The reason Sophia chose to stay at a particular chain of bed & breakfast inns was because its web site promises free breakfast at any inn that did not offer a wake-up service. When Sophia stayed at one of the chain's inns, she was allowed to oversleep and missed an important sales call even though she had asked to be awakened at 7:00 AM. The inn manager told her that his hotel did not offer a wake-up service and apologized for her inconvenience. He did not offer her a free breakfast and Sophia swore never to stay at the inns again. The chain of inns needs to:

The reason Sophia chose to stay at a particular chain of bed & breakfast inns was because its web site promises free breakfast at any inn that did not offer a wake-up service. When Sophia stayed at one of the chain's inns, she was allowed to oversleep and missed an important sales call even though she had asked to be awakened at 7:00 AM. The inn manager told her that his hotel did not offer a wake-up service and apologized for her inconvenience. He did not offer her a free breakfast and Sophia swore never to stay at the inns again. The chain of inns needs to:



A. Underpromise and overdeliver more services

B. Coordinate its external communications

C. Create more functional internal marketing channels

D. Use more centralization of service definition

E. Use transformational advertising


Answer: B. Coordinate its external communication


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