development of adventure travel and the ‘silver’ traveller” Rohit Talwer Whether travel agencies and tour operators still have a role in the worlds future is a very controversial subject‚ some believing they do‚ and some believing they don’t. Although I tend to book my holiday adventures online‚ I believe in Mr Talwer’s statement‚ that being they do still have a future. I however don’t currently use tour operators because I am familiar with the destination I visit as I have been there many times before
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Unit6 – Preparing for Employment in Travel and Tourism P1‚ P2 & M1 Marites Marzan T&T L3 Yr1 GrpB Harish Tutor P1 - Describe career opportunities within different industries in the travel and tourism sector. Tour Operators A tour operator requires a holiday representative to work throughout the summer and winter season to ensure that holiday makers have an enjoyable trip. They are the first point of contact for customers so a holiday representative needs to be prepared to answer
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to effectively evaluate the effectiveness of involving only retail travel agencies instead of a combination of travel agencies and tour operators‚ one must first examine what constitutes a tour operator and a travel agency: Tour operators are businesses that specialize in manufacturing and selling holiday travel packages for large groups. Due to the fact that tour operators operate by booking hotel rooms and creating packages in advance of the consumption date‚ they cannot cater to the business
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offer its guests discount admission. Tour operators use airlines and hotels when assembling their holidays‚ which are sold through travel agents. Independencies and interrelationships Being interdependent means relying on others. We all rely on others for help and support throughout our lives. The success of tour operators and the number of holidays they sell depends very much on how well travel agents are promoting the products and services of the tour operator and how successful they are at
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Outbound Mass Market Tour Operator Roles: Mass market tour operators put together holiday packages and sell huge numbers of holidays for the customer. They also arrange transport‚ accommodation‚ activities and any extra services that might be needed. They need to understand the tourism industry really well; know which are the most affordable routes and modes of transport‚ where tourists get most of the adventure and what services can be offered for free. They must understand operations of related
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two companies up or down the chain as opposed to across the same level of the chain. Moving down the chain is known as forward vertical integration. An example of this would be a tour operator buying a chain of travel agents. Backward integration is moving up the chain. An example of backward integration would be a tour operator buying a principal‚ such as an airline. It is understood that as you go up the chain each level costs more to buy. This is why forward vertical integration is more commonly
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MALAYSIAN ASSOCIATION OF TOUR AND TRAVEL AGENTS (MATTA) CODE OF ETHICS FOR MEMBERS Wisma MATTA‚ No 11‚ Jalan 1/76‚ Desa Pandan‚ 55100 Kuala Lumpur Tel : (03) 92876881 Fax : (03) 92876880 E-mail : admin@matta.org.my Website : http://www.matta.org.my Updated by MATTA Secretariat 12 April 2006 MATTA Code of Ethics for Members CONTENTS PART I PRELIMINARY 1. The MATTA Code of Ethics 1.1 What it means to members 1.2 What it means to customers and consumers
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Retail Travel Environment Level 3 – Travel and Tourism 13th February 2013 INTRODUCTION In this assignment‚ I have been asked to produce a report describing the retail travel environment in Travel and Tourism. This must include the roles of the different types of retail agents; the products and services that they are selling; the links that exist within the retail travel environment; and the different types of relationship that exist within the retail industry. ROLES OF TRAVEL
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industry’s individual parts or a combination of the parts or a combination of the parts to the consumer. - Functions: -as a broker (bringing buyer and seller together) for the other suppliers‚ such as hotels‚ car rentals‚ ground operators and tour companies. They basically will be the one that will take care in preparing and reserving ticket to airlines for the customer. - History: Basically it is known that the British company is one of the oldest agencies in the world. It is
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the student that can be used in exploring the competitive and huge application of the technology we have. By conducting the educational tour it can help us more knowledgeable and familiarized with the latest innovation about the high-tech facilities. In addition‚ to expose the student in the different things they will encounter during the tour. Objectives of the tour: 1. Familiarized the different types of hotels as well as their facilities and amenities. 2. Study the cultural‚ environmental and
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