Essays on Destination.

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost, Road Less Traveled The journey to a destination is more important than the destination itself; this is a common understanding that has been accepted and acknowledged by all human generations that have lived on this Earth. The primary purpose of a road is to connect two places, serve as a mean of travel. But they have evolved much more than that; they connect people, societies, cultures, livelihoods. And for the traveler they are a source of inspiration. It is no wonder hence that the construction of roads and highways ...

Law

Introduction The field of research has played a fundamental role in expanding and gaining new grounds in the pursuit of knowledge in every discipline. The field of criminal justice also values the importance of research in exploring new concepts to revolutionize the way the criminal justice system serves it purpose in the society. On the other hand, successfully conducting a study in the field of criminal justice encompasses a critical consideration on what method will deliver the most relevant results. The discussion will take a closer look at the three most widely used approach in criminal justice research such ...

English

Analysis of the element of Style in Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ Stylistics is a derivative obtained from the world style and it is actually a branch of Linguistics that is related to various styles. This essay is an analysis of the various stylistic techniques employed by Robert Frost in his poem ‘The Road not Taken.’ The Road not Taken, one of the most famous poems penned by Robert Frost, is a short poem that has just 20 lines and continues being a staple in quite a few anthologies. This short, yet lovely poem of Frost essentially ...

Ensuring health and wellness plays ever growing role in a globalized world of office work, large flows of information and external pressures. In the view of the above, many people are willing to get away from everyday problems and experience the nature. Thus, the development of “forest bathing” is one of the crucial trends of SpaFinder 2015 trends. This trend manifests itself in a range of highlights. Firstly, governments and parks tend to develop forest therapy centers, and there are more associations, aimed to promote forest medicine. Secondly, forest therapy starts to be formed as a specific direction of ...

Future Road Map

Abstract3 Career Portfolio4 Section 14 Section 2 9 References..11 Abstract I grew academically and personally a lot while working for this assignment about the future career path. A lot valuable skills were acquired for me, such as hard work, patience and willingness to produce a paper of a good quality. I chose nursing because of personal interest in nursing, and professional knowledge and skills that I’m gaining right now at the Houston Community College where I’m currently a first year student. In order to proceed on and to become a good specialist, I am planning to keep ...

GSPLO 1

The process of global economic integration draws significant attention to global markets and competition. While many organizations seek to get benefits from the global competition, they still fear that is more prone to harm them, rather than to benefit (Gerber, 2012, pp.1-2). Therefore, the rationale for becoming a global competitor or refusing from this idea requires careful consideration. First of all, being a global competitor means that a company will have access to new customers. This advantage is especially important, if the company’s products are already well developed at some markets, and the demand slows down. If the ...

in Thailand and Its Impact on Behavioral Intention

Abstract

The hotel and hospitality industry is expanding as the need for globalization in business operations continues to create much attention. The paper sought to conduct a study on the religious attitudes and behavior that make Muslim consumers subscribe to a particular food or service in hotels across Thailand. The sample for the study was 25 Muslim respondents who are residents as well as visitors. The sample was selected randomly with a structured questionnaire used to collect data from the respondents. Among the key consumers in Thailand are the Muslims who in ...

Sound Map of Udell’s Avian Chimaeras (2015) The piece started with the sound of a winding gear and birds chirping across the background. At 00:13, the gear winding stopped and the sound of a rotating gear started, just like a windup toy starting. Then at 00:18, there is a different sound, it could have been the sound of the windup toy together with a sound of a broken machine. Then at 00:30, the sound of the windup toy pans across, as if the toy is moving from left to right, and there are also birds flying across. Then ...

In Promoting ASEAN Tourism Growth

Abstract The purpose of the paper is to analyse and to understand the challenges of newly formed ASEAN Youths Organization in promoting tourism. The Asia-Pacific region is one of the fastest growing regions in the world, and the flow of tourism to the region is not as high as the flow of tourists to Africa, Europe and America. ASEAN Youth Organization’s mission is to reveal a sharp curiosity on ASEAN countries and on each other as far as the issue of tourism as a source of economic revenue is concerned. The governments the ASEAN region recognize tourism as ...

