Essays on Holiday

The Effect of Social Media on the Selection or the Desire of UAE Nationals Living in Abu Dhabi to Choose a Tourism Destination- Research Prospectus

Abstract

The study seeks to find out the impact of social media on the choice of travel destinations by UAE national who live in Abu Dhabi. The problem that the survey aims to address is the role of social media factors in influencing decision-making by consumers of tourism services. The study acknowledges that social media plays an imperative role in influencing consumers’ choice of their travel destination, which makes an important aspect for the study. ...

Paper

It's not easy to maintain a balance between one's personal and professional lives. In reading the Case of the Holiday at the German advertising firm located in the United States, this becomes more evident than ever since their customers' deadlines are the most important parameter by which employees are evaluated. Of course, we all have to earn a living and sometimes, at the beginning of our careers, working 50 hours a week isn't uncommon. What does seem rather strange is the employee turnover that is rather high and which, in turn, suggests burnout. This is clearly not good for ...

Through this paper, I have decided to share my Holiday Memories. Last Christmas, I had a 2 weeks’ holiday in India, with my family. There are many reasons why we choose to holiday in India. My dad’s close friend Sivakumar has been inviting since long, and we were more than happy to accept the invitation. I like Bollywood songs and I have some close friends who are from India. Though my dad is used to traveling abroad, for the rest of the family, it is the first time outside North America. I had prior ideas and perspective about ...

Kakao Chocolate is a two-shop chocolate mecca near St. Louis, Missouri. They sell hand-made chocolate concoctions, special treats, cater for special events, and serve hot or cold specialty coffees. Their website and Facebook pages are both interactive, with options for customers to place orders through the website or in person. My first impression of Kakao Chocolate is that they are a tiny mom-and-pop shop that sells less-than-premium chocolate. The prices listed on the page seem much less than those typically listed for premium chocolates, and they have only two locations, which leads me to believe that they are not ...

Payment methods and technologies have shifted a great deal over the years. Gone are the days where cash and check transactions make up the bulk of the give and take that occurs when people engage in commerce, travel and otherwise spend their money. Credit and debit cards have ruled the roost for a while but some new contenders are starting to emerge. The first major alternative to the conventional credit cards and other more traditional methods was PayPal (PayPal, 2017). However, smartphone-enabled technologies such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay are starting to dominate the commerce and ...

Introduction

The issue of choice overload is a real concern in the hospitality industry in the modern era. The problem is informed by the broad range of options that the practitioners in the industry have. As a consequence the organizations in the hospitality industry have a difficult time making decisions due to the wide range of options they have informed from the contemporary trends. It is critical that when faced with so many choices it is extremely hard for an individual to reach a decision whether, in the hospitality industry or any other industry (Slåtten and Mehmetoglu, 2011, p. ...

One of the factors that define the success of a product or service in the general market is how it is marketed to the consumer base. Effective use of marketing can be a crucial factor; a good product can be ruined by bad marketing and a horrible product can be at least made popular through effective campaigning. One of the ways to promote a product is by the use of advertisements, which can be circulated in media such as television, radio, newspaper, internet, and the like. Since people use these regularly, they are exposed to the existence of the ...

Introduction

In its initial stages, the hotel industry provides renting space for people who were travelling from one place to another. The industry has grown exponentially into a flourishing service sector with revenues of billions of dollars (Prasanna, 2013). The hotel industry has improved its products. While it offered accommodation and food in the earlier years of the hotel industry, the hotel industry in the contemporary environment offers theme parks, conference facilities, lodging, cruise line, restaurants, and transportation among others (Prasanna, 2013). The classification of the hotels using the star system is also partly based on the products, services, and ...

Introduction and Identification of Facts

Signode Industrial Group is a global leader in the manufacture of a wide range of protective packaging solutions. The company’s product lines include Contrax, Tenax, and GripPack, among other products. It has gone through various changes over its life with one of the major changes being the acquisition by the Carlyle Group in 2014 and the subsequent rebranding of the company from Signode ITW to Signode Industrial Group (The Carlyle Group, 2014). The year 2014 marked several changes in the human resources structure of Signode. The acquisition by the Carlyle Group brought with it the challenges of leadership ...

View of After Life is one of the most important parts of religious beliefs. Every religion, first of all, is based on such categories as nature of God, view of human nature, view of good and evil, view of salvation and, of course, views of the afterlife. In my mind, it is really interesting how the view of afterlife affects the people’s everyday life. It is the basic part of the religion. The most of the other things that connected with religion are proceed from the View of After Life. As an example, we will take Christianity. In ...

