Essays on Travel And Tourism

An Investigation of the Impact of Sky Scanner on the Travel Choice of Chinese Customers

Introduction: There is an increasing demand, among consumers for competitive, and easy to access travel solutions. More specifically, online applications offer comparison of travel options, and low rates to travelers, in a do-it-yourself travel economy that has moved away from using formal travel agencies, and instead moved toward self-sufficiency supported through web sites that over agent-like services. One such service, is Sky Scanner, however, the embattled company has suffered from a large amount of negative publicity, and has struggled to adequately serve the target market. The following study, therefore, seeks to consider the impact, or potential impact, of Sky ...

Tourism is a great income earner for many economies around the world. America, therefore, is not an exception. Fundamentally, through the United States Travel Association, the country pushes its agenda for the travel and tourism (Middleton et al. 38). Some of the activities that the association deals with include trade events, acting as a spokesperson for the travel industry in the country, conducting research projects for the industry, and offering knowledge and information concerning the tourism industry in America. The mission of the U.S. Travel Association is to increase traveling to and within America. The primary objectives of the ...

1. Key Elements of Branson’s Leadership Style In his autobiography, The Virgin Way: If It’s Not Fun, It’s Not Worth Doing, Richard Branson identifies and explains important aspects of his leadership philosophy and style: There are ten of them: (1) “Follow your passion, but protect the downside”; (2) “Do some good”; (3) “Believe in your business”; (4) “Have fun”; (5) “Don’t give up”; (6) “Listen more and talk less”; (7) “Make room for personal time through delegation”; (8) “Go out and meet people”; (9) “Communicate among all levels of your company”; and, (10) “Be happy”. ...

Tourism, hospitality management sectors are interlinked to each other to some extent and it is argued that Tourism, hospitality management are interrelated and have many cross-relationship to cover the entire sector together. Tourism and hospitality are closely related but not mutually exclusive; as hospitality is the least concerned with providing the needs of tourists. The definitions of hospitality and tourism field falls under “travel and tourism”. It is sensible to study the linked sectors together in detail on strategy and operation level. This research describes and demonstrates the close interaction between the tourism and hospitality; and flexibility of the ...

Current Trends in the Resort Industry

Tourism and recreational industry continue to strengthen its position as one of the major international drivers of economic and social affairs. World Travel and Tourism Council outlines the shift in the strategic direction of development of the industry, where organizations, directly and indirectly, involved in tourism activities should become more aware and concerned with the impact of tourism and related sectors on wellbeing and wealth of the of the global population (WTTC 3-4). With the above in mind, some of the major and newest trends in tourism and the resort industry specifically include ecotourism. The International Ecotourism Society is ...

WTTC’s Blueprint

World travel and Tourism Council is the organization of international significance with the overall aim to bring forward knowledge innovation and outline the critical role of tourism as the driver of national and international economic affairs. Comprised of the top management partners from various international companies within the top 100, the organization built on the sustainable internal capacity and experience, able to deliver the important mission of raising the awareness of the population about the impact of tourism and travel activities on generating global wealth and wellbeing (WTTC, 2016). The WTTC's Blueprint for New Tourism was announced in 2003 ...

Background

Marriott International is a chain of hotels operating globally as an American company of hospitality, which is providing multiple services within the travel and tourism industry. It manages a range of hotels and other hospitality facilities in different countries of the world with a franchising strategy for internationalisation (Renner, 2010). The company was established in 1927 by J. William Marriott, which is now being led by his son Bill Marriott as Executive Chairman. Arne Sorenson is a Chief Executive Officer and President of the company. Currently, Marriott International is operating in 80 countries of the world, having more than ...

Executive Summary

GPV Enterprise was formed February 2009 to provide travel arrangements that include airline, hotel, car and vacation packages to prospective clients. GPV also plans events such as family reunions and tours. The founders of GPV are Marissa and Anthony Gilbert. Both founders have their MBAs and are passionate about GPV Enterprise. An opportunity for GPV’s success exists because the national tourism and travel industry is growing annually. Further, the Nashville travel market is growing at an alarming rate and has no providers who specialize in travel and event planning. GPV is destined to take advantage of this growth ...

Introduction

The city of Cambridge, known for its culture, heritage and the numerous institutions of excellence attracts a large number of tourists from across the world. This globally renowned centre of higher education has been the home of great thinkers and scientists for the past 500-600 years and has made immense contribution in shaping up the world that we see as it is today. This is the place where atom was first split, neutrons and electrons were discovered, the renowned theory of evolution was coined by Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity . The University of Cambridge, which has ...

