This document discusses relationship marketing in the sport and leisure industry. It begins by explaining the difference between transactional marketing, which focuses on individual exchanges, and relationship marketing, which aims to build long-term relationships between organizations and customers. Relationship marketing seeks to develop loyalty, brand awareness, and additional value for consumers. The document then examines the types of relationships in the sport industry, including business-to-business relationships between organizations and business-to-consumer relationships between organizations and individual customers or fans. It notes that relationships evolve over various stages and can be characterized based on the linked benefits and loyalty they provide.