Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management

Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management
Author: Chand Dhiman, Mohinder
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2019-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522584358

Changes within the travel industry, such as globalization, consumerism, and advancements in technology, have transformed travel agencies into highly competitive businesses. To remain successful, new business approaches and models must be created in the global tourism and hospitality industry. Travel companies continue to expand their businesses in different countries and seek to collaborate with international entrepreneurs, developing the need for cross-cultural strategies and policies. As travel agencies flourish, identifying these business practices is necessary for these organizations to obtain a competitive management model at the global level. The Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management gathers the latest methodologies, tools, models, and theories regarding tourism development and sustainability into one comprehensive reference source in order to promote, manage, and maximize the profitability potential of travel agencies and tour operation services. Featuring research on topics such as e-marketing, medical tourism, and online travel, this book provides travel agents, managers, industry professionals, researchers, academics, and students with the necessary resources to effectively develop and implement organizational strategies and models.

How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency

How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency
Author: Joanie Ogg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2020-02-03
Genre:
ISBN:

Empowering Individuals to Start and Succeed as a Home Based Travel Agent for over 25 years! A comprehensive workbook to compliment the Independent Study Guide. This workbook will speed you on your way to opening your own Home-Based Travel Business by helping you discover your opportunities and focusing on developing them. The workbook concentrates on the key areas needed to get through the maze of information and confusion encountered when first starting out. Broken into three separate sections, the workbook first deals with the key concepts in the study course. Over 100 concepts are explored, as they relate to your business plans. This will help you focus on the most important information in the course, as it pertains to you. While the "How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency" is a must read, the workbook continues your critical thinking and education before you begin your journey. "There is so much to learn as an entrepreneur in the travel industry. It's not just about booking travel. It's also about launching your own business and setting it up for success. That is why "How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency" is such a critical resource for those new to the industry, or making a move to an independent contractor status. It is filled with practical tips and real-world advice that can be applied immediately. We value this textbook so highly that we include it in our entry level program curriculum, the TRIPKit." - Guida Botelho, CTIE - Director of Education for The Travel Institute About the Authors: The Ogg Family has a cumulative tenure in the travel industry of over 100-years. Their experience and understanding of the Home Based Travel Agency opportunity, combined with their enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit, make this title a must read for those looking to either start a home based travel business or to further their success as a Travel Professional. To Access More Tools to help you get started as a HomeBased Travel Agent, visit www.HomeBasedTravelAgent.com.

Marketing Ideas for Travel Agents

Marketing Ideas for Travel Agents
Author: Stephen Crowhurst
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2020-07-03
Genre:
ISBN:

Marketing Ideas for Travel Agents is a compendium of practical marketing suggestions designed to help boost travel sales in a POST-COVID travel marketing environment. Written by travel trade author, trainer, and speaker, Stephen Crowhurst, the author has drawn on his life-long career in retail travel and his dedication to collecting new business generating ideas that are low cost and easy to implement. Crowhurst's tell-it-like-it-is writing style is easy to understand, laced with good humour, a few puns, and anecdotes from his wide-ranging career. This go-to desk reference provides 332 marketing ideas that blend traditional travel marketing methods with new and advanced techniques. From activities to commission mark-ups, agency names & claims, window dressing, banners, customer service, ethnic marketing, generational marketing, bucket lists, publishing guide books, and supporting what makes the world a better place, such as the Black Lives Matter movement and our front line healthcare workers, Crowhurst has delivered a guide that the retail travel trade, wholesalers, suppliers and departments of tourism will find indispensable.

Money Making Marketing

Money Making Marketing
Author: Tom Ogg
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781492286714

This book contains marketing techniques for travel professionals that will show them how to benefit from current technology using orthodox marketing methods and also online and social media. It is current and contains vital information to help travel agent propel themselves to success.