Abstract:
This qualitative research whose title was Guidelines for Resort Business Strategy in Chanthaburi had objectives to study the behavior of guidelines for resort business strategy in Chanthaburi, to study marketing mix which affected customers decision to use the service of the resort, and to study the resort business environment in Chanthaburi. The subject of the study consisted of 50 guests of a resort in Chanthaburi and 15 entrepreneurs in Chanthaburi. The subjects were interviewed with in-depth interview until the researcher got saturated data. The findings revealed that the guidelines for resort business strategy in Chanthaburi derived from various factors. When each aspect was considered, tourist aspect was a factor which affected hotel business the most and it was perceived the highest level in the study. Travel aspect was a factor that affected the resort hotel business. Environment aspect was a factor that affected tourists decision to choose the resort hotel. Both internal and external factors had an effect on entrepreneurs and tourists. Marketing mix that affected the use of resort services in Chanthaburi at the high level consisted of product, price, place, promotion, personal and physical evidence. To business environment in Chanthaburi, there were analyses of various aspects, such as demand, number of tourists, the trend of tourists number, the amount of supply consisting of the increasing number of entrepreneurs, the construction of more resort hotels, competition condition among resorthotel entrepreneurs, and factors that had an impact on resort hotel. All these factors which lead to serious competitions in hotel business make the researcher look for the guidelines for business strategy of resort business in Chanthaburi.