IPv4 and IPv6 Comparison

Abstract IPv4 and IPv6, just as with many other aspects of the internet world, have similarities and differences; one of the similarities is that both IPv4 and IPv6 use the Domain Name System, DNS. The difference between the IPv4 and IPv6 is how the DNS is implemented. Proper knowledge of and being able to understand the similarities and differences between IPv4 and IPv6 application of DNS is vital. A very important aspect to being able to set-up a network and facilitate the use of both, is know how they work. This is especially important as many networks use both ...

The Name of the Class

London is not only the capital of Great Britain, one of the most important financial and trade hubs in the world, but it is also home to many prestigious universities that are highly valued all over the world. British education is known as a classic education, and more and more students around the world choose London as their studying destination despite the expensive cost of living in London and one of the most expensive currencies in the world, British Pound. Besides the great universities, colleges and foundation programs selection, London is famous for its cultural and social life. International ...

Immigration is a contentious topic in the United States today. Even now, the Presidential Debates are full of discussion of immigration and the suggestion of immigration reform; in the last months of his presidency, President Obama seems intent on discussing and passing new immigration reform legislation as well. Immigration is a difficult topic in the United States because the country has literally been built on the backs of immigrants; however, there is also a long history of xenophobic thought and nationalistic sentiment in the United States as a whole. The history of immigration is even more contentious in places ...

Sustainable Tourism: the Importance of Destination Tourism Indicators

Question 1 Tourism lifecycle is a concept proposed by geographer Richard Butler in “Canadian Geographer” journal in 1980. According to Butler, any touristic destination has its own lifecycle. It starts from a moment when a place is unknown to tourists and stays aside of touristic routes. Then mostly due to a word of mouth popularity of the destinations starts growing, local residents become involved in the process of hosting guests and corresponding infrastructure appears (hotels, transport, catering etc.). At certain moment local tourism infrastructure becomes developed at maximum level, at which it can host peak number of tourists. And ...

Introduction

The KASP is a Saudi Government-funded scholarship program initiated in 2005 under King Abdullah ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"; "Patent Program"). KASP has been launched in response to Saudi Arabia's increasing need for more qualified human capital, particularly in light of Kingdom's dependency on foreign labor (al-Shayea). The first KASP cycle was launched after late King Abdullah's and former U.S. President George W. Bush's agreement to increase numbers of Saudi students in U.S. ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). The Saudi Government invested SR7 billion and awarded 9,252 male and female students U.S. scholarships in first phase ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). ...

Druk Air-Royal Bhutan Airlines

Durk Air Corporation Limited, founded in 1981 and commenced operations in 1983 as Druk Air-Royal Bhutan Airlines is the national flag carrier of Bhutan. This case study will focus on the SWOT analysis of the airline, segmentation, opportunities to increase the business and finally the recommendations for the CEO of the airline.

SWOT Analysis

The airline enjoyed the status of being the sole airline operating out of Bhutan till 2010, when the market was opened for private participation. The major strengths of the airline include its image as the national carrier, superior service compared to its sole competitor-Bhutan Airlines, its image ...

Proposal: Viability and effectiveness of purchasing cars for the Sales Staffs, who are engaged on active field work.

Introduction to this Initiative Every organization has a mandate to deliver its objective based on its set parameters. Either, these objectives could be effectively met when certain manifestations are achieved, and within a designated timeframe. Key decisions have direct impacts on the overall well-being of an organization, and this determines how well things are achieved at the organizational front. While referring to an initiative to buy cars to the sales staffs, a great deal of feasibility consideration has to be considered. One such parameter is the cost benefit analysis associated with move, which is expected to attract more operational ...

Wal-Mart, America’s largest chain of retail stores, has successfully explored its adjacent space to enter the healthcare market. Years of research has helped the retail giant to provide for the healthcare needs of its millions of customers across the country. The company now offers a simple bundle of medical services, which customers can purchase along with their bag of groceries. Wal-Mart stores are aggressively striving to serve their customers by being a one-stop buying destination for healthcare products as well (Abrams, 2014). Wal-Mart has been running by the side of many of its stores more than one hundred ...