In the decentralized scheduling model, the nurse managers are responsible for all the work schedules (Yoder-Wise 288). As such, all the accountability that relates to scheduling and staffing plans is the sole responsibility of the manager. Thus, the performance of the nursing care units can be enhanced by the efficiency and effectiveness of the nurse managers preparing the schedules. Based on a patient’s category of care such as minimal or acute care, a decentralized system helps in identifying the number of caregivers required per shift (Shabot and Gardner 298). In centralized staffing, the staffing coordinator has a knowledge ...

Introduction

Statements made prior to making a contract, as a rule, are not binding for the parties. At the same time, false or misleading statements made with the purpose of inducing another to enter into a contract can be found invalid, giving an innocent party the right to various remedies under the law. Under the common law, a victim of misrepresentation may be entitled to rescind the contract. Legislation, such as Australian Consumer Law, sets a pecuniary penalty in the event of breach of any of its provisions relating to consumer guarantees or false/misleading statements. Thus, the relevant case law ...

Introduction

Every culture since the earliest beginnings of human civilization have established dates and times every year that is of significant value inspiring celebration and traditions. Most holidays celebrated today, all over the globe, have their origins in places long ago and far away. Granted, sometimes the holidays remain unchanged through time and others, however, may evolve into very different things over the generations. There are some holidays that are shared all across the globe, in many different cultures, like Christmas. Other holidays may serve a similar purpose, but not necessarily celebrated on the same months or dates, like New ...

New dieting trends that include detoxification have become extremely popular in the past few years (Yahoo Finance, 2014). The most well-known emerging trend in this sphere is juice detoxing. McCormick’s (2014) report calls this phenomenon a “liquid revolution”. The current paper discusses it, explains the factors that make this issue a hot topic, and determines the advantages as well as concerns for the target audience. The target audience includes celebrities, healthy individuals, diabetics, and those willing to lose weight. First and foremost, juice detoxing puts little stress on the digestive system, allows a large intake of vitamins, and ...

Intercontinental Hotels Group

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts – Brand Overview InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is a luxury brand, which offers upscale hotel services to its highly valuable, premium, and high-end customers. It has more than 17,109 room in 200 hotels altogether in 75 countries across the globe. InterContinental Hotels & Resorts are pioneers in the luxury hotel industry. The parent company of Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts is InterContinental Hotels Group commonly referred as (IHG). Apparently, with almost 710,000 room in 4840 properties of resorts and hotels in across 100 countries, IHG is evidently marking its dominion in the hospitality industry while upholding the title of ...

Abstract

The Vietnamese are unusual and even unique people. Despite the fact that this nationality was influenced by three world religions - Confucianism, Hinduism and Buddhism, and each religion had a significant impact on the historic course and development of the Vietnamese society. Culture of the Vietnamese people is unique and distinctive, and the process of its development has been lasting for the third millennium. The Vietnamese have many interesting and unusual traditions that they are likely to follow in order to keep their identity among the representatives of another culture. Language and cultural barriers are two main reasons why ...

Prepare your Google Shopping Campaigns for the 2016 Holiday Push (Christmas, Black Friday)

A shopping campaign enables advertisers to promote their products. The interested parties are able to access to detailed information about the product being sold even before they click on the advertisement. The retailing tools will then inform the advertiser about the performance of the product over a given period of time. Additionally, the shopping campaigns boost traffic to the seller’s website or shopping store, and assist the seller to acquire qualified leads. Usually, the seller sends a product to the Merchant Centre and creates a shopping campaign through his/her AdWords account. The campaign is in turn used to ...

The chosen song is Sounds of Summer by Dirks Bentley. The song makes me think about the beauty of summer and the vibrant activities that come with it. Summer time is a beautiful time. In my childhood, even though we had a lot of fun playing in season including winter, summer came with so much joy and one thing that is identical with summer is vacations. Many of our vacations happen during summer; we take time to enjoy the beautiful weather and participate in many activities. During this period, we also get to is it family and attend several ...

5 Hill Street

Ms. Ana Mari Cauce President Jones, Jones & Jones 123 International Lane

Boston, Massachusetts 01234

Dear Ms. Jones: I believe that Halloween should be a holiday which promotes diversity and does not offend members of the minorities. Therefore, cultural appropriation is not acceptable because it diminishes the values of a certain group of people. The misrepresentation fosters stereotypes that are related to one particular culture and people are entitled to have diversity within that culture at the same time. It is best not to dress up as a member of a different cultural group than one’s own because it ...

