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Book Part Social Media as a Tool for Gastronomy: An Analysis Through Instagram on Turkish Cuisine(IGI Global, 2022) Şahin, Gonca GuzelMany countries that have unique local gastronomy cultures develop and promote their regions for the purpose of economic effects for regional development instruments and to protect and sustain local culture and meet the demands of today’s tourists. For the purpose of security and providing the sustainability of local culture diversities in the world, national and international organizations register and put under protection the local gastronomy assets. This occurs in various proportions. In order to compete with regional tourism, a variety of tourist attractions should be developed. Turkish cuisine one of three top cuisines in the world. The aim of this chapter is to emphasize the importance of marketing strategy on social media for the traditional Turkish cuisine and Turkish cultural cuisine. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Book Part The Effect of Market Orientation on Performance of Private Hospitals: The Pivotal Role of the Marketing Function(Springer Nature, 2016) Tengilimoglu,D.; Atilla,E.A.; Dursun-Kilic,T.The objectives of this study are threefolded: (1) To measure the level of market orientation of private hospitals, (2) to examine the effects of the availability of a formal marketing department on market orientation and hospital performance, and finally (3) to examine the link between market orientation and performance of hospitals at the component level. Managers from 400 private hospitals in Turkey were surveyed with a usable response rate of 25 %. A positive connection was found between the level of the hospital’s market orientation and the presence of a marketing department in the hospital. The study results revealed that market orientation is positively related to general performance. According to the results of the component-level analysis, the three dimensions of market orientation had significant positive impacts on general performance. This study also showed that a statistically significant difference exists between the general performance assessments of the hospitals having a formal marketing department and of those not having a marketing department. Managerial implications of the results were discussed and study limitations and future research suggestions were also provided. © 2016, Academy of Marketing Science.Book Part Examining the Effects of Blogger Type (Influencers Vs. Celebrities) and Post Format in Instagram Marketing(IGI Global, 2022) Özgen, Pelin; Mahmoudian, Amir BehradIn the era where credibility of advertisements is decreasing and people are spending more time in social media compared to traditional channels, it is no surprise that marketing professionals employ social media as a new channel for communication. In this new media for communication, the conventional advertising techniques are also coupled with alternating methods such as product placements. In the light of these relatively new applications, the purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of marketing communications in social media under different message sources (celebrities vs. influencers) and with different message presentations. In order to serve that purpose, a 2X2 between subjects experiment is modelled with 399 respondents. The results show that a product is better advertised by an influencer rather than a celebrity and type of the blog post had no significant impact on the purchase intention. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Book Part Health Tourism-Based Destination Marketing(IGI Global, 2017) Gürcü, Maride; Tengilimoǧlu, DilaverVisits of people for their health caused health tourism to be created. Health tourism has a great market share in the world with a volume of 100 billion dollars. A big battle has started between companies and countries that want to get share from this market. It became necessary to be act professionally because of the competition in health tourism sector. It is very important to know the market, to determine customer requests and needs, to know the advantageous and disadvantageous of competitors and to positions itself at the correct place. It is necessary to focus on international market at health tourism process. Politicians and the government has a big role in being a destination in health tourism sector. All the factors in service process are important parts of both service quality and of branding process. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