Exams were finally over, and I had all kinds of thoughts about how I would spend my summer holiday. It was my final year of college and my last summer with my friends, most of whom we would have to part ways since I was a foreign student and planned to travel home after my last semester. My girlfriend, Bella, short for Anabel, had that look of expectation toward a great summer when she saw me. As I drove to my apartment after parting ways with my friends, she talked about all sorts of things including how we planned ...

Introduction

Toys R Us was founded in 1948 in Washington, D.C and was originally just a baby furniture store. Since that time, the store has grown into a world-leading toys, video games, and baby products retailer. The company now owns over 863 stores in different locations across the U.S and 755 stores in 38 other countries (‘About us - toys“R”us corporate’, n.d.). The Corporation also recognized the value of e-commerce and launched online retail shops called Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com that are two of the most visited websites in the online toy and baby products shopping categories. The company ...

Question 1a. Giving appropriate examples and using your own words, differentiate between risk and crisis as used in the hospitality and tourism discipline. In the tourism industry, risk and crisis are two distinct but interrelated terms. Risk refers to the possibility that of the occurrence of potential threats, thus the need to employ the needed pro-active solution to lessen or eliminate it. Accordingly, because of the dangers associated with risks in the industry, there is a great need to ascertain the likelihood of its occurrence and ways on how to manage such risk. An example of risk in the ...

Financial discrepancies are part of the issues affecting companies today. It is worth noting that forensic investigation in a computerized work environment solves fraudulent activities. This process demands high-level expertise in forensic investigation. A forensic investigator uses various steps in investigating an employee computer. The forensic expert has to follow various steps during the investigation process. These include planning stage, gathering information stage, review process, and reporting. Investigation on employee computer is streamlined towards finding out the fraudulent activities, where and when it took place, identify those involved and quantify the monetary value of the fraud. Getting authorization to ...

Abstract

The hotel and hospitality industry is expanding as the need for globalization in business operations continues to create much attention. The paper sought to conduct a study on the religious attitudes and behavior that make Muslim consumers subscribe to a particular food or service in hotels across Thailand. The sample for the study was 100 Muslim respondents who are residents as well as visitors. The sample was selected randomly with a structured questionnaire used to collect data from the respondents. Regression analysis was then conducted to determine level of significance ion the relationships between the identified variables and a ...

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Abstract The successful flight of an aircraft is often attributed to the finesse of its pilots as well as the dispatcher. It is a common practice in air crash investigations to put the blame of such a mishap on the shoulders of its pilots and the air traffic control unit. Most often, the other factors that are inclusive in any successful flight, is omitted. This paper tries to analyze these causes from the perspective of National Transport Safety Board, to generate an independent view about the crash of UPS Flight 1354. After thorough inspection of NTSB reports three main ...

Interpersonal physical violence (committed against women and children)

Human trafficking and concomitant criminal sexual exploitation of women and children in the XXI century is becoming the fastest growing and highly lucrative activity for transnational organized crime. Statistical data of different sources irrefutably specify on the tendency of increasing human trafficking in many countries of the world. It is necessary, to mark that this crime is not a problem of one state and an issue that has gained an international dimension. The danger of human trafficking is that the buyer gets as a result of the deed of sale full control over the victim and may dispose of ...

MANCHESTER

ASSIGNMENT OF tourist destinations 2016 NOVEMBER, GROUP 4 Tourist Destination Introduction There are different modes of traveling and the fastest is through the air. Most of the people prefer to travel through the air because it facilitates them in reaching all parts of the world. A lot of changes has been made from the inception of airplanes and now the customers have an entirely experience, as the airplanes offer several facilities to its customers. Today, aircrafts have become sophisticated, safer, faster, and cheaper. For these reasons, tourism has exploded. In 2013, 3 billion air passengers arrived at various world ...

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1. Introduction The tourism and hospitality industry has been growing at a tremendous pace over the past few decades and this service sector has become one of the major contributors to the global GDP. In an attempt to take advantages of this magnificent growth of the tourism and hospitality industry, nations are taking vehement efforts to make their territories hot tourist destinations. Obviously, resorts and restaurants constitute a key segment of the hospitality industry. This report will analyze resorts and restaurants operating in Las Vegas, United States, giving particular focus to their unique product/service offerings and ...