Identify and describe the different categorization of crimes? How are crimes different than torts?

The common categorization of crimes includes treason, felonies and misdemeanors . Treason, which is rare, is one’s act against the state threatening its sovereignty and integrity. Felonies are serious offenses like murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, kidnapping, tax evasion etc. that attract several years of imprisonment and a heavy fine. Misdemeanors are less serious offenses, mostly punishable by fines or a brief stay in the jail. Some of the examples of misdemeanors include simple assault, gambling, prostitution etc. However, other simple offenses like traffic violations are not considered as misdemeanors and are generally considered as violations or infractions. Crimes can ...

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 ( ...

Trip to Disneyland

1.0 Tourism Distribution Channels 1.1Introduction Travel business and experience is one of the most dynamic sectors of the tourism industry. Visitors want to travel and have an experience of a lifetime. They have formed-perspectives of how they want their experience to be, putting stakeholders in this industry on the run as they endeavour to better performance and conform to the needs of their customers (Tran, Jeeva&Pourabedin, 2016). Customer perspective and the expectations they have is enough to make travel a reality that anyone can wish to engage in. Service delivery in the travel industry is varied before the final ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the rise of travel and tourism industries has shown a tremendous resilience, which has been among the main contributors to the growth of hotels real estate in various countries. Thailand is among the countries that have been significantly affected by the geopolitical tensions and economic instability. In 2008, Thailand experience violent clashes that resulted in approximately 9 percent decline in average tourist spending. This also resulted in the closure of the international airports, which consequently decreased tourists and investors' confidence. However, over the past few years, the country has experienced tremendous growth in the tourism ...

Tourism's market shares have massively grown in the last few years. People are more into to the world exploration and leisure traveling. The new trends and patterns in tourism are mainly in entertainment and shopping. Tourism became the most profitable market trend after oil industry. The growth of tourism in the last century can arguably be viewed as one of the most groundbreaking economic and social phenomena, increasing the number of tourists from 25 million to 808 million in the last 50 years (Dixit, Belwal & Singh, n.d.). Consequently, the tourism sector has become one of the largest industries in ...

Career Action Plan for (insert your name)

Career Exploration –discuss your ideas about your preferred career. If you have not decided on your preferred career, take the CareerQuest quiz and choose one of options suggested for this assessment. 3 - 4 sentences I enjoy organising, planning, and meeting people, and I would like to be in such environment in future. Therefore, my best career is the being an Events Manager to run and organise various kinds of events. I would like to be in-charge of controlling the entire projects from starting to the running of an event. Identify the personal attributes (i.e. skills, subject knowledge, interests, ...

Tourism sector is the backbone of many economies all over the world. Knowing how imperative this may seem, few individuals would dare question how robust and volatile the travel and tourism industries can be. It is worth noting that tourism goes way beyond mere leisure travels but also entails other groups of high profile individuals engaged in businesses. As a matter of fact, the tourism sector is a highly taxed industry. As such, few individuals who are not in the business realize how much of a loss this is to the industry. The percentage of taxes that are paid ...

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 ...

- Discuss the similarities and differences between travel today and travel during Roman times. Travel today has many similarities and differences with the travel during the Roman times. Starting with the similarities, Romans tourists visit famous temples, the Egypt monuments, game activities, and coast baths. Today tourism composes of similar activities only that the modern settings have made communication and travelling more superior with the availability of guidebooks, efficient transport, and technology. In addition, the ancient

Roman had tour planners and travel guides the same way today tourists have. Secondly, during the Roman times people travelled for leisure ...

Introduction:

Despite the devastating effects of the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Euro zone crisis, the tourism industry has continued to flourish. Initially, the industry was referred to as a cottage industry but the international travel and tourism industry has evolved becoming a major contributor to economic growth and development in almost every economy in the world. Research has shown that the global increase in worldwide tourist arrivals outperform gross domestic product growth in one out of every two years in the past three decades. Many countries regard tourism as the most significant primary export industry especially the developing world. ...