Thanksgiving is a holiday that has been long celebrated over the years but is has had its roots in a cultural and religious perspective. There are many myths that surround the origin of thanksgiving but the most known one is that it was a feast to celebrate the successful fall harvest. The pilgrims celebrated it as they made through the winter and with the great assistance of the Wampanoag tribe, they got a bounty harvest to sustain them to the next winter season (Smith 79-85). The feast took place for three days, usually between September and November, though there ...

English literature

The 19th and early 20th century had to face a reality characterized by social, political and economic issues. Furthermore the World War One dramatically changed the already complex and troubled frame which gave birth to the Modernism. Indeed during the 19th century the traditional Victorian society turned itself into a modern and industrialized society, where cities were growing fast and the old ethical and religious values were rejected. This massive change also involved all the traditional forms of art, literature, architecture, philosophy, science and even all the aspects of the everyday lives. Salient of the Modernism Era is the ...

Superstitions in American culture

Superstitions refer to belief in magic and fear of the unknown, which leads individuals to adopt irrational behaviors. The influence of superstitions on individuals has remained strong throughout human history, but this influence has been declining with increased urbanization and education of the masses. The Halloween superstition reflects a fear of some power by human beings, which is beyond their understanding and control. However, some superstitions remain prevalent in American culture and other industrialized societies. During Halloween it is traditionally believed that it is a period that common myths, omens and folklore have more weight for the people who ...

Introduction

For years, the average age that people get married has been on the rise. The aspect introduces the query of why individuals are willing to wait longer before tying the knot. The once great institutions of marriage, going to church, being a member of a political association have become hollow in the presence of today’s young adults. This essay attempts to outline the various factors that make the millennial generation unwilling to get married at an early or considerable age. The paper will conceptualize on three probable causes of the delayed marriages. They include the development of personal ...

Legal Aspect of Responsible Leadership

The law of contract involves the legal policies that govern the agreement between two or more parties involved in a transaction of delivery of service or provision of goods, which is enforceable by law. Different contracts have varying terms and conditions depending on the sector involved and the intention of the contracting parties. The law of contract within the business sector is very clear because it is guided by the concept of essential elements of a valid contract. Any transaction that qualifies to be a legal contract between the parties should be enforceable by law and any violation of ...

Introduction

Frank Sinatra was among the most popular music icons of the 20th century that influenced how today’s music is interpreted and appreciated by many people. His enduring and timeless songs remain to be enjoyed by music enthusiast from all over the world. When his friend, Bing Crosby was asked about what keeps Sinatra’s music enduring, he replied, “Frank is the only one of us who seems to get through to all age groups” (qtd in Mastrogiannis). While he never had formal music lessons, he became interested in singing at a tender age, particularly in jazz music. He ...

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to assess the impact of Airbnb, the company that makes it possible for people from different countries to hand over their property to strangers, on the hotel industry. It is known that Airbnb is the third by cost value private IT-company in the world as its value is $25.5 billion. It is estimated that flow of orders of rooms for the night to Airbnb may increase from 79 million in the current year to 500 million over the next five years (and up to a billion within 10 years). In general, from a ...

Democratization has helped Hamilton’s tourism destination because of easily accessible travel centers that help make travel possible. Being able to book holiday rooms and plan trips ahead of schedule has been made easier. Promoting affordable stay and low-cost travel. Promotion and advertising that allows access for tourism trips. Travel leaders are easily available to make tourism resourceful and easy. The ability to have air travel to get to the destination with ease. “The Holiday bundle or package is easily purchased in advance to ensure a great deal for tourists to come and visit the destination” . Hamilton uses a ...

Kate Chopin’s novel, “The Awakening,” is a novel that entirely talks about the life of a newly married young woman. This woman unfortunately feels that her freedom is significantly curtailed. As for this reason, she goes about various errands in a bid to get her personal freedom since, in her view; this move will make her live a more reasonable and fulfilling life (Chopin 25). But the way to go about it presents her a major turmoil, how can she manage to get her personal freedom in a society that defines a woman not by her character, but ...

