Journal of Marketing and Market Studies 07/2022

The aim of this paper is to provide an evidence-based picture — based on the results of qualitative research conducted in 2021 by means of in-depth interviews — of the decision making process of international students when choosing Polish public universities as a place where they want to study. The research focused on International Marketing course taught in English at the Department of International Marketing and Retailing at the University of Łódź. It covered mainly students from the former USSR countries, with an emphasis on Ukrainian students. The subject of the analysis was the factors behind the choice of a foreign university, including the role played by external recruitment agencies and the staff of the University of Łódź International Relations Office. A clear dominance was observed of the word-of-mouth marketing in making such decisions.

The article discusses senior-friendly solutions that can be used by city authorities in order to create an optimal place of residence for people aged 60+. The aspects of the use of new IT technologies in various areas of the functioning of older people were emphasized. Attention was paid to both the possibilities of implementing telematics and IoT in city management, as well as websites and applications, the use of which by seniors can significantly facilitate their life in the city. The elements influencing the effectiveness of the senior policy by city authorities were indicated. The issues discussed are very important not only for inhabitants and the improvement of their quality of life in the city, but are also of great importance from the marketing point of view and shaping the city's image.

Business tourism, also known as the meetings industry, has so far been a very profitable segment of tourism. The companies of the meetings industry has been very specialized in the management of this segment of tourism. In the face of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it was necessary to quickly change the management of this industry, or rather to work out or learn new issues in order to maintain economic activity. It was necessary to adapt to the new situation and changes that were forced by the market. The aim of the article is to diagnosis and identification new trends in the meetings industry in the world. At the beginning, the concept of the meetings industry was characterized and its evolution was discussed. The article verifies the thesis that new trends in the management of the meetings industry that emerged in the face the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 have dominated the activities of the meetings industry in the world and some of the past trends have become more dominant. The aim of the article is also to identify and describe new trends in the world in the field of management of the meetings industry. Such research methods as: studies literature on the subject, analysis of websites and industry documents. The discussed topic is important both for marketing and the market, because it sets a new direction of activities and causes significant transformations in the meetings industry