Beach tourism is one domain of tourism with an ubiquitous global presence. Vacations at beaches are a practice virtually all peoples in the developed world enjoy worldwide. As such, Beach tourism is a globally significant cultural institution of tourism. As a tourist destination, the beach is ubiquitous on a global scale, across national cultures and identities. This was not always the case, however. The beach was not a main tourist destination until a half century ago, following World War II. Its global rise in popularity was brought on through mass media which packaged and commodified the concept of the ...

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Sustainable Tourism

TOU6125 Sustainable tourism has been defined as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities” (UNWTO, 2016). Sustainable tourism is a recent development. In 1996, Agenda 21 specific to tourism emerged. The international year for ecotourism was 2002. The first and second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism happened in 2003 and 2007. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) was launched in 2008. The UNWTO led the initiative on sustainable tourism for eradicating poverty in 2008. In 2012, ...

Sustainable tourism: the real challenges

Question 1 (a) Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism has always been the concepts compared to each other. Anthropocentrism is a paradigm in which the nature is understood as the means to satisfy human needs. From the anthropocentric point of view, people occupy the priviledged place in the world, and the nature is valued and preserved because it can maintain the good quality of human life and help them achieve their goals (Thompson  Barton 149). Ecocentrism is a concept that supports the idea of the nature as the mother of life and everything in the world is connected to each other (Gladwin ...

In their work, Yang, Pan and Song (2014) have analyzed the issue of the hotel demand by forecasting the relating to this topic website – Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, consequently the target was to “predict the demand for hotel rooms in a tourist destination.” Among typical problems, which were omitted during current online pulse data analysis, there is one, which often negatively influenced the results of the research, namely “the heavy reliance on a consistent historic pattern and the stability of the economic structure” (Yang, Pan and Song, 2014). In contrast, the researchers took into account such issues ...

COMMUNICATION ACCESS

Mobile computing has grown exponentially in the last few years due to several factors including the growth of service work in Western society and the need for co-operation between many parties in the work force . These factors require increased use of information technology and physical interaction thus leading to the need for mobile computing. Mobile computing devices are a common and it is more common than not to have internet access available on these devices via a wide variety of connection methods. This paper presents the different connection methods, how they work and gives examples of where the various ...

Introduction

Tourism in Cyprus is big business. Actually it is one of the biggest economic contributors to the national economy. This Mediterranean island is perceived as the perfect island for middle age tourist and high and middle income tourist. This paper will focus on the special interest tourism and how it functions to provide an impetus to the economy of Cyprus while providing unique vacation opportunities. The tourist dollar is very important to economy of Cyprus and so is the effort to maintain the natural resources in addition to allowing as much access to tourist as possible.

SPECIAL INTEREST TOURISM IN CYPRUS

Religious: Today Cyprus ...

Introduction

The growth of tourism and hospitality sector has an evident positive impact on local economy, but often has a negative impact on the local environment and society. Sustainability now is a prominent issue for those working and researching the tourism and hospitality industry, as major global market players, together with UN World Tourism Organization are promoting sustainability as the way to improve both economy and local environment and social life (Deale, 2010). Hotels and resort hotels are regarded as the particularly aggressive areas in terms of market competition (ibid). It might be thus argued that by reflecting the needs ...

As of 1/18/2016, we have received your enquiry about travel arrangements for corporate retreat to a tropical destination. First of all, I would like to ask a couple of questions. How many people are you planning to bring to the retreat? How much are you willing to spend for the travel arrangements? What are some of the specifics that you would prefer with regards to the location of the corporate retreat? How long is the retreat going to be? Scheduling the corporate retreat during the Spring is a good idea because the weather is conducive in many tropical destinations. ...

