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Social media marketing: En fallstudie på Steam Hotel och Sunlight
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Tourism Studies.
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Tourism Studies.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

In this study two spa-hotels with an industrial history have been studied. The purpose of the study is to examine how industrial cool-hotels use social media marketing to reach out to their customers and what kind of information/advertising is communicated. The study was conducted as a qualitative content analysis with a deductive coding scheme. In the content analysis, 383 posts on Instagram and Facebook belonging to the spa hotels Steam Hotel and Sunlight were analyzed. The posts were analyzed based on a coding scheme with six different themes. The results of this study show that both hotels use social media marketing in the same way when it comes to advertising messages, imagery, interaction with customers and unique offers. There is a significant difference between these two hotels when it comes to their industrial heritage where one hotel more frequently pushes the unique selling point  (USP) while the other hotel overlooks this. One hotel has created a significant network in social media, which clearly shows that their marketing strategy in this area is successful, while the smaller hotel does not manage to reach as large a customer group through the same channels.

Abstract [sv]

I denna studie har två spa-hotell med en industriell historia undersökts. Syftet med denna undersökning är att undersöka hur industrial cool-hotell använder marknadsföring i sociala medier för att nå ut till kunder och vad det är för information/reklam som kommuniceras ut. Undersökningen genomfördes som en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med ett deduktivt kodningsschema. I innehållsanalysen analyserades 383 inlägg på Instagram och Facebook, tillhörande spa-hotellen Steam Hotel och Sunlight. Inläggen analyserades utifrån ett kodningsschema med sex olika teman. Resultatet av denna undersökning visar att hotellen använder marknadsföring i sociala medier på samma sätt när det kommer till reklambudskap, bildretorik, interaktion med kunder samt unika erbjudanden. Det finns dock en skillnad mellan hotellen när det kommer till deras industriella arv där ett hotell mer frekvent trycker på den unika försäljningspunkten (USP)  medan det andra hotellet förbiser detta. Det ena hotellet har skapat ett betydande nätverk inom sociala medier, vilket tydligt visar att deras marknadsföringsstrategi inom detta område är framgångsrik, medan det mindre hotellet inte lyckas nå ut till en lika stor kundgrupp genom samma kanaler.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 38
Keywords [en]
Social media, marketing, industrial history, hotel, interaction
Keywords [sv]
Sociala medier, marknadsföring, industrihistoria, hotell, interaktion
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-51864OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-51864DiVA, id: diva2:1778671
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Tourism Studies
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Available from: 2023-07-12 Created: 2023-07-03 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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