Introduction

The Empire Cruises is a private New York based cruise business, which offers public dinner cruise and private event charters. Major services of Empire Cruises include Birthday Cruise, Prom Cruise, Graduation Cruise, Anniversary Cruise, Sweet 16 Cruise, Cocktail Cruise, Lunch Cruise, Holiday Cruise, and Cruise Rental. It was established in 2010 and owns the city’s most popular event yachts that aim at offering the best cruise experiences at special events. The fleet of Empire Cruises is comprised of five incredible yachts namely Lucille, Jacana, Harbor Lights, Nautical Empress, and Liberty Belle. The deluxe experience offered by the Empire ...

SWOT analysis of MIWA International Corporation

Part 1- Description Miwa International Corporation is founded in Japan as an international company working in the wholesale sector of the market. The company now is successful in occupying a Unique Position in Market, which is achieved with the help of its special product line include cosmetics, skin care products, and product health care. No other company or brand is offering the same special line in the market. However, the brands do exist within each product category. The most of its consumers for the company are Asians because they are more concerned about white complexion, and Miwa offers a ...

Annually on the third Monday of January in the USA, the Day of the black fighter for the civil rights Martin Luther King is celebrated. This holiday is confined to the birthday of King on January 15. The preacher Martin Luther King headed the Movement for the rights of black Americans. This movement was devoted to fighting against racism and discrimination. At the same time, King supported only nonviolent methods of the fight. In 1964, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to him, and in 2004 the American authorities have posthumously appropriated him the Congressional Gold Medal which ...

Although I had had several holidays in Western cities like London, Paris, New York and Berlin, I had never got any opportunity to visit a city in the Eastern Hemisphere. I had always been enthusiastic to have fabulous time in major cities of the world in the Eastern Hemisphere like Tokyo. I felt most enthusiastic about Tokyo because it is considered the capital of the Eastern Hemisphere. Tokyo is one of Japan’s 47 prefectures, and it functions as both the largest city and the capital of Japan. During the last summer, I decided to have an 11 day ...

Introduction

At present, tourism is one of the most promising sectors of the world economy, ensuring the satisfaction of one of basic human needs - the need for rest. Many countries are rich in cultural and historical areas, but Italy should be highlighted among all of them, because of its unique architecture, history, culture, and mainly because of the great importance in tourist activity. The “face” of the country has changed dramatically over the last century. The fame of modern Italy is provided not only by producing automobiles, chemical products, fashionable clothes and shoes, popular worldwide films, but also by ...

Visitors’ Perception on Westminster London as a Sustainable, Responsible, and Environmental Friendly Destination

Referencesp.41 List of Figures Figure 1. Findings from the questionnaires Figure 2. Finding for three sections of sustainability, responsibility and environmental friendliness Figure 1.1. Sustainability Figure 1.2. Responsibility Figure 1.3. Environmental friendliness Abstract Sustainable tourism is one of the rising trends in the tourism industry. More and more stakeholder groups are starting to realize the importance of their assets. One of the best ways to preserve tourist destinations (i.e. the assets) is to promote sustainable, responsible, and environmental friendly tourism management. Unfortunately, engaging in those kinds of practices and operations can be costly. Most tourism industry firms are still ...

Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist, was born on in the house of her parents, known as Casa Azul – the Blue House – in town Coyoacan, the suburb of Mexico City. Her father - Wilhelm Kahlo – had German roots, moved to Mexico in his early age. Her mother, Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez had mixed Spanish and Indian roots. At the age of six, she has contracted the polio, which has made her to stay in bed for nine months. This disease has made her right leg and foot grow much thinner than her left one. She had to limp after the ...

In our day and age, there are plenty of street foods at our disposal. Chinese, American, Indian, Mexican – you name it. Out of many of those offerings, one of the most popular types of street food is Mexican one. And in Mexican food, there is hardly a more loved and well-known dish than a taco. Now, what is taco? If you don’t know yet – you should fix this issue immediately. But nonetheless, here is a little info about it. Taco is a dish that is composed of either wheat or corn tortilla with a variety of fillings. Arguably, ...

Frankenstein is the main character in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s gothic novel also known as Modern Prometheus. She is influenced by ideas and a dream from a summer holiday in Switzerland. During the summer holiday, she and her companions had shared and read German ghost stories, and then one of them, Bryan Lord suggested that they have a competition to see who would come up with the best horror story (Mary 15). One of them had suggested that corpses could also be re-animated, this brought to Shelley’s mind the idea of galvanism. During one of the nights she ...

