Reconciling and Clarifying CLV Formulas Peter S. Fader www.petefader.com Bruce G. S. Hardie www.brucehardie.com † March 2012 1 Introduction A standard part of many contemporary Marketing courses is a case or exercise in which students are expected to compute customer lifetime value (CLV). Typically they are given an average retention rate r‚ an average net cashflow of $m per period (having accounted for “account maintenance” costs)‚ and an assumed discount rate d. Given these inputs‚ they are
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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts‚ L.L.C‚ was established in 1979 by the Caroline Rose Hunt Trust Estate. This collection of high end luxury hotels has up to 2004 implemented an individual brand/collection brand strategy built around the “sense of place” concept. This concept tailors their hotels to capture the local architecture‚ history and culture‚ differentiating them from corporate branded hotels. Despite Rosewood’s performance of having the highest average per room daily room rate and revenue‚ and
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Part 4: Recommendation for Rosewood to improve CLV The fundamental Idea behind Customer Lifetime Value is to maximize profits per customer. While Rosewood does have loyal customers‚ these customers are limited to the one unique destination Rosewood hotel as they do not identify with Rosewood brand. Whereas the Rosewood strategy for individualistic properties based on the local area‚ local history and local staff has been successful in bringing in customers‚ it has failed in retaining customers.
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Rosewood Case 1. Make an overview of the pros and cons of the tow different branding strategies (i.e.‚ individual branding and corporate branding) 1) Individual branding: - Each hotel and resort featured architectural details‚ interiors and culinary concepts that reflected local character and culture and defined Rosewood’s ‘Sense of a Place’ (each of the properties seeks to capture what is unique about the given location). - Some degree of flexibility and creativity
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b) Organizational & Political Environment 3 c) SWOT analysis for Rosewood 5 III. PROBLEMS FOUND IN SITUATION ANALYSIS 6 IV. STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES 9 a) Corporate Branding 9 b) Individual Branding 11 c) Selective Corporate Branding 12 PROPOSED BRANDING STRATEGY - SELECTIVE CORPORATE BRANDING STRATEGY 13 SUMMARY 15 APPENDICES 16 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (Rosewood)‚ known for managing distinctive luxury hotels is considering a new brand
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refers to the “MEXL/Customer Lifetime Value” submenu. Overview Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) represents a metric of a customer’s value to the organization over the entire span of that customer’s relationship with a firm. Short-term sales influence CLV‚ but so do overall customer satisfaction‚ the churn rate in the segment‚ and the costs to acquire a new customer and retain an existing customer. The CLV approach helps firms answer such questions as: How much is my customer base "worth"
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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts: Branding to increase profitability and lifetime value BACKGROUND Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is a private hotel management company established in 1979 by the Caroline Rose Hunt Trust Estate. It is a well known company in the luxury hotels market which owns 17 iconic properties in 7 different countries (http://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/the_company/). The first hotel was The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas; afterwards the company expanded its “collection of unique
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ROSEWOOD HOTELS: CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE (CLTV) ANALYSIS The calculation below confirms that when following the corporate branding/strategy could be beneficial for Rosewood hotels. ROSEWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS: CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE (CLTV) ANALYSIS Without Rosewood Branding Total number of unique Guests With Rosewood Corporate Branding 115‚000.00 115‚000.00 $750 $750 2 2 32% 32% 1.2 1.3 Average Marketing expense per guest (system-wide) $130 $138.70 Average new guest acquisition (system
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from the 5% rate experienced during the last year. MARKETING SITUATION Problem situation: Rosewood brand was muted‚ not very well known but it was not clear what is the best corporate branding strategy without destroying the value of each individually branded hotel and loosing a customer. A new branding strategy proposing an increased customer profitability and lifetime value is needed. Company. Rosewood is a 25 years old luxury private hotel management company having 12 hotels in different countries
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Facts of the Case Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is a private luxury hotel management company established in 1979‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. The first hotel managed by the company was The Mansion on Turtle Creek‚ opened in 1980. As of 2003 the Rosewood had 12 hotels worldwide‚ with a total capacity of 1‚513 rooms‚ with a nightly rate varying between $120 -$9‚000. Rosewood competed with luxury corporate branded hotels such as Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons but unlike them‚ Rosewood operated unique
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