operations in the travel and tourism industry. Advances in Internet and other direct booking One of the largest areas of impact within technological development is the way bookings are mad. Bookings in the Second World War (1939-1945) were really simple to make as airlines and tour operators had charts on the walls of their office and would take bookings over the phone or by post. The charts were fairly resourceful but normally ended up with double bookings. As the demand for travel grew reservation
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Could the tide be changing? Travel agencies play an important role within the UK travel and tourism industry. They are the retail arm of the industry‚ selling a wide range of holiday products and travel services to the public. Yet travel industry analysts have been predicting the death of the high street travel agent due to the ever-changing nature of distribution channels. Travel agents are the key intermediaries in the distribution chain whose main role is selling air‚ rail
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must work with many different travel and tourism component industries‚ comply with laws and regulations‚ and deal with a variety of external influences and challenges. Unlike travel agents‚ who sell holidays and a range of other travel products‚ tour operators actually assemble the different parts of a holiday‚ i.e. the type of travel‚ accommodation‚ facilities‚ transfers‚ excursions and other services. If we consider that travel agents are the retail arm of the travel business‚ then tour operators
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Corsica Corsica is one of France’s 26 regions‚ located in the Mediterranean Sea‚ south of France‚ west of Italy and north of Sardinia. The island populates 302‚000 people over an area of 8‚680km2; Housing a wide range of both natural and built attractions; as well as an array of facilities. Natural attractions The beaches surrounding Corsica are one of the most important of the natural attractions on the island‚ with fine and coarse sand beaches as well as
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Brochure about UK Travel and Tourism Organisation Tour Operators are usually a person or a company that puts together travel packages. These packages combine travel with normal tourist destinations and there are sold in a package. The tour operators have contracts with hoteliers‚ airlines and ground transport providers. They produce brochures to distribute their holidays and short-break packages example of a tour operators in UK are Thomas Cook and Thomson. Transport providers allow tourists
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one of these. They can stay in a big hotel‚ a bungalow or they camp. Examples would be the Black Forest‚ Provence‚ and Tuscany. Whole mountain ranges (e.g. the Alps) would not be considered a countryside area; however‚ a specific countryside area within a mountain range would be acceptable (e.g. Bernese Oberland). The example I have chosen is “Black Forest”‚ or in German “Schwarzwald”. This area is in the southwest of Germany‚ in the state of Badem-Wuettemberg. In spring‚ summer and autumn extensive
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An autocratic style of leadership is when a leader makes a decision alone. The leader conveys the decision to staff and they have to work within the scope of that decision. For example‚ in order to deliver good customer service‚ managers instruct all staff to follow Enterprise’s guidelines for dealing with customers. Douglas McGregor in 1960 used the terms Theory X and Theory Y to identify two very different forms of management style: • A Theory X manager tells employees what to do and supervises
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the application form please return to: Maria Tickner Relief Staff Co-ordinator Family Mosaic Pembroke House Northlands Pavement Pitsea Essex SS13 3DU Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the submission of your application form then I am afraid this means you have not been successful on this occasion. Kind regards Maria Tickner Relief Staff Co-ordinator Direct Line: 01268 499219 Fax: 01268 498587 Email: maria
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BTEC LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM UNIT 14 Exploring Airports and Airlines Assignment No: 14b Assignment title: The Passengers Journey Subject Lecturer: Monish Bhandari For this task I will be explaining the passenger’s journey throughout an airport‚ and what they will come across. I’ll explain the journey from walking through the entrance to boarding your flight‚ there are also many facilities you and others will find useful. Functional areas-landside Check-in As
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A Practical Guide to Tourism Destination Management Copyright © 2007 World Tourism Organization Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain A Practical Guide to Tourism Destination Management ISBN: 978-92-844-1243-3 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing 2007 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat
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