M1: Explain the importance of links and relationships within the retail travel environment. . Horizontal Integration • Why does it exist and why is it formed? -Company’s merging together. 1 company taking over another. Financial reasons etc. Happens when a company owns or controls other businesses at the same level of the distribution chain • How does Horizontal integration affect the organisations concerned? -Can be a risk. 1 company may lose identity. Job losses can occur. Staff may not like
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business travel more often that not one of the largest expenses. It has been widely suggested that this expense is by and large controllable. The only way for this to be effective is for management to employ a travel policy which serves as a guide to all involved in the travel process. 1.2 The Purpose of the research The purpose of the research is to identify the areas where travel policies are not adhered to‚ why they are not adhered to and what the traveler’s perceptions of travel policy
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In both the movie and the book‚ the protagonist‚ Billy is constantly time traveling between past‚ present‚ and future. According to Kilgore Trout‚ a science fiction author in the novel‚ Billy’s ability to travel through time is a mirroring example explained in Trouts book‚ Maniacs in the Fourth Dimension (Concession). “It was about people whose (Wh-Structure) mental diseases couldn’t be treated
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Tomorrow The Time Machine written by H.G. Wells is metaphorically describing humanity as being peaceful on the surface‚ but under hidden depths there is a desire to be destructive. In the early chapters of the book‚ the time traveller expects the descendants of mankind to be super-intelligent‚ but is disappointed by the behaviour of the supposedly advanced species‚ the Eloi. His curiosity about the mysterious wells leads to his discovery of the Morlocks and their hidden technology‚ and what he
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like the author doesn’t know the meaning of the word “impossible”‚ or rather‚ to be slightly more accurate‚ he has redefined the term to enable him realistically to examine and predict the future of science and technologies‚ from teleportation and time travel to robots and starships. Michio Kaku is an esteemed theoretical physicist and one of the world’s leading authorities on string theory (essentially an attempt to discover a "theory of everything" combining all of the known physical forces)‚ and
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Thunder What if you can change the future? A Sound of Thunder is a short story written by Ray Bradbury which is in the genre of science fiction. That Takes Place in the future where time travel can happen‚ this is the story of a travel company‚ named Time Safari Inc‚ That takes you to hunting trips back in time to kill dinosaurs. In this case‚ a scared hunter‚ named Eckels‚ steps onto the trail‚ and accidentally steps on a butterfly. The consequences of the death of a butterfly‚ is made up by
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A Sound of Thunder is a short story written by Ray Bradbury which belongs to the genre of science fiction. Set in a near future where time travel is possible‚ this is the story of a travel agency‚ Time Safari Inc.‚ that arranges hunting trips back in time to hunt dinosaurs. In this case‚ a nervous hunter‚ Eckels‚ steps off the trail‚ and steps on a butterfly. The historical repercussions of the death of a single butterfly‚ compounded by millions of years of effects‚ leaves the hunters to return to
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“The distinction between the past‚ present and future is only an illusion‚ however persistent.” –Albert Einstein These days‚ even respected physicists like Stephen Hawking are being forced to admit that time travel may be possible. But has it already happened? These people say it has. Father Pellegrino Ernetti was a Benedictine monk and respected authority on archaic music. He also claimed to have co-invented—as part of a team that included Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi and German rocket
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its existence What is 4th dimension? Length Depth Height Time What is wormhole? Two different wormhole 1. Schwarzschild wormholes ○ also called ‘Einstein-Rosen Bridge’ ○ Inter-universe wormhole connecting two universes 2. Traversable wormholes ○ not traversable due to unstable property ○ Intra-universe wormhole connecting two locations in a universe ○ May involve the possibility of ‘Time Travelling’ ○ Only be possible if exotic matter with ‘negative energy density’
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TUI Travel PLC Market overview 2 business models: individualization and commoditization (best serve to changing needs). But How Does a Service Become a Commodity? Traditionally‚ services cannot be commoditized‚ as there are numerous variables that account for differences between the type and level of service offered by each provider. The commoditization of hotels started many years ago with the first rating systems. Companies like the American Automobile Association (AAA) and Mobil (now Forbes)
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