Sažetak
o track generic stages of processes that every customer goes through when considering a purchase, the AIDA model, or sales funnel method, is developed in the marketing strategy of organizations that has been valid for more than a century. It is four-step formula useful in assessing the impact of advertising by controlling every step of the psychological transformation of a potential customer in actually becoming one. Given the peculiarity of commodities in the hospitality industry, that can be partly products of physical substance and/or services, customer satisfaction is related to the various factors, so the marketing mix of shareholders needs to adjust accordingly, considering the advent and prominence of sharing economy platforms that suggest the possibility for new business models for accommodation providers. Research conducted in May 2021. on a sample of 140 hotels in the Republic of Croatia, focuses on how, through the various stages of the sales funnel, hotels gain awareness of their products and services, stimulate interest in buying their offerings and convert customers in relation to reservation or booking services on sharing economy platforms. Including the outlets of electronic, or online, and offline media, the paper discusses marketing strategy practices of most represented accommodation establishments in the tourism segment as the main generator of economic activities in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
AIDA model, Croatia, hotel, marketing, offline media, online media, sharing economy platforms