Introduction: Burj Al Arab Hotel

Burj Al Arab Hotel is based in Dubai. It is the tallest hotel in the world comprising of 202 duplex suites and 27 double-height storeys (Jumeirah.com, 2016). In association with world’s largest fleets of Rolls Royce, someone’s transfer to the hotel is well organized by them. The hotel has sourced the best materials from around the globe all for luxury and comfort purpose in conjunction to exclusively handcrafted interiors. Dubai, being the second largest developing city in the world after Shangai, has attracted attention from all over the globe through real estate projects, conferences, and even sports ...

Foundation Course – Name

Introduction Hospitality industry demonstrates rapid and significant growth in the last years due to globalization process and fierce attempts to reshape the marketing niches offering better services for various groups of customers. The success of hospitality industry depends on the skills of the personnel and the quality of services they provide to the guests despite of their individual preferences. The task of the hospitality manager/leader is to ensure that all key components of the service chain function properly guaranteeing the best conditions to every guest visiting the hotel. Tourism is an indispensable part of the western reality reflecting individual’ ...

Tourism is a very important industry that impacts the world and its economy. Since the advent of air travel, tourism has become more easy and affordable. International travel has assumed huge proportions with the growth in the travel industry and the airline industry. But challenges abound and persist. The Tourism industry is burdened with increases in taxes, which increases fares and rental rates, impacting growth. The cost of fuel keeps changing, adding a level of disruption to the industry. Globalization and standardization in the industry is delivering similar experiences to tourists – be it in hotels, cuisines, activities, locations; while ...

Introduction

Tourism has been the biggest revenue earner for most of the OECD countries on the continental map. The member countries have had a consistent rise of both local and international tourism which has encouraged them to consider policies to enhance the industry. There are countries that have had a significant growth of the industry, but the economic crunch of 2008 and 2009 worked a dent in the progressive rise of the industry. It triggered a closer scrutiny into the industry and the countries have been on the lookout to guard the same events from happening.

The Policies and State of Affairs

The U.S has had ...

Business Model and Strategic Plan Part I

Business Model and Strategic Plan for New Product at Amkor Technology Inc. Overview of Amkor Technology Inc Amkor Technology is one of the world leaders in semiconductor technology. The mission of the company is to be the world’s top trusted provider of reliable test manufacturing and assembly services as well as innovative solutions to microelectronics and semiconductor companies utilizing advanced technology which is a product of close collaboration with clients and partners engaged in supply chain. Its major area of interest is offering testing services for manufacturing as well as contract services for semiconductor assembly. The company was ...

Introduction

Research has shown that the hospitality industry is the largest industry in various countries around the world. Globally, the industry accounts for ten percent of employment of citizens in various nations across the globe. The hospitality sector also undergoes several changes and developments that affect its functions and operations. Many research professionals in the hospitality industry have noted that there are various trends that are likely to affect the sector. Some of these factors range from sustainable development, customer satisfaction based on their changing needs, to branding, marketing and even globalization in general. Some of these issues are already ...

Analysis of the United States Airline Industry

Abstract1 1. Introduction1 2. Impact of the Aviation industry on the American Economy..2 2.1 Economic Impact due to Airline Expenditure Categories.3 2.2 Airline Economic Impact due to Employment .5 2.3 Airline Industry Exports6 3. United States Airline Industry Market Structure 7 4. Strategies of Companies in American Airline Industry.10 4.1 Hub-and-spoke structure10 4.2 Pricing Strategies10 4.2.1 Price Discrimination.11 4.2.2 Advance Purchase Pricing11 4.2.3 Peak Loading11 4.2.4 Cumulative Volume Pricing11 4.2.5 Risk Sharing12 4.2.6 Bundled Pricing .12 4.3 Mergers12 4.4 Low-cost Carriers.12 5. Evaluation of Southwest Airlines..13 6. Conclusion.14 7. Bibliography..15

Abstract

The United States airline industry holds a vast share ...

Netsky and Sasser Worms

The earlier versions of the Windows operating contained several network-based vulnerabilities. On many occasions in the 2000s malicious scripting programs commonly known as worms exploited these vulnerabilities. The most prolific of these worms were Netsky and Sasser Worms. Although these worms were differently functioned, their basic structure was the same. Evidently, both worms shared the same creator in Sven Jaschan. The Netsky worm’s distribution depended on email communications. It was an attachment will be active if opened. Once opened, it would search all the email addresses and dispatch copies of itself to all the addresses. The damage was ...

