BUS 558 Business Travel Improvement May 22‚ 2010 Business Scope Currently‚ our organization does not utilize the internet to make purchases for business travel pertaining to lodging‚ airfare‚ and transportation (car rentals). Our organization currently uses travel agents to facilitate this‚ which is very costly. By implementing a project to replace the travel agency with utilization of internet resources‚ we can improve our existing process of business travel requests‚ implement
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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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2013 Travel industry Cauchies Christophe About the importance of the travel industry in the economy The travel industry is one of the biggest industries worldwide. Figure 1 shows the total –direct and indirect - contribution of the travel and tourism to the growth in each area of the world. Surprisingly more than 5% of the Asian growth is due to this industry. It represents 3% of the worldwide growth. Around 9% of the global GDP are – from one way or another – due to travel & tourism
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2. Travel and Tourism industry: the structure and the three technology “revolutions” 2.1 Travel & Tourism industry in numbers and the main players: Travel & tourism industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world; globally‚ in 2012‚ it generated $2 trillion in direct GDP1‚ which corresponded to 2.9% of the world GDP. Also in terms of employment‚ its importance is highly pronounced‚ with a total contribution2 of 8.7% of world employment‚ the travel & tourism industry
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------------------------------------------------- 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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STA Travel‚ the largest student travel agency in the world‚ needs to evaluate whether or not the company should establish a presence in Second Life‚ a growing role-playing game that many companies began to invest in around the world. STA Travel has the choice to develop a virtual marketing presence on the computer simulated virtual world of Second Life. The website would include information about destinations and help to promote events related to the real-world destinations that users will eventually
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BTEC National Level 3 Travel and Tourism 2010 13 Unit 13: Tour Operations Unit 13 Tour Operations Unit 13 Overview 10 Credits Tour operators play a very important role in travel and tourism‚ by arranging the package holidays that are such an important feature of life in the 21st century. Tour operators are at the forefront of today’s travel and tourism sector‚ seeking out new destinations and holiday experiences to satisfy the ever-changing needs and expectations of travellers
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Investigating travel and tourism industry There are 8 main components of travel and tourism industry. They are : 1- Accommodation- this is the most important component in the travel and tourism industry. Accommodation may include hotels‚ guest-houses‚ lodging-houses‚ bed and breakfast‚ inns and motels. 2- Transport- a good transportation system is very important for a travel and tourism industry‚ whether people are on business‚ travelling for leisure or visiting friends and
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The main objective of the paper is to critically analyse the operational activities in travel and for that reason the chosen company is Tui Travel. The paper will explain the operational activities of Tui Travel. Tui Travel is basically a British travelling group that was started in 2007. Tui Travel has now merged with TUI AG in order to become TUI group. This group is a company of opportunities for the customers‚ employees‚ and shareholders. Since the company is under one roof‚ all the companies
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1. Leadership * The purpose of using a travel agent is to avoid having to do all the research and planning yourself. Agents must be leaders and be able to take charge over all arrangements in order to bring clients’ dream vacations to fruition. 2. Computer Literacy * Helpful travel information is acquired by computer and travel publications—from weather conditions to travel documents‚ money exchange rates‚ local customs and popular tourist attractions. Proficient computer skills
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