Abstract:
This research aimed to study the promotion factor influencing membership of golf courses in Bangkok Metropolitan, including various personal factors and marketing promotion factors. The 450 golf course memberships in Bangkok Metropolitan were selected by random sampling technique during July October 2006 as the reliability at 0.79. All data were analyzed with the SPSS/FW program (Statistical Package for the Social Science for Window) to determine percentage, mean, standard deviation and χ² - test. It was found that the promotion factor influencing on the membership of golf courses in Bangkok Metropolitan was at the moderate level ( Χ = 3.07, S.D. = 0.89). The result revealed that sale promotion is at ( Χ = 3.09, S.D. = 1.00), Public Relations is at ( Χ = 2.99, S.D. = 0.96), Direct Marketing is at ( Χ = 2.96, S.D. = 0.93), Advertising is at ( Χ = 2.91, S.D. = 0.95) and Direct Sale by staff is at ( Χ = 3.41, S.D. = 0.89) all in the moderate level. The study reveals that members different ages, educational backgrounds, occupations are all related to the marketing promotions and have significance as at p = 05 and the different of genders, status and monthly incomes have no relation with the marketing promotion as at p = .05 This research suggests that golf courses business owners should carefully select sale executives who have a good personality and who are polite are nice. After sales service and proper information should be provided for customer decision making. However, some marketing promotions should be made out of the high season period to attract customers. Moreover, media and press such as brochures, advertisements in newspapers, magazines and journals with good images of organization.