Introduction

Description of the study In this paper the author considers the incentives for attraction of foreign direct investment and their role in the development of the companies having the residency in China.

Purpose of the Assignment

Furthermore, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the motivations for attraction the foreign direct investment to the MNCs and the consequences of their involvement.

Questions rising in the assignment

Methodology For the completion of the order, the author has applied structural analysis of the reports provided on annual basis by the major MNCs and the data collected by the IMF and stte authorities of China.

Structure of the paper

The paper includes introduction, main ...

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPANSION

International Business Expansion The emergence of China as the world’s manufacturing hub happened in a much shorter span of time compared to the time it took for U.S or U.K to industrialize. China took just over a decade to double its GDP per capita and improve the living standards of its people ever since 2001, when it entered the World Trade Organization and opened up its borders welcoming investors from all over the world. There have been a host of favorable factors that made China the global manufacturing hub. Some of them include the abundant availability of cheap ...

The scenario raises issues dealing primarily with consideration and variation of a contractual agreement. The issues arising are primarily two; the validity of variation of terms made between Kitchens for You Ltd (KFY) and Lizzie Tyler and the enforceability of the original agreement arrived at by Kitchens for You Ltd (KFY) and Lizzie Tyler. Firstly, KFY and Lizzie Tyler have a valid contract that is enforceable under which KFY agreed to refurbish the kitchen and seating area, to cope with the increased orders from the café/seating area and the takeaway counter for a total cost of £32,370. ...

Introduction

Human developmental process is a logical and semantic journey that all of us have to embark on in order to reach the full potential, and the lifetime is a journey that oftentimes ends up causing one’s death. The infancy and early childhood is a phase of one’s life that records pure dependency on others who work in order to ensure survival of the child. The stage of infancy is of utmost innocence, and the world does not get to children in these days. The roles and social responsibilities of a person change as he or she grows ...

There is a natural ebb and flow of people. People stand in a slow moving river that flows with time. Like a busy cafeteria, there is an upbeat hustle and bustle here and there, to and fro. This place is not a destination for many them, it is merely a stop-off to somewhere else. Inside a Starbucks coffee outlet are smells of different brews being made for customers. The place has an earthy feel because there are dark, wooded colors. Some people come and order their coffee and then they quickly leave to wherever they are going. For some ...

Introduction

Cambodia is a small country located in the southern region of the Indo-China peninsula in Southeast Asia. Cambodia has an area that covers roughly 181,035 square kilometers, with a population of 15,288,489, according to a 2019 census. Vietnam borders it to the east, Laos to the northeast, Thailand to the northwest, and the Gulf of Thailand (its only direct access to a large body of water for sea-bound trade and another key) to the southwest.

The country has a nominal GDP of $26.628 Billion; and a Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) GDP of $76.635. It has a GDP per capita of $4,645. These ...

Part 1

I have selected France as my vacation destination. France is located in Europe and is one of the top destinations for travelers from the United States of America and other parts of the world. The capital city of France, Paris, is the most attractive destination in the country. Many people visit to absorb the vast array of spectacular scenery, with the Eiffel Tower being among the most iconic attractions. I have selected France since it is a tourism hub fit for vacation and is a warm and welcoming country that any traveler would find pleasing to experience.

There are ...

In the past few years, tremendous advancement has been made in field of technology, which has brought significant evolution in job opportunities across the globe. Advancements in the field of technology have made the world look like a small village where an individual can work from any country online and get paid (Taylor, 2021). Digital nomad lifestyle refers to the ability of an individual to work remotely from a laptop or their smartphones and use their freedom to travel to various parts across the globe (Hermann & Paris, 2020). Digital nomads are workers who work remotely, and they are employed in ...

Final Assignment

Both Bridges and Switches work on the data link layer of the OSI Model. However, switches are more advanced. Discuss how a switch has an advantage over a bridge in a network then elaborate more on the technology implemented in switches to control broadcast domains A bridge is a two interfaces device that creates two collision domains. This is because it forwards the traffic received from one interface only to the interface where layer two devices is connected (Olenewa, 2014). Bridges serves the main function of reading the destination of MAC address to forward the traffic only to the interface where it ...

