impact of the Internet on travel agencies Rob Law Kenith Leung and James Wong The authors Rob Law‚ Kenith Leung and James Wong are all Faculty Members in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong. Keywords Leisure activities‚ International travel‚ Tourism‚ Internet‚ Online databases‚ Hong Kong Abstract This paper examines tourist perceptions of the potential for the elimination of travel agencies in the presence
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Title: Swine Flu and its Effect on Tourism Industries in US and Europe Problem Statement: How will Swine Flu Pandemic Affect US and European Tourism Industries? Theoretical Framework Swine Flu has had an impact on the tourism industry worldwide. Apart from the originating country‚ Mexico‚ the tourism industry has also been hit in other countries of the world. Swine Flu has been identified as a pandemic with the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirming it to be in alert level Phase 5‚ i
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Factors Affecting Reactions I. Factors Affecting Reactions [545] • Every chemical proceeds at its own rate. • By changing the conditions of the reaction‚ the rate of almost any reaction can be modified. • The rate of a chemical reaction depends upon: o Temperature o Concentration o Particle Size[SA] o Catalyst A. Temperature [545] • Increasing the temperature causes molecules to move faster‚ so there’s an increased chance of them colliding
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0Lecture 3: Marketing Environment Scanning of the Marketing Environment – Opportunities or threats? Environmental Forces—Firms must monitor six major forces in the broad environment: Demographic Political-Legal Economic Technological Socio-Cultural Natural 1. Demographic Environment The main demographic force that marketers monitor is population because people make up markets. Marketers are keenly interested in the: Size and growth rate of populations in cities‚ regions‚ and nations. Age distribution
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much time they spend studying‚ whether they get involved with campus organizations‚ and how they interact with their professors and peers. This year the researchers‚ based at Indiana University at Bloomington‚ also assessed how the economy was affecting students at a subset of the 546 American colleges that participated. The survey examined students’ employment‚ finding that among freshmen‚ nearly 20 percent worked on campuses‚ and about 30 percent worked elsewhere. For seniors‚ those proportions
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Work ethics and ethical behavior To understand what is the work ethics and what is meant by ethical behavior and what are the factors influencing the ethical behavior‚ we need to know the meaning of some key words. Ethics is a philosophical term derived from the Greek word "ethos" meaning character or custom and can be defined as the code of moral principles that sets standards of bad or good or wrong or right in one’s conduct. Work ethics can be defined as carrying out one’s business in a morally
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Factors affecting Group Development Leadership Style and Skills - This is the ability to persuade the group member to change and reflect the leadership style. Authoritarian leaders predominate compliant and dependent members Democrat leaders Persuade more active involvement Environment Physical factors ( space‚ temperature‚ seating arrangement) Space/room (location and set up‚ e.g. Lighting & ventilation‚ seating arrangement) Emotional factors (emotional climate‚ verbal and non-verbal
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One of the major contributors to Florida’s economy is revenue from tourism. Tourism attractions such as amusement parks‚ water parks‚ museums‚ and habitat viewing. However‚ with the increase of tourism‚ the ecology of Florida has been affected in many dangerous ways. Pollution‚ destruction‚ and overpopulation of ecosystems are among the top result‚ according to a study from the University of Vermont. The coral reefs in the Key West are especially targeted by these effects‚ since they provide habitats
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1.0 Introduction In today’s competitive environment organizations thrive and survive on their human resources. Values‚ attitudes‚ perceptions and behavior‚ which form these resources‚ influence employee performance. It is a key factor in realizing organizational and individual goals that in turn greatly depends on individual’s self-motivation and job satisfaction. 1.1 What is job satisfaction? Job satisfaction is one’s attitude towards his job (positive or negative)
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Factors Affecting Performance in Mathematics Mathematics is a subject recognized as the mother of all learning with other subjects deriving their concepts from it‚ in both the arts and sciences. It is also an international language and is essential in almost every field; handling money‚ measurements in fashion‚ angles in sports such as bowling and billiards‚ technology and economics. Consequently‚ a good performance in the subject is important. 1. Lack of Appreciation Children pay little attention
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