BAT311 Tourism Marketing Task brief & rubrics Task 1 Midterm This in an individual task. The student must submit it as a report (PDF document). The stude

BAT311 Tourism Marketing Task brief & rubrics

Task 1 Midterm

This in an individual task. The student must submit it as a report (PDF document).

The student must analyze the following case:

The sector of cruise ships has some challenges to overcome. On one hand, they are fondly criticized due to their impact on the environment. On the other hand, in 2020 the sector had to face the coronavirus crisis, dealing with ill passengers on board and fulfilling the demands of the quarantine. Furthermore, the tourism trends are changing, and the possible modification of the travelers’ behavior is something that the sector cannot forget. Finally, the cruise ships sector is working to make its comeback this year.

Student must select the research question about the case explained above and elaborate a written case analysis covering:

· Cover

· Introduction: Which is your research question? Are you focusing on one specific company? Are you focusing on the near future of the sector? Are you focusing on the reaction of the costumer? Finally, what are you analyzing about this case?

· Background: Context of the case. Which are your main authors? Which are the main lines of thought that you will use to analyze the case?

· Evaluation of the case

· Key problems, challenges or dilemmas

· Why does the conflict have occurred?

· Possible solutions or changes needed: Explain the solutions that you may have and select the most appropriate one.

· Recommendations: how do we apply the solution?

· Conclusions

· Bibliography

Formalities:

· Wordcount: 2.000 words

· Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

· Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

· Text alignment: Justified.

· The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Via Moodle (Turnitin).

Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

· The student will learn how to elaborate a written case study

· The student will practice her/his critical thinking

· The student will understand the situation of a big part of the tourism sector, and he/she will see the opportunities and challenges that it has in the near future

· The student will apply the knowledge and the concepts seen at class

· The student will learn how to develop a background in a case study

· The student will reflect about the solutions and recommendations that could be applied in tourism marketing

Rubrics

Learning Descriptors

Fail Below 60%

Marginal Fail 60-69%