Company Benefits

Full-time employees who work thirty (30) or more hours per week are eligible for benefits. Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision Insurance Voluntary life Insurance Voluntary Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Long Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts 401 (k) Retirement Plan

Voluntary Benefits with Employee Family Protection ( EFP)

Employees can enroll for health and welfare coverage effective the 1st of the month following 60 days of employments. If the employee chooses coverage for themselves, they may also cover their eligible dependents. Employees will also have an opportunity to enroll and make changes if they experience a qualifying life event, benefit class change, status change or during the ...

In this paperwork, I am going to discuss the different religions in the United States illustrating how these people live.

The United States has the largest number of religious groups than any other country in the world. The majority of Americans identify themselves as Christians. The majority of the Americans Christians are protestant and it is vital to note that protestant denominations differ widely in their values and practices. Roman Catholics consist of the next leading group of American Christians, while the Eastern Orthodox is third (Browning 58). In United States, there exist numerous protestant denominations, such as, Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, and so on. A good number of these protestant denominations are broken into separate groups. These separate groups ...

Executive Summary

The proposed environmental communication plan addresses current and future environmental initiatives in Whistler, BC. It is suggested that a range of communication tools can effectively inform Whistler destination stakeholders about current and upcoming efforts to promote growth and innovation for the environment. The visitors are local and non-local, and the tools address the needs of all as well as convey a positive image of Whistler to prospective visitors. The communication plan comprises the following tools and their implementation and dissemination: website for green visitors, video on past and future vision for sustainability, Facebook profile and group for participation by ...

A NIELSEN REPORT

KT Drinks, a UK based spirits manufacturer, is planning to launch a premium golden rum in the UK market in the last quarter of 2016. To promote the product and before the launch, KT drinks wants to partner with a soft drink manufacturer for its campaign. A prospective partner is Roundhouse Ginger Beer. The benefits envisioned for a partnership campaign are as follows:

Campaign will receive joint funding from the soft drink manufacturer

A joint campaign would help differentiate this golden rum from competitor products and therefore catch attention of the consumer; they will be willing to try the product Rum and ginger beer is a well known and ...

Introduction

Starbucks is inarguably the largest coffee house in the world. The company has had a holiday-themed coffee cup since 1997. The festive cups have had different designs over the years, including snowflakes, reindeer, ornaments and more symbols associated with the Christmas season. However, in 2015, the company opted for a simpler look without the holiday symbols on the cup. The unveiling of these cups is usually a big deal even with countdowns on their website. The design of the 2015 cup in October was described as “a two-toned somber design, with a bright poppy color on top that shades ...

African American history is diverse and deep-rooted. What the world knows of it today is through the words of historians. Historians have the ability to describe the events and happenings of a certain age in time and reveal what happened with precision. However if the events are too far-fetched and date back in time, then history can be altered or distorted to suit the needs of biased historians who might be of a particular race or ethnicity. Similarly, African American history has faced the issue of bias in texts and reading, which created hatred and animosity for the race. ...

Discussion of the crisis issues associated with the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in 2004

Management in crisis is a tough enough situation. However, the horrific onslaught of a suddenly unexpected tsunami literally crashing dramatically upon one’s doorstep is simply unthinkable. The inconceivable occurred in Indonesia, when the Aceh-stimulated earthquake stirred the violent killer waves in 2004 costing the lives of 127,000 people, roughly half a million injured – leaving behind potential scores of disease-prone epidemics and mourning of loved ones (Pascapurnama, Murakami, Chagan-Yasutan, Hattori, Sasaki & Egawa 2016). One international journalist and helper in the aftermath of the Indonesian Indian Ocean Earthquake Tsunami disaster, Bill Nicol, in his book Tsunami Chronicles, described the ...

Analysis of Tourism Website

The paper plans to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the website broadmoor.com. The objective of the website is to offer tourism-based services to people who are looking for travel services.

The first major characteristic of the homepage of the website is that the website is attractive with pictures that depict the panoramic view of enchanting holiday destinations. This will help to attract prospective customers. Secondly, the contact information is prominently positioned at the top portion of the page itself so that the customers can call anytime when they need clarification. The site also offers an online reservation facility. ...

Culture is a very dynamic element of the social setting of human beings. Culture is kinetic meaning that it is bound to constant modification and change from time to time. For example, when we consider the English language, we notice the constant and frequent adoption and addition of new words meant to describe varied situations in different cultures. These new words emanate from the frequent changes or social developments constantly shaping our world today. For example, one of the new words adopted as part of the accepted English words is the word ‘Photobomb’. A ‘photobomb’ is a verb meaning ...

