Administração pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professor Titular do Programa de Mestrado em Administração da Universidade Paulista - UNIP.

José Ricardo Ramos Féris, Universidade Paulista- UNIP

Mestre em Administração (UNIP)

Fernando Araújo Ravagnani, Universidade Paulista - UNIP.

Graduação em Engenharia Elétrica pelo Centro Universitário da Fundação Educacional de Barreto (UNIFEB)

Published

2016-04-01

How to Cite

Bazanini, R., Ferreira, A. A., Ramos Féris, J. R., & Ravagnani, F. A. (2016). Market Segmentation Strategy as a Competitive Advantage: An Exploration Study on “Single” Tourism Sector in São Paulo City. PODIUM Sport, Leisure and Tourism Review, 5(1), 48–60. https://doi.org/10.5585/podium.v5i1.153