Executive Summary

Planning is known as the foremost provision of a Plan and it has specification in its utilization. Planning has some effective provision in it and it has its own recognition in the companies which are new in the market. Planning has numerous types like business planning, market planning and financial planning and each of the planning process should be undergone with extensive research and analysis. Business Planning is a rigorous process which has numerous things lies under its jurisdiction and each and every aspect is important for the company in particular (School, 2007). It requires having a perfect research skill in particular ...

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Impact of Culture on Consumer Behavior Holiday market is one of the most dynamic and, at the same time, restricted by its maturity in any given country. The impact of the cultural element on consumer behavior is specifically intense as the preferences of individuals in terms of geographical location, length of the vacation and a type of planning are determined by a set of norms, values and beliefs. These dimensions differ not only on national level, but on sub-social and individual layers, which makes the marketing analysis of consumer behavior especially complex. Given the complexity of the issues that surround ...

Report on 3 different cultures within Australia

Report on 3 different cultures within Australia Australia is an ethnically diverse society owing to its history. Indeed, one out of four residents of Australia were born outside the country while many others are either first or second generation Australia in the sense that they are either children or grandchildren of migrants and refugees in Australia. This identity of Australian people is due to the convergence of various factors. Similarly, the presence of various ethnic communities in the society has led to a multicultural society in the country. In essence, the culture of the people of Australia is a western ...

Article Review

Travel and Tourism in a Fast-Changing World: New Trends for 2014 Euromonitor's WTM Global Trends Report identifies Emerging Travel and Tourism trends In the United Kingdom, the trend is the travel happiness index. The Airlines are employing this initiative to measure the satisfaction through the happiness scores. The airlines are moving away from the commoditization of the air travel, and the schedule only and price decisions. The trend in Europe is the Peer-to-Peer travel of the next generation. Most of the Europeans are seeking cheaper options of travel to counteract the continued austerity. As such, the range of ...

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 ...

Indoor Skydiving Marketing

Executive Summary Skydiving is among the considered extreme and adventurous sports. Over the reviewed period, it has studied that only a small portion of our population is engaged in skydiving, and the number of skydivers grow slowly every year. This research aimed to study the most effective marketing strategies to help the skydiving industry, particularly the indoor skydiving, experience a tremendous growth. Among the identified marketing strategies are partnership with travel and tourism key players and ministry of health, maximizing the advantage and cost benefits of the social networking and online reservations, rewarding recruitment, niche marketing, and health and safety ...

Travel and Tourism Management

P1.1 In the era of the roman republic many of the rich went to spas and coastal resorts. In the ancient Chinese culture, the aristocrats went on pilgrimages to the sacred mountains and to Mount Tai in China. As the middle Ages progressed, another type of travel and tourism developed. In Christianity, Buddhism and Islam there was the category of pilgrimage in which all of the members of society became engaged. This type of travel and tourism entailed endeavoring for long voyages in order to find spiritual or physical improvement while appreciating the sights along the way. This ...

[Title of Institution] The study is fashioned to find out by virtue of a quantitative analysis whether the current curriculum adapted by universities and colleges offering BS-Travel Management is sufficient to prepare students of the demands of the different jobs in the hospitality industry as perceived by graduates of BSTM, as well as the different aviation companies. Given the nature of the study, the descriptive method of research is the most appropriate design to establish the variation in perception of potential employees (i.e. the BSTM graduates) and employers (i.e. aviation companies). Descriptive researches are intended at ascertaining the ...

Introduction

The tour operator, Thomson Management, wishes to create a cultural tourism 6 day visit to Denmark, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Porto. By working as the Assistant Marketing Manager for Thomson Holidays, it is my job to explore the sectors, hotels, B&Bs, restaurants, and travel agencies, to make recommendations for Thomson’s Marketing department as appropriate in the Travel and Tourism Industry. In the following outline the core concepts of marketing, the factors that influence marketing in the travel and tourism industry, customer demands and satisfactions, and the ways in which the client market can be segmented, are discussed. 1.1 Discuss ...

Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism

Introduction Traveling away from one’s home for the point of pleasure, leisure, business, or religious obligation has progressed from ancient times to its contemporary form. This diverse industry generates income and jobs all around the world, for both less economically developed nations and the world’s super powers in Europe, North America, and across Asia. In the US alone, tourism generated 1.4 billion US dollars in the year 2013 with the most popular tourism spots being New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C (World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014). These places have a high level of ...

