have a loyal customer base in their local area. Also they are independently owned. They are usually found in the back streets rather than on the high street or in shopping centres. An example of an independent agent is fails worth travel. The role of an independent travel agent is to sell holidays; they give advice on destinations and provide excellent customer service to their customers in hope of building up repeat customers. Independent agents offer a range of products and services such as tailor
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Online Travel Industry Internet travel bookings have been very prosperous these past couple of years. During the first three months of 2005‚ Internet travel bookings grew about 20 percent in the United States from the year earlier. Companies like Expedia‚ Travelocity‚ and Orbitz are putting more emphasis on selling to corporations and expanding in foreign markets. Travel has become one of the Web’s most developed categories. According to comScore‚ "online leisure travel bookings reached about
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2 2. Disintermediation and re-intermediation of the travel agents 3 3. Travel agencies responses to a challenging market 6 4. Conclusion 8 5. References 9 1. INTRODUCTION Nowadays‚ the travel distribution channel is very complex and characterized by the presence of many different kind of intermediaries which operate in a very competitive market. Since the beginning of the travel industry‚ intermediaries have always played an important role for
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Organise Business Travel (BSBADM406B) Assessment Activity 1 Activities A‚ C & E Organise Business Travel Table of Contents Organising Travel Itineraries ...............................................................3 Session Plan 1‚ Assessment Activity 1 Part A Organising Travel Itineraries ...............................................................5 Session Plan 1‚ Assessment Activity 1 Part C Organising Travel Itineraries Hotel Information ..........................
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Business/Corporate Travel Definition & Why: A corporate travel agent provides travel advice‚ research‚ and booking services to business clients. Corporate travel agents assist corporate executives and employees in making business travel plans in accordance with corporate policies regarding travel‚ as well as ensuring that business travel is completed in a way that respects employee and business scheduling while also reducing costs. The corporate travel agent may work in house for a company or may
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IT in travel ROLE OF IT IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY GROUP - BK Rajnikant Patel - 111 Dr. Sushant Patel - 112 Rachita Patnaik - 113 Yashasvi Patravali - 114 Navjot Singh - 115 Preview IT has touched every aspect of commerce and turned those industries into gold mines. Travel & tourism industry is also one of those which IT has not spared. And how it has brought about transformation and revolution will be seen in the due course of the presentation. Let
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Introduction Wing On Travel was founded in 1964‚ the company has accumulated nearly 48 years of extensive operating experience. Wing On Travel‚ with its immigration group reported the number of tours‚ the number of its offices and branches‚ as well as quality of management‚ tour route network and a wide range of business and many other areas of outstanding performance‚ a leading travel agency in Hong Kong tourism industry. Wing On Travel Hong Kong one of the major travel agencies in Hong Kong‚ Macau
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History/Situation: STA Travel is a subsidiary of a privately held company‚ Diethelm Keller Holding LTD‚ marketing as "the world’s largest student travel organization helping students travel in over 90 countries". Historically‚ STA utilized retail travel agencies located near or on college campuses; however the Internet has introduced new online competitors. The internet is predicted to account for more bookings than offline alternatives. In response to STA’s global customer base‚ STA delegated
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depend on the distance we are going to travel. There is also a difference between public transport in a town and between towns. People who take any type of transport to their work or school are called commuters. The second part in transport is private and it means for instance a car‚ a bike or a motorcycle. I live in Sokolov so I go to school on foot but next school year as I will start to attend some University I’ll become a commuter. In case we decided to travel‚ we have to know the destination.
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Sales & Distribution Starting around 1996‚ tremendous changes in trends have begun. With the utilization of internet; the understanding of travel agencies has been changed. Changes and transforms in the structure of the tourism industry distribution system significantly affect the choices available to the consumer. The way to distribute travel packages have been shifted from physical to online‚ as well when customers became more aware of the internet usage and started trusting on websites‚ customer
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