Executive Summary
The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast is a charming bed and breakfast (B&B) located in the Lorane Valley, outside of Eugene, OR. The valley is well known for its beauty and concentration of vineyards. The B&B will be set up as a sole proprietorship of Missy Stewart. The B&B will reside in The Stewart's newly renovated home. Their home is the center piece for the entire B&B experience. Each of the five rooms have their own private bath. The facility has a wonderful centralized living room for the socialization of the guests, a private garden patio, and an on-site winery on the Stewart's 10 acres of land. To top things off, every room has 65% of their walls as windows offering guests an unprecedented …show more content…
The first is weekend getaway travelers, generally people from Eugene looking to escape for the weekend. Eugene is a wonderful town in the Willamette River valley nationally renowned for its wineries, cycling and old growth trees. This customer group is growing at 11% a year with 12,000 potential customers. The second group is out-of-town travelers which is growing at 10% with 18,000 potential customers. The last group of customers the B&B is targeting are University of Oregon travelers. The university brings thousands of visitors to Eugene whether they are professors, speakers, or parents. Once a relationship has been established with the U of O, it will be a constant stream of business. This customer group is growing at 17% with 12,000 potential …show more content…
The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast has a large central gathering room that allows travelers to socialize. The customers will receive the personal attention of the Stewarts, who will meet any need a traveler has.
The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast provides a wonderful breakfast feast and can meet any dietary restriction. The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast is centrally located about 15 minutes from downtown Eugene in the heart of the Lorane Valley wine country. In fact, The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast has its own vineyard which grows grapes for local wineries and clients are encouraged to explore The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast's 10 acres of land.
Strategy and Implementation Summary
The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast will be using advertising and membership in associations to drive in prospective customers. They will also use their website as a complete source of information about the B&B. Missy will then turn these leads into customers through unsurpassed attentiveness in one-on-one phone inquiries/conversations.
5.1 Competitive Edge
The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast's two competitive advantages