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

An ‘armchair tourist’ is a term that refers to an individual that travels to different places and experiences people and culture in other countries in the comfort of his or her own home. The armchair tourist lives vicariously through the hosts that travel around the world for a living and share their experiences in the media. The travel series genre feature these kinds of shows where hosts travel and experience local culture to inform the audience but mostly to entertain viewers and communicate underlying messages to them. Often, the message of travel shows exemplifies the consumer culture, that is, travel shows ...

Introduction

Tourism is a fast-growing and dynamic constituent of the economy sector in the United Kingdom. Tourism is assimilated into the economic system in such a way that it has considerable direct and indirect impact to the overall performance of the economy. The United Kingdom is a favorite destination for many domestic and international tourists, because of its geographical endowment, heritage, sporting activities and art creations. The United Kingdom is ranked sixth in the world by visitor numbers (Office for National Statistics, 2012). In terms of visitor expenditure the United Kingdom is ranked seventh in the world (Surugiu, 2009). According to the ...

PESTLE Analysis refers to assessment of external environment that include political, economic, social and social, technological, legal and environmental factors.

Political Factors The political environment of UK is stable, however the issues such as war against terror and European Union enlargements affects political stability. The taxation policies of Government, Value Added Tax on air tickets and decisions regarding rising fuel cost have direct impact on the company’s operations (Nand, 2012). Besides this, the decision regarding single European Currency is still unresolved that affects the business of Thomas Cook Group in European region.

Economic Factors

Economic factors have great impact on the travel and tourism business as it influences costs, demand, profits and prices. The holiday packages offered by Thomas ...

Part 1 - Strategic Capabilities

The VRIN Analysis, presented in Appendix 2 demonstrates some of the findings in regards to the resource and capability structure of the TCG. Given the outcome of this research is possible to argue that Thomas Cook is a resource based company, operating on asset-light value chain proposition. The research have identified that core competencies of the organization are located in the Management, Human Factor and Marketing elements. Given the focus on elimination of material assets the organization it is believed that Management and HRM are the key for the company. At the moment TCG is heavily investing into two elements: a) ...

Brief Summary

The tourism market has been one of the most successful service markets in the world. This is based in terms of foreign exchange and revenue and earnings (Alan and Garrod, 2005). Various countries benefit from this kind of market. The tourism industry creates about forty percent of the total employment slots in most countries. The market is driven by various phenomena with social relations playing quite an important role. The market has one of the fastest growth rates in the world. Allan and Garrod (2005) insist that it generates about 9.4 percent of the total gross domestic product ...

Tourism is one of the biggest world’s recognized industries and offers great potential to both developing and developed countries in terms of foreign exchange earnings, income generation, and employment creation. Tourism industry is independent on the societies and quality of the local environment since tourists are interested in cultural attractive and esthetical places to visit. However, if it is not managed appropriately, it can damage the resource that sustain and sees its success. This delicate balance situation requires development of recommendations for sustainable tourism that maximize benefits while reducing its negative economic, cultural, social, and environmental ...

In response to your request of an analytical report on two travel destinations, I have comprehensively researched on Milan and Buenos Aries travel destinations and presented the below paper. I have researched on the two travel destinations and used five factors as criteria to analyze and recommend one of them. These factors include; weather, price, hospitality, diversity, and culture. This report is useful in understanding the factors that one needs to know before deciding on a travel destination, and also what people in the tourism sector need to understand on the preferences of tourists. Therefore, from the research and analysis ...

1. Executive Summary The importance of networking cannot be emphasized enough, especially in the corporate world. The main channels of networking for tourism professionals these days are; personal meetings, conferences, seminars, corporate events, volunteering activities and online networking. There are many tourism organisations such as UNWTO, TTRA and The Tourism society that present the tourism professionals with the opportunity for networking. One to one networking between students and alumni at a school is also valuable and can turn into profitable ventures and opportunities in the future.

Table of Contents

2. Introduction to the Importance of Networking 2.1 Point ...

The History and Revolution of Tourism Sector in the United Kingdom after World War II

Introduction

Undeniably, the end of the Second World War marked one of the most momentous periods in the history of tourism and travel industry. Several factors contributed immensely on the growth of tourism since the World War II. Variations of socio-economic situations such as the increased vehicle ownership, increased leisure time, and availability of more disposable income are some of the factors that promoted the growth of the Tourism industry in the UK. Speaking of innovations and technological advancements, the development of Jet Aircrafts, computerized booking systems, the internet, and extensive use of technology have also played a significant role ...