Essays on Travel Agency

Introduction

While job description refers to the specific roles or duties of a given position in an organization, job specification indicates the required attributes for someone to be considered competent for a given task (Verboncu & Zeininger, 2015). HR managers utilize the two concepts (job specification and description) in attracting and evaluating potential employees and in identifying proper strategies of managing an organizational workforce. Some of the important attributes evaluated during job description include necessary goals and skills for a given position. In job specification, the human resource (HR) managers take account of individual attributes, experience, skills and training that are ...

Research Paper Draft: The Hospitality Law and Privacy

Introduction Privacy, including information privacy, has become one of the great concerns of our modern information society. Each day, without much difficulty, one can find a news story or report concerning some question of privacy. The main focus of these questions, however, have centered around the age-old debate between what is the best balance between security and privacy. That is to say, very little public, media or government attention has focused on other equally important areas of privacy including privacy in the private sector, such as in the hospitality industry. Nowadays, the hospitality industry increasingly has access mountains of ...

Delivery date

Entrepreneurship is the backbone behind which all economies thrive. It leads to the formation of businesses which generate capital which keeps the economy running. Of all the businesses that contribute to the growth of the economy, small businesses occupy the largest part and are so many. They also contribute towards a large part of employment of people in the country and are thus critical. Their success is thus very crucial not just to the economy, but also to people who rely on them. The reason of this paper is to research on entrepreneurship failure. A small business that started ...

2013 Adventure Lane

St. Paul, Minnesota 55107

48211 North Central Place

Detroit, Michigan 48207

Dear Mrs. Smithson, I would like to thank you for your e-mail and interest in the Sunbright Travel Agency’s services. Taking a cruise is one of the best vacation options in the summer and in this letter I would like to offer a cruise that will be right for you and your daughter. Because you live in Detroit, I would suggest looking for the cruises which start in the destinations that are relatively close to you. The Royal Caribbean Company, which is one of the best companies in cruising, offers the ...

The tourism industry is similar to any other economic system. An important feature of this industry is the information about the services and their quality. World experience shows that a service time is a factor determining the success. In a highly competitive environment of the service sector, the organization cannot succeed without using in its operations information technology, improving the quality of customer service. The winner is the one who is able to provide the customer with the full range of services in the shortest period of time, whose site is well optimized, functional and interesting for the user. ...

10001 N. McKinley Drive

Tampa, FL 33612

The Board of Directors 1385 B. Cranston Drive Tampa, FL 33612

Dear Mesdames/Gentlemen,

I am writing to you in order to present my initiatives for Better Horizons Credit Union members and clients. These ideas are to promote our organization, gain more loyalty and create a positive and sustainable authority. The first initiative is to organize a promotional trip for credit union members. The actual plan is to handle a cruise trip to The Bahamas. The main aim is to promote Better Horizons, create a positive image among credit union members and encourage them to think over credit ...

In modern world the number of issues the company should deal with is dramatically increasing. Some main threats of the previous years are replaced by more significant ones. To remain competitive the organization should pay attention to all the decisions made on different levels. The company is also exposed to new types of risks. It means that the organization should use new approaches to manage both external and internal operations. The main requirement to the behavior of the firm is to be as flexible as possible. New strategies need to be defined in accordance with environmental issues and up-to-date ...

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 ...

The changes in the global economy, the progressing state of the emerging countries that resulted to the increasing middle income consumers, and the development and spread of the internet technology impacted the ticket distribution system of the airline industry. The airline companies developed new and more cost-efficient ways of selling and distributing air tickets to be price competitive and at the same time to survive the intense competition in the industry and the economic struggles especially in North America and Europe. The global distribution systems (GDS), was the most common and prevalent system of airline ticket distribution in ...

ABSTRACT

Brand image or identity refers to the view or perception of a brand not only based on its offerings and services, but also on its values and culture as perceived primarily by consumers. Organizations may utilize brand image to accomplish its goals or objectives by structuring an image that is interesting and acceptable to customers. In recent years, one of the ways that organizations consistently market or advertise their brand involves social media. The primary objective of this research study is to explore best practices in social media marketing towards brand image or perception management. To obtain data, the researcher ...

Internet technology has revolutionized tourism and travel industry. In traditional airline system, there were several limitations. Traditional airline service providers relied on agents who acted as intermediaries in the system.The travel agent had to purchase client’s travel requirements in a number of ways; either the travel requirements would be obtained from a wholesaler, direct with the supplier or through GDS. The whole process of organizing the travel package was cumbersome. Information is the bulk of the products in travel industry. Traditionally, the travel agent offered a location where the supplier could showcase their products. Information was not readily available to the ...

Internet technology has revolutionized tourism and travel industry. In traditional airline system, there were several limitations. Traditional airline service providers relied on agents who acted as intermediaries in the system.The travel agent had to purchase client’s travel requirements in a number of ways; either the travel requirements would be obtained from a wholesaler, direct with the supplier or through GDS. The whole process of organizing the travel package was cumbersome. Information is the bulk of the products in travel industry. Traditionally, the travel agent offered a location where the supplier could showcase their products. Information was not readily available to the ...

