UNIT 1 The travel and tourism industry Introduction T he travel and tourism industry is one of the biggest and fastest growing industries in the UK. This unit will give you an introduction to the industry‚ providing a sound basis for further study. You will find out about the nature of the industry‚ its size and scale‚ and you will be introduced to the types of organisations that form its structure. In addition you will investigate the development of the industry and the factors
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TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE INCREASED AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL HAD AN IMPACT ON MODERN SOCIETY? In the last thirty years different societies have experienced a considerable number of changes in customs‚ beliefs and communication methods‚ citizens from Asia‚ America and Europe were more attracted to international travel and destroyed the frontiers paradigm creating an interlinked world. Currently‚ some international institutions such as the European Union‚ the Organisation
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expansion of Travel Agencies. Travel Agency is one of the service intensive industries and indispensible among the tourism business. But what is the specific role of travel agency in the hospitality industry and how does it affect the whole industry. Travel Agency is defined as a retail business selling travel-related products and services to customers on behalf of suppliers such as airlines‚ car rentals‚ cruise lines‚ hotels‚ sight-seeing tours and package holidays. When we say Travel Agency they
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holidays travelling. Rich or poor‚ old or young‚ they strive to leave the place where they live or work‚ and move to another spot of our planet — at least for two to four weeks a year. They travel to cities and towns‚ mountains and lakes‚ across oceans and seas. There are several reasons why the popularity of travel and tourism is growing. The first one is educational value of travelling. Man has always moved from one place to another in search of knowledge. Even now‚ in the age of technology and global
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Executive Summary Leisure Lane Tours is a sole propritorship business and a specialized travel agency that provides tour packages depend on the needs and request of the client. It will be located at V.A. Rufino St.‚ corner Herrera St.‚ Makati City. The office will operate every Mondays to Saturdays from 8:00am until 6:00pm‚ and conduct tours from Mondays to Sundays‚ 24 hours. The philippines has the largest volume in tourist in Southeast Asia. Tourism industry is recognized by the government as
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rebranded as Thomsonfly in May 2005. In 2007 Thomsonfly was merged from the travel division of TUI AG and First Choice airways. These two travel agents were merged under the former Air Operator’s Certificate in May 2008. The company was rebranded Thomson Airways on November 1st 2008. The companies head office is situated in Wigmore House‚ Luton Bedfordshire‚ although its registered office is at the TUI Travel House in Crawley. Thomson Airways is one of the world’s largest charter airlines
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at the same time know very little. One conclusion‚ however‚ is pretty straight forward. Time travel at least the kind that would be of any use to us is just not possible. Firstly we will focus on a few ideas and questions about time travel. One major question asked by people is: if time travel exists where are all the time travelers? This does seem to be an exceptional question. If time travel does exist then wouldn ’t we see time travelers popping up here and there in different time periods
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suggests that is was ‘an era where ships were the only fastest mode of transport to travel across the world‚ Christopher Columbus Ships revolutionized the entire concept of ship travel completely.’ (http://www.marineinsight.com/marine/life-at-sea/maritime-history/christopher-columbus-ships-vessels-that-discovered-america/) You were indeed right to congratulate me when my father gave me permission to travel in Italy. Nine months in this delicious country have done more for me than all the sage
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35 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Description of the Company Northwind Traders‚ Inc. provides travel-planning services for European adventure vacations to residents of the Greater Seattle area. The service industry‚ including travel agencies‚ is one of the fastest growing business sectors of the economy‚ and Northwind Traders intends to capitalize on the success of this industry by taking advantage of travel planning opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. President Heather Mitchell and Vice President
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Climate Change - International - June 2012Introduction Almost 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP) is generated by activities related to tourism‚ which include: the direct receipts of tourism industry players (for example hotels‚ car-rental firms‚ travel agents and tour operators‚ some food and beverage outlets and certain attractions); indirect receipts of suppliers to the tourism industry; and induced receipts (spending by employees of the tourism industry and its suppliers). Tourism is therefore
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