Implementation of Competitive Strategy to Maximize The Value

Abstract

The development of the hotel industry today has seen to be uncontrolled. Every
year the new hotels, expecially five stars hotels are built. On the other hand, the total
number of tourist who come to Bali is not increase as many as the hotels built. The
decrease of our money currency, Rupiah, encourage many toursts come to Indonesia
especially Bali. The investors saw this condition and bring into the opportunity to build
many hotels in Bali. We could see that more supply rather than demand in this
circumteces. This condition is also impected to the Competition between those hotels
especially the five stars hotel as the object of this Reserch. On the other hand, the market
evolusion is also bring the firm to visualize the path as it is impacted by neew needs,
competitiors, technology, channels and other development.
Padma Resort Legian is in the Market for approximatelly 25 years. The competition
is changing year by year and bring this hotel into the high competition. The hotel need to
have a good Competitive Strategy to win the competition as we know that the other 14
new five stars International brand hotels are building until 2019 and will contribute about
2.040 rooms. Addition information from STR Global, a company located in USA that
provide a service of Market Information for Global Hotel Industry said that the Growth
of the hotels will impact the Occupancy. The data said that the Occupancy decreased 6.3%
compare to the last year in the first quarter. A special attention to January 2016 that the
Occupancy in Bali decrease 14.7% become
55.8%.
Padma Resort Legian make their Competitive Strategy by maximizing the
Value. The Competitive Strategy of this hotel consist of Differentiation ( Product
Development) and Focus ( Quality of Service and Customer Relationship Management),
these went to Value which consist of Functional Benefit and Emotional Benefit. All this
variables go to achive the Guest Satisfaction. Again, digital technology is used to this
situation especially in the Customer Relationship Management as well as the measurement
of their Guest Satisfaction by using Media System and Trip Advisor Website.
Researcher bring this study to clearly see how Padma Legian Resort Bali
implement their Competitive Strategy to maximize the Value. How they implement the
competitive strategy to maximize the value and how they measure the guest
satisfaction and bring this strategy into succeed to get the guest or customer satisfaction.