Introduction

Selling is an activity in the area of business that has paved way for heated debates between those involved directly and those who are involved indirectly. Due to this closeness to the concept of selling many individuals often have strong and misplaced opinions of the sales people and selling in general, and it does not come as a surprise that these misgivings are believed by people who have engaged in selling their whole lives. Processes and activities that assist an organization to efficiently and effectively run and support its business objectives and strategies is what is known as sales operations ( ...

ORGANIZATION AND METHODOLOGY

Program: B.A in Hospitality management and marketing Project overview: this is a group report which entails the management of sales force of a travel agency. The components to be managed include motivation, organization, and prospecting.

Overall aim: to aid students in managing sales force

SALES FORCE MANAGEMENT Introduction Background The international travel agency is currently experiencing sales force problems in the sales department. The president of the organization was concerned about the performance of the sales force, this is attributed to the feeling that the sales representatives of the organization did not adequately use their positions and opportunities. Basically the problem was associated with the sales ...

Essentials of a contract

A valid contract consists of a number of key elements without which a contract so formed is not a contract properly so called in the eyes of the law. The basic elements of a valid contract include the offer, acceptance, consideration, and intention to create legal relations, capacity of parties and legality of the subject matter of the contract. An examination of the facts as outlined in this case reveals that the case turns on the basic elements of offer and acceptance. It must be proved that an offer was made which was subsequently accepted for a consideration in order to constitute a valid ...

Introduction

The tourism sector in Turkey has been on a steady growth since 1980 when the country received 1.2 million tourists. This figure has increased almost 25 times as the country received 31.4 million international tourists in 2011. According to the World Tourism Organization branch of the UN (UNWTO) (2011), Turkey is ranked as the sixth most visited country in the world. This growth in the sector shows that there are business opportunities for potential tourism investors. Beach tourism and tours to historical sites are the major products of the Turkish tourism sector. The country, however, offers other products such ...

Introduction

Previously, in a move informed by gap analysis and needs assessment, I decided to develop a service aimed at augmenting the travel arrangements of business travelers in Sweden. This was in the form of a travel agency tasked to handle the logistics and modalities of the business travelers, although not limited to that cohort of travelers. This was informed by the need for the business travelers to ease their worries so that they would properly focus on the main objective of their travel; business. Nonetheless, the travelers might prefer to go sightseeing in the beautiful Swedish countryside, hence the incorporation of the ...

Travel agencies offers travel information, booking and reservation services including transport and accommodation, as well as, tourist attractions to both business travelers and private individuals.

The main activities of this industry include ticket consolidation, booking service provision, ticket selling, tour retailing, tour guide service provision, tourist bureau service provision, tour wholesaling and travel agency operation. Also, the key products for the industry include conference travel, business travel, tour wholesaling and ticket consolidation, inbound tours and leisure travel. A related industry is X0003 Tourism in Australia, which offers tourism services for both international and domestic tourists.

Industry Performance

The key external drivers ...

Summary

The term global village was a product of the developments that were made in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The need to communicate and communicate speedily while maintaining the integrity of the information being passed prompted the invention of the Internet and the World Wide Web (Albert, 2006). This is a network built out of wirelessly connecting computers all over the world under one central server.

With the Internet in place, further developments occurred, which included the invention of websites. These are small pages built by individuals and made available to the general Internet public. They provide information about a ...

Executive Summary

These two business proposals bring the concept of corporate social responsibility and technological utilization in the rapidly growing global travel and leisure market. It sees a bright prospect in setting up an 1.) online travel agency, specifically in Victoria, Australia or New South Wales and 2.) eco lodge site in any part of Australia.

For the first business proposal, it caters to a greater portion of major businesses and corporations in New South Wales or Victoria, two Australian states that have the biggest number of travel agencies and travelers. It also has the head offices of a large number of international airlines.

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Report On Working Conditions

Executive Summary – The report presents the situational analysis of the working condition at Faredeal Travel Agency and identifies the requirement of enhancing the communication between the management and employees along with recommendations on improving working conditions. Introduction – Working conditions of the company are significant to improve the performance and efficiency of employees. Also, it introduces safety in the working environment. This report

Provides the recommendation to the company to improve the existing working conditions.

Procedure – Survey was done to collect the information regarding the present working condition and to gather the information regarding improvement required by employees. The information was interpreted in percentage to elicit better understanding. Findings – The ...

Abstract

Travel agents help clients with travel arrangements and provide information on destinations, transport expected weather and accommodations. The job of a travel entails several tasks from providing information to advising clients on their travel information. This is just one of the arrays of careers available in the large tourism sector. In order to gain entry and succeed in the profession of travel agents there are certain educational and skills requirements. Most travel agency require that the person seeking the job of the travel agent to at the very minimum posses a certificate or associate degree from a vocational school or community college. ...