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Impact of immigration crisis on travel industry Introduction The European border has been open for refugees and countries never applied strict restriction on immigrants before the crisis of 2015. Due to globalization, the process of migration has increased, and Europe has to face surge. People due to several reasons started moving from their homelands to Europe. The flow of these immigrants is a mix of extremely complex factors. Even majority of immigrants arriving Europe because of the security reasons, but as the crisis is increasing it has to turn out to be necessary for Europe to take serious measures ( ...

The report is a research proposal to my friend, Abdul, who wants to have a one-month vacation. I offer Abdul to spend these thirty days in Vancouver. This paper describes the main decisions to be taken (accommodation, for instance), give supporting arguments to convince Abdul that Vancouver is a good tourists’ destination, and introduce the chief features such as costs and timing. Vancouver is one of the most developed cities in Canada, which is also a popular travelers’ destination point. This city contains the features of a serene location for a calm revitalizing vacation as well as opportunities to ...

Introduction

Over the years, tourism has developed as the world’s fastest growing industry and hence the largest sector for most economies. Accordingly, it has become one of the extensively implemented development strategies within national and regional sectors, repressing effective, and for other countries the only means of obtaining social and economic development that is considered elastic. However, at the same time, it can prove to a casual observer that tourism, as well as tourists, has increasingly become exposed to risks, disasters and crises that have often threatened the tourism industry. To some extent, this has contributed to negative impact ...

Ethics Cases -Su14 (Various Cases) 3

Only a Little Lie 3 Shopping Confusion 3 Community Counseling Services 4 Whose Miles are They? 4 The Democratic Republican Party 5 Time Share? 5 Job Interview Quandary 6 Can you keep a Secret? 6 Unexpected Holiday 6 Fogel - Watt Compliance (Making the Commitment to Compliance) 7 Issue Analysis Accounting for RAC Audit Adjustments and Exposures June 2010 7

References 9

Critical Analysis or Review of Peer Articles Ethics Cases -Su14 (Various Cases) Only a Little Lie This article is important because it demonstrates limitations of managers within the work environment. It also makes it apparent that the professional organizations ...

Introduction

The paper will examine Germany’s culture and include various different aspects of the overall countries circumstances. One of the economically most successful European countries will be presented through the aspects of political makeup and background of the political system, the most important holidays and celebrations, their religion, art and architecture, the country’s customs and practices and their cultural contributions to a global society. One of the most successful countries in the world has a specific culture, customs and practices in which the diverse art and architectural designs can be found from different periods in history.

Political system in Germany

The Federal ...

CW1 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN Name

COMPANY: Thomas Cook Crafted by April 19, 2016 Please fill in the following information. Complete all parts. Do not be confined by rows. Write as much as is relevant, no more than 2000 words total.

Reference List

BBC, 2008, Thomas Cook buys web travel firm. [Online] Available at: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7244243.stm> [Accessed 1 April 2016]. BBC, 2011, Thomas Cook and Co-Op Travel merger gets final approval. [Online] Available at: < http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14550184> [Accessed 1 April 2016]. DailyMail, 2015, Two young children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning during Thomas Cook holiday in Corfu were unlawfully killed, coroner tells jury. [Online] Available ...

28th of March 2016

2B. Introduction Egypt is one of the few countries in the world that is mentioned in the Scriptures several times. There Moses the prophet was born and bred. Moreover, to there, after the birth of the promised Messiah, Jesus fled from Herod's persecution. There labored the early Christian hermits, who became the founders of monasticism. Today, this ancient country is in a difficult political environment, compounded by the religious factor that causes instability in the whole region. Throughout history Egypt saw many religions becoming a national policy, however, never before has one religion overpowered others and was as superior ...

History acts as a reference point to the significant changes that happened in the past and influence how people act, live or behave. These reference points are important in keeping a certain heritage. For instance, the common reference point for most of the countries is Independence Day. It acts as a remembrance towards the liberation of a country by the forefathers. Such important days have become holidays set aside by the government for people to reflect on the sacrifices made by their ancestors. However, the current generation tends to disrespect these holidays by deviating from its true cause. Most ...

The holiday plays a role in the process of socialization of the person, the perception of his role and relationship to social groups. With its emotional background, entertainment, unconventionality, often accompanied by joy and abundance, ability to use various benefits that are unavailable in ordinary time, gifts and entertainment and deviations from the usual rules restricting the behavior of people, holiday for many centuries attracts children and young people, deeply etching into their memory. It is a very important reason to identify oneself with other people – in the days of the feast, young people, often more clearly than in ...