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Just Us. Community-based Tourism
Ian McKillop; Julia Sagebien; Alba BruguerasCase IVEY-9B10M108-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe development coordinator for Just Us! Development Education Society (JUDES) was reviewing the preliminary agenda for the JUDES Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting would take place some time between May 1 and May 14, 2010, during Canada’s National Fair Trade Weeks. The coordinator was preparing her to-do list for the event. Just Us!, a Nova Scotia-based cooperative that offered fair trade products, had a very loyal regional following, and...Starting at €8.20
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The Marriott-Starwood Merger: Navigating Brand Portfolio Strategy and Brand Architecture
Avery, Jill; Dev, Chekitan S.; Stroock, Laure MougeotCase HBS-518081-EMarketingIn September 2016, Marriott completed its $13.3 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which added 11 brands to its already robust 19 hotel brand portfolio. Tina Edmundson, Marriott's global brand officer, was charged with making sense of the brand portfolio and designing a strategy that would clearly differentiate each brand from the others and a brand architecture system to communicate to consumers how to navigate among them. She wou...Starting at €8.20