TRAVEL AGENCY THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES: THE PERSPECTIVE OF SUCCESSFUL OWNERS Laura Jane Lawton David Bruce Weaver ABSTRACT. In-dep th interviews with 19 owne rs of exceptionally successful US-based conventional travel agencies revealed negative public perceptions of travel agencies to be the m ain extern al th reat facing the se ctor. Mispla ced f aith in Inte rnet-based cybermediaries‚ unqualif ied travel agents‚ nega tive m ass media coverage and failure to attract young entrants were
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Table of Content Business Objectives---------------------------------------------------- P.2 Executive Summary---------------------------------------------------- P.3 Methodology------------------------------------------------------------ P.4 Background of EGL Tour Company Ltd---------------------------- P.5 Mission & Objectives-------------------------------------------------- P.6 In-depth SWOT Analysis---------------------------------------------- P.7~9 Market Segment---------------------------------------------------------
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to a hotel can be: On Internet through the hotel’s website PhoCusWright Inc.‚ an independent travel‚ tourism and hospitality research firm‚ predicts that the Internet will contribute over 27% of all hotel bookings by 2007. This means that Internet has become one of the most important sources of reservations for hotels. An advertisement in a newspaper or magazine Special offers which include travel and hotel accommodation are popular during the holidays. Business hotels have a low occupancy
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Mitsui Travel is an independent and privately owned full service travel agency‚ which specialized in assisting customers who are planning to travel to Japan (Mitsui Travel 2014). Located in Sydney since 1977; Mitsui offers variety of Japan-related pre-planned tour packages‚ ski packages‚ rail pass‚ and accommodation. However‚ the major aspect of Mitsui’s service lies on its flexibility and expertise in terms of building a personalized itinerary for individual and family who plan to travel to Japan
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work will be based on Flight Centre travel agent and I will be talking about their products and services‚ how they work‚ the importance of the technology for the company‚ how they advertise their services and about the company’s competitors. Flight Centre Travel Group is an Australian based international travel company‚ founded by Graham Turner in 1981. In 1982 they opened their first store in Sidney‚ today they have about 689 Flight Centre stores in Australia and about 2000 overseas stores across
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Centre (UK) is the British arm of Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG)‚ it’s the third largest national market for FCTG. While the UK travel market have matured‚ there exists different small market segments which still possess potential for growth. The competitive stance analysis of Flight Centre (UK) indicates that the industry still has growing consumer demand. While Flight Centre (UK) is much smaller than the two dominant industry leaders – TUI Travel and Thomas Cook Group‚ its parent company FCTG
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million visitors from around the world‚ a remarkable increase of 16.4% over 2010. It is also the first time that the number of arrivals surpassed the 40 million mark. The appreciation of most major currencies against Hong Kong dollar and the improving travel sentiment have fueled the impressive performance. In 2011‚ Mainland China continued to be the largest visitor source market of Hong Kong with 28.1 million arrivals (+23.9%)‚ accounting for 67.0% of our total arrivals. Amongst all Mainland arrivals
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ETU20100211 ESC RENNES 1. The Legal Differences There are approximately 80.000enterprises related to Travel agents and tour operators in Europe with 450‚000 employees. Package holiday becomes a popular and convenient travelling form attracting more people. Until 2007‚ 190 million package holidays have been sold. Meanwhile‚ 29.000 IATA accredited agency have already settled in travel agency. According to the statistics‚ there were $1.6 billion IATA tickets being sold in 2009‚ even a $280 billion
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distributor of travel products and services‚ offering everything from flights‚ accommodations‚ car rentals‚ cruises to travel packages‚ thus encouraging customers to use their facilities to book the requisite services for an entire trip. Hence‚ the company has taken on the roles both of tour operator and travel agencies. The company owns; besides expedia.com; websites such as hotels.com‚ hotwire‚ TripAdvisor and now also venere.com. The web-based mega-agency is the world’s largest online travel group by
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SYNOPSIS ON “Opening a Travel Agency in Nagpur” Submitted to: School Of Continuing Education Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University‚ Dnyangangotri near Gangapur dam‚ Nashik-422222‚ Maharashtra. Submitted by: Mr. Vijaykumar Patle B.H.T.M 3rd Year PRN: 2010017002810717 Guided by: Mrs. Neha Barde M.Sc(HTM) ‚B.Tech HMCT‚PG(IRPM) LECTURER: G. H. Raisoni College of Hospitality Management‚ Nagpur INDEX 1. Title 2. Introduction 3. Review Of Literature
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