A travel agency’s main function is to act as an agent‚ selling travel products and services on behalf of a supplier. Consequently‚ unlike other retail businesses‚ they do not keep a stock in hand. A package holiday or a ticket is not purchased from a supplier unless a customer requests that purchase. The holiday or ticket is supplied to them at a discount. The profit is therefore the difference between the advertised price which the customer pays and the discounted price at which it is supplied to
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Language Travel Writing Assignment Chasing Chicago I remember the cool breeze of the night that greeted me as I stepped out of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. My mind was a melting pot of thoughts and emotions‚ threatening to bubble over as I take in the overwhelming beauty of the city before me. The problem was that the only planning that went into this spontaneous vacation was: "architecture‚ pizza and gangsters". And I had no idea how or if I could satisfy the
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The best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer (essay) There are two opinions for the question. Some people think it is better to travel in group with a tour guide‚ some others think that it is better to travel alone or in a small group without a tour guide. I am from the second ones. I think that when you find out something what deserves your attention the thrill will be bigger. Just the fact that you are almost alone in
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Travel Retail Analysis The Travel Retail industry can be defined as the sale of services and products trough channels such as airport stores‚ airlines‚ cruise lines‚ downtown duty free stores or any other related to travel environment. Even tough these retail stores have to pay for concession fees; they are exempt from the payment of certain taxes that make the product very attractive to the final customer. I believe the Travel Retail is very susceptible to the economic variations and
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The World War I could be avoided because of: 1. Uncertainty of Great Britain Germany planned on conquering France in a short time period and then eliminate it from the war‚ after which they would carry on to the Eastern front where they would take on Russia (which wouldn’t have made it in time to help France). On the other side‚ in Great Britain the Foreign Minister‚ Sir Edward Grey held a conference meeting in July 1912‚ in which he stated that Britain would start a war only should Belgium
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International are Accor SA‚ Hilton Worldwide‚ Inc. and Intercontinental Hotels Group. But they always try to differentiate with their core values which are putting people first‚ pursuing excellence‚ embracing change‚ acting with integrity and serving the world (Marriott annual report‚ 2012). In the next assignment we will try to talk about the way Marriott International Inc. apply the marketing strategies in their organization. Task 1.a Kotler in 2008 wrote that marketing refers to the
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Online Travel Industry Internet travel bookings have been very prosperous these past couple of years. During the first three months of 2005‚ Internet travel bookings grew about 20 percent in the United States from the year earlier. Companies like Expedia‚ Travelocity‚ and Orbitz are putting more emphasis on selling to corporations and expanding in foreign markets. Travel has become one of the Web’s most developed categories. According to comScore‚ "online leisure travel bookings reached about
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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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9 August 2012 “You have rejected the best earth could offer:” …and it was worth it The short stories “The Birth-mark” and “The Artist of the Beautiful‚” both written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1846‚ demonstrate and attempt to symbolize the boundaries of beauty in society. In “The Birth-mark‚” the young and exquisite Georgiana has simply one imperfection‚ a red hand-shaped birth-mark on her cheek‚ which her husband‚ a prominent chemist by the name Aylmer desires to have removed. In “The Artist of
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Alternatives 7. Recommendations 8. Conclusion Executive Summary Customized Tours form an important part of the services offered by leading travel companies. Though the level of expertise in the group tours space is very good‚ customized tours because of their very complex nature‚ require a great deal of travel agent involvement. This requires competent and motivated travel agent workforce very responsive to customer needs. This space has been facing problem on three fronts: people‚ processes and systems
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