Social dimension of Shanghai Expo 2010 LTL 001 Group 3 As one of a handful of cities to host the Expo in its urban centre‚ Shanghai makes use of the world event to stimulate urban development‚ boost the tourism industry and demonstrate the concept of sustainable development. Shanghai definitely benefits from the Expo for its accelerating urban development. Investments that can be clearly linked to Expo are primarily in the form of massive investments to beautify the buildings‚ parks and streets
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activities with a long history and numerous considerable influences (Expo 2010 Shanghai China‚ 2008). In 2010‚ the forty-first world expo has been successfully opened in Shanghai from the beginning of the May to the end of October; and the aim of Shanghai Expo is universally acknowledged as “better city better life”. “Colorful Concert” will be held during the period from October first to October seventh in 2010 at Shanghai Grand Theatre. The aim of the concert is “colorful music colorful life” because
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HKU395 ZHIGANG TAO SHANGHAI GENERAL MOTORS: THE RISE OF A LATE-COMER In February 1998‚ the Asian Wall Street Journal‚ sceptical at General Motor’s (GM) investment in China‚ ran a front-page story with the headline‚ “GM bets big on a market littered with casualties.”1 Seven years later‚ in January 2005‚ GM featured once again in the same paper‚ only this time‚ the headline was more positive “GM vehicle sales in China rose 27% in 2004”.2 While Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) maintained its leadership
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GUIDE SHOULD BRING: * Daily Report Form * Tour itinerary * Map * Confirmed booking/ purchase order of tour operator to the supplier * Copy of passenger’s e-ticket * Tour evaluation form * Lapel microphone * Flags * Stickers * Mobile phone with extra battery * Medical/ First-aid kit * Address book/ contact numbers of tour operator‚ tour suppliers and guests * Prizes for recreational activities or tour souvenirs for the guest (optional) * Umbrella
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Ghost tour in Copenhagen Wednesday the twenty-first of October a group of thirty students are taking a ghost tour in the centre of Copenhagen with the company Ghosttour.dk - a firm who promises a hair-raising experience and a chance to hear about all kinds of ghosts told by eyewitnesses and historically well-informed persons. The firm is owned by Nynne Vidgren who is Cand. Mag. in history and art history. Working for her are several tour guides with backgrounds as actors and history researchers
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can develop carbon neutrally called Dongtan Eco-City. Dongtan is a plan for a new eco-city on the island of Chongming in Shanghai‚ China. The name of the city literally translates as "East Beach". Dongtan will be a city of three villages that meet to form a city centre. The first demonstrator phase of Dongtan aims to be completed by 2010‚ in time for the World Expo in Shanghai‚ and will accommodate a population of up to 5‚000. Later phases of development will see the city grow to hold a population
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Framework for Tour Operator Manual As we have seen during our classes‚ Tour Operators are one of the links in the holiday retail distribution chain. It is part of your task to put together and organize a package holiday to be sold through retail travel agents. The role of T.O.’s is to act as intermediaries in the retail distribution chain. They provide‚ for example‚ the link between the hotels‚ airlines‚ travel services such as transport companies‚ attractions‚ museums‚ car rental companies
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travel agents‚ tour operators etc. are considered the intermediaries (distributors). Their main task is to bring buyers and sellers in the field together and reduce transaction and supply/ownership costs between buyer and seller‚ instead of completely eliminating an intermediary (such as a distributor). Benefits of Tourism Intermediaries For the producer: * they are able to sell in bulk (for example: hotels) and might be able to transfer a certain risk to the * tour operator depending
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English for Tour Guides Being a tour guide is a very important job. In many cases‚ the tour guide is a traveller’s first impression of a foreign country. In other cases a tour guide may be responsible for teaching tourists about the culture and sites in a city or town. In addition‚ many tour guides hold the responsibility of teaching tourists about safety. Even if you are only responsible for taking a tourist from the airport to his or her hotel‚ it is your responsibility to make the short trip interesting
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Narrative Essay We‚ the students of BSBA went on a tour during March 5th to 7th. We visited the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas‚ the Coca-cola plant‚ the Gardenia factory and stayed at Caliraya resort. We got onto the bus early to find our seats and to organize our things. Many of us were pumped with energy and were excited for the tour. At around 3:45AM‚ everything was good to go and we departed for Manila- many of my classmates were restless and too agitated to go to sleep. We arrived at our first
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