Devin Greenlaw 3/2/13 2nd Period Love the Holiday (Billie Holiday Report) Born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915 in Philadelphia‚ PA; the amazing jazz vocalist never imagined she was going to become one of the biggest jazz musicians of all time. Rose Primarily in Baltimore‚ MD with her mother‚ Sady Fagan‚ who gave birth to Billie at the age of nineteen. Billie was raised primarily with her mother. Her father‚ believed to be Clarence Holiday who was a successful jazz musician himself‚ wasn’t
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So You Want To Be A Holiday Rep? Task 1 (P1) 1.) An 18-30’s rep Roles: The main role of an 18-30’s rep is to look after guests on holiday‚ to maximise resort profitability and to create a safe environment for customers. Looking after guests means doing all the duties required of a rep and others that are specific to the type of customers dealt with. Maximising resort profits is done by advertising and selling extras such as additional trips‚ ancillary services and other items the guests
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Tourism organisation. Introduction- Thomas Cook is one of the European tour operators which are well known in holiday travel industry. The company offers more than thousand domestic and outbound destinations around the world. Thomas Cook package holidays associates with various brands which are; Neilson Ski & Snowboard‚ Manos‚ Airtours‚ Thomas Cook Flights‚ Thomas Cook holidays and Sunset (thomascook.com‚ 2012). PEST analysis: Political: It is a fact that the political influence can affect
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begins when men take to writing. ’ He‚ as well as others who had the same opinion‚ failed to realize that African communities existed long before colonialism and so had their own history‚ even though it had not been put into writing at the time. Oral traditions have played and continue to play important roles in the history of Africa as well as its present. Songs‚ folklores‚ superstitions‚ etc. are just some of the things that have been passed from generation to generation orally. We see the evidence of
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value for money holiday packages in a price competitive market. - Giving customers a seamless holiday package. This happens in two ways which are horizontal integration and vertical integration. Main Horizontal integration: This is when an organisation owns two or more companies on the same level of the buying chain. For example: Thomas cook owns several tour operators all on the same level. Thomas cook owns Sunset‚ Airtours‚ Manos holidays‚ Club 1830 and Direct holidays. Why businesses
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Dangerous Tradition Traditions are normally comforting rituals‚ with deep roots in religious or familial events. They usually are cause for celebration and coming together with family and community. When the roots of our traditions are forgotten then the reason for carrying on the custom is lost. Shirley Jackson writes about the dark side of following rituals mindlessly in her story‚ “The Lottery”. Jackson resolutely conveys this theme using palpable symbolism‚ irrational faith‚ and senseless
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A Disappointing Holiday Have you ever experienced a holiday trip that you yearned for long‚ which turned out to be a disappointment? Well‚ I did. I am an employee who had been working continuously like a ticking clock for five years in the hectic world of Singapore. It was then‚ I decided to pamper myself for a holiday trip and break away from the air-conditioned office. While I was pondering over which destination I am heading for‚ I came upon an advertisement on the television
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Christmas has become The Most Commercially Exploited Holiday Well it looks like it’s that time of year again‚ when twinkly lights are hung‚ families spend time together‚ and retailers start working overtime to beat last year sales. Christmas‚ is one of the many holidays that have lost its true meaning to commercialization. More than likely their first thoughts will be about buying the perfect gifts‚ having the most decorated house on the block‚ or having a silver haired fat man in red underwear
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Dystopian Tradition Could you ever imagine living in a world that you thought was normal but the way other people saw it was completely different. Authors have tried to warn us about our future through literature. This is the intense genre of dystopias. They show what we could become‚ who we already are‚ or who we were. It comments on what we hope we don’t become‚ it plays with our minds. Shows us our doom. The stories that people write draw us in like fish out of water. We see and encounter
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#6 Holiday Cheer… In a year‚ there are a lot of holidays that are celebrated around the world. These holidays include; Valentine’s Day‚ St. Patrick’s Day‚ Thanksgiving‚ and Christmas. People worldwide celebrate some of these holidays in their own way‚ and always have a good time too. I like to spend a majority of the holidays throughout the year with my family or friends‚ because it tends to be more fun if you spend it with family or friends. My favorite holiday out of all of the holidays in
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