------------------------------------------------- Tourism and Travel Distribution: the Travel Agent’s Perspective By Dr Marion Bennett and Dr Dimitrios Buhalis‚ Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR)‚ School of Management‚ University of Surrey‚ Guildford Jan 2003 Summary The Internet has revolutionised the tourism industry and has generated a number of challenges and opportunities for all players. For travel agents‚ in particular‚ the Internet is changing the industry structure and consumer behaviour
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1. The Travel Market can be segmented into 3 segments: Luxury travellers‚ Adventurers and Budget travellers. These segments are identified by demographics like age and income‚ psychological factors like personality‚ and benefits sought like needs and product features. Luxury travellers are usually older or middle-aged consumers who are already financially prosperous and look for relaxation and rejuvenation from their stressful positions. They can also be retirees. Luxury travellers will be willing
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A travel agency is a retail business that sells travel related products and services to customers on behalf of suppliers such as airlines‚ car rentals‚ cruise lines‚ hotels‚ railways‚ sightseeing tours and package holidays that combine several products. In addition to dealing with ordinary tourists most travel agencies have a separate department devoted to making travel arrangements for business travelers and some travel agencies specialize in commercial and business travel only. There are also travel
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Is time travel a possibility? According to Scientific research‚ time travel is more of an opinionated question. Some research proves that there are possibilities of time travel and others say that it is impossible. In my opinion‚ I think it is possible with right research and advanced technology for time travel to be possible. If time travel is invented‚ and someone did come back in time from the future‚ and change things without making themselves widely known as time travelers
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In part one of the book‚ Gulliver travels to the island of Lilliput. As Gulliver sails to the country of Lilliput‚ which is a land of small people‚ he is ship wrecked and comes across people who represent quite the opposite of what he is. Upon arriving mysteriously on Lilliput‚ Gulliver was tied down and his weapons were taken away. To his surprise the people who captured him were only six inches tall‚ which to him was a relief because he didn’t feel threatened by them. The Lilliputians did not come
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Running head: CASE STUDY: SECOND CUP Case Study: Second Cup Audrey Fortin‚ Joshua Hartson‚ Ashley Jardine‚ & Andie Walker Turner St. Lawrence College Marketing Principles Kip Tuckwell November 28th‚ 2011 Case Study: Second Cup Second Cup’s strengths are: * They offer a unique coffee experience. Second Cup focuses on the atmosphere of their shops and pays a great attention to detail. Unlike their independent counterparts‚ Second Cup has the resources to create a universal ambiance
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L – Travel agent O– Fiancé S – Fiancée O – Hello. L – Good afternoon. Welcome to our travel agency. How can I help you? S – Hi! Oh! I’m so excited! We have our wedding in four weeks. I can’t help thinking of our living together. I assure you John‚ you’ll have the best wife in the world. O – Honey‚ I have no doubts about it‚ but let’s proceed to the main question. Mrs..? L – Not Mrs.‚ Miss. Miss Andrews. So I guess you are here because of your forthcoming honeymoon. Am I right? O – Yes‚ Miss Andrews
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Ms. Leung‚ The purpose of this document is to support and outline the creation of a statistically significant study of the Hong Kong market for Huella Online Travel. With Hong Kong’s online travel market expecting an “annual growth of 97.9% during 2006-2010”‚ it is imperative for Huella Online Travel to discover what is impeding them from obtaining a greater market share in Hong Kong. After reading the initial study analysis‚ I agree with your in her decision to hire MarketSense to conduct a new
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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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