This is an acronym for General Packet Radio Service which can be approach as a second generation of wireless networks. This version of wireless networks can be claimed to have cropped from the former GSM (global service for mobile communications). Researchers found that GSM is best suited for wireless voice transfer but was (GSM) very slow in transferring data (digital data) from one mobile device to the next (Christian, 1999).

Therefore, GPRS is a new bearer of data transfer between mobile GSM stations and external networks. The main advantages of GPRS over GSM include speed, capacity and flexibility since it ...

Introduction

Automobile technology has managed to come a long way. A few decades ago, automobile makers were boasting about airbags being the latest state-of-the-art technology in car safety. Warning systems and collision avoidance have been the latest developments for car technology. Though it is not a new technology, reverse cameras are available with the cross-traffic warning systems for preventing drivers from reversing from their parking spot into the oncoming traffic. Again, the vehicle sensor technology has been used for detection and prevention from all-too-common dangerous situations. These technologies are perfect for ensuring individuals and families are kept safe. Also, technology has helped ...

Introduction

The travel capacity of Lafayette Regional Airport is expected to expand significantly by the year 2034. Therefore, there is a need to expand its facilities to meet its increasing demand. In this paper, we investigate the a few requirements of Lafayette airport expansion. This will include primary and terminal access roads, terminal curb frontage, automobile parking facilities, warehouse/office facilities, cargo apron requirements, and air cargo acreage requirements. 4.5 AIRPORT ACCESS AND AUTOMOBILE PARKING REQUIREMENTS

4.5.1 Primary and Terminal Acess Roads Terminal access roads serve airport passengers, visitors and employees and connect primary airport access roads with terminal building ...

ABSTRACT

The prevalence of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facilitated the shift of operations in travel agencies from traditional to online platforms in the same way that the Internet changed how customers can access goods and services. The Internet enables customers to gain access to online travel agencies and choose to purchase travel-related products and services online. Nevertheless, previous studies prove that online travel agencies are finding it difficult to compete with one another and the adoption of ICT as a major part of operations present other problems that set barriers for the growth of online travel agencies. The widespread use ...

Introduction

Attention Getting Device: Have you ever thought about travelling to the “down under” – Australia? If not, you should be considering that as an option. Australia is a beautiful country with its unique “atmosphere” and offers plenty of beautiful places to visit, and one of them is Sydney. If you will be in Australia, the city of Sydney must be the first city to visit on your list.

Orientation Phase:

Point: Today, I will tell you why the city of Sydney is considered to be as the world’s ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

ABSTRACT

With the growth in computer networks that are used in organizations, there is a need to have a way in which networks are managed and monitored. This phenomenon is taking shape as more and more companies develop new applications to sustain their networks. There different types of traffic that are found to be traversing computer networks need to be monitored. SNMP management console is one of Network Instruments application that brings cross-platform SNMP standards to the Observer. Network administrators and consultants will find SNMP management tools important in the monitoring, diagnosis and repair of networks. Network monitoring helps in having continued ...

Foundation of emergency managements

Geographical Description of Abu Dhabi The city of Abu Dhabi is the latest, most sorted after tourist destination in the world. The city that is in the emirate of Abu Dhabi is 16 feet above sea level. It is located in the northeastern part of the Persian Gulf. The city that is the capital of the emirate is neighbors the islands Saadiyat, Al Futaisi, and Sir Bani Yas Island since the emirate of Abu Dhabi is comprised of islands. The capital boasts of both sophistication from the latest architectural designs and the cultural tradition that existed from the ...

With Egypt being a densely populated country with a total of 85 million people, one is almost assured of a readily available market for his or her product (World Bank Group, 2014). Being an attractive market owing its perfect mix of commercial and demographic links, Egypt is arguably the most apposite destination four our jewellery company. In essence, Egypt has demonstrated to be the most suitable destination for any kind of business particularly our jewellery business. Owing the fact that it is strategically located, has attractive market size for any product, it has apposite legal and political avenues for conducting business (World ...