------------------------------------------------- Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW) is a leading global online travel agency (OTA) that uses innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research‚ plan‚ and book a broad range of travel services. Orbitz owns and operates a portfolio of consumer brands that includes Orbitz‚ CheapTickets‚ ebookers‚ HotelClub‚ RatesToGo‚ the Away Network‚ and the corporate travel brand Orbitz for Business. Orbitz has 800 employees in their Chicago headquarters and 1‚500
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industry‚ characterised by high capital and labour requirement‚ together with customer participation during transactions hence service fulfilment. Providing great reach and the potential for rich interaction‚ the internet is a natural medium for travel transactions. Airlines are turning to e-commerce to keep business flying‚ and the reason they are focusing on selling tickets through their Web sites is that it is the cheapest distribution channel. From the customers perspectives‚ Internet have
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clubbed under (zzzx)] Telegraph authority-pager[(c ) was omitted w.e.f.01.06.2007 and clubbed under (zzzx)] General insurance service Advertising agency services Courier agency service Consulting engineer services Custom House Agent service Steamer agent services Clearing and forwarding agent services Manpower recruitment/supply agency service Goods Transport Operator [This description is not to be used since omitted and clubbed under (zzp) Tax Collection Accounting Codes Other
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CASE STUDY European Tour Operators: confronting competition in the tourism industry Eric Viardot European tour operators have managed to achieve a strong position in the tourism industry. Most notably the two biggest ones‚ TUI Travel and Thomas Cook have a large market share. However‚ in the latter part of the decade (2007–10) the industry has experienced a downturn because of the turbulent environment which has created new threats and modified the competitive forces. ● ● ● The tourism
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Business Travel Name Suppressed Skills For Professional Development GEN 300 With lost bags‚ delayed and canceled flights‚ frequent business travel can be a real headache. On the other hand‚ it can also be very rewarding. If you plan right and do some research‚ you can get some very nice benefits for yourself. There are several ways available to you such as airline frequent flyer and hotel frequent visitor programs. Also‚ there are credit card bonus programs and some perks to travel in general
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Introduction This paper’s main objective is to analyze the on line travel company Expedia taking into consideration factors such as its financial standings‚ present and future strategies‚ industry standards and competitor and finally‚ an intricate economic examination. With the tools we learned in our MAcc Financial Statement Analysis‚ we were able to break down the company’s available financial and contextual information‚ such as it’s history‚ Porter Five‚ current and future strategy and financial
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Discuss the types of travel intermediaries 3. Describe the functions of specialty intermediaries 4. Be acquainted with the distribution channels 5. Understand the relation of distribution to marketing 6. Be aware of the distribution strategies Pre-Test INSTRUCTION: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect on the space provided before each number. _____1. The tourism distribution channel produces the link between the suppliers of travel services and the consumer
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unless reservation is properly canceled. In order to guarantee a reservation‚ guests might opt for one of the following methods: a) Prepayment guaranteed reservation b) Credit card guaranteed reservation c) Advance deposit or partial payment d) Travel agent guaranteed reservation e) Voucher or Miscellaneous Charge Order [MCO]
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data that offers the pos-sibility for deduction as well as a comparison with other international meeting destinations. All presented data is taken from the studies of AUMA‚ GCB Meeting and Event Barometer‚ ghh consult‚ TNS Infratest GmbH and VDR Travel Report. The statistical universe of each study is defined in Appendix B. The outcomes predicate that there is a growing international participation in fairs and trade shows. In the same way the strategic geographical position of Germany will at-tract
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information regarding customer information‚ sales records‚ and flight records. 2.) Kulula could enhance revenue by advertising on other websites. It could save on cost by using search engines like Google or Yahoo! primarily‚ instead of the high-cost travel agents. This would enhance customer service by providing cheap tickets to a broader span of customers. 3.) The way that Kulula’s business model is set up is to sell the tickets directly to the customer‚ making it a B2C company. It doesn’t really
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