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ICT Applications in Travel Agencies

   

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Running head: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYInformation and Communication TechnologyName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note:
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1INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYSynopsisInformation and Communication Technology or ICT is the extended version ofInformation Technology or IT. The term ICT refers to the conjunction of computer networkswith telephone networks through a single link system or a single cabling (Vaishnavi & Kuechler,2015). ICT is used in all organizations in modern world. The following task outlines theutilization and the benefit of Information and Communication Technology in regular use in atravel agency.CritiqueICT is defined as the applications, methods and concepts, which are involved in moderntechnology and are constantly changing on an almost regular basis. The broadness of the ICTcovers any item or product that will retrieve, store, receive, transmit, manipulate, or transmitinformation in a digital form electronically, for example emails, digital television, robots,personal computers. The usage of Information and Communication Technology or ICT hasbecome very common in modern life. This is even common in travel agency or travel andtourism (Law, Buhalis & Cobanoglu, 2014). Travel technology, which is also known as thehospitality automation and thetourism technology, is an implementation ofInformationTechnology (IT) orInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) in thehospitality,tourism,and travelindustry. One of the basic forms of this travel technology isthe flight tracking(Schegg & Stangl, 2017). Different flights can be tracked easily with this technology. In theearlier days, travel technology was generally related with the CRS or Computer ReservationsSystem in the aviation industry; but now this travel technology is utilized more comprehensively,including the broad tourism industry as well as its sub section the hospitality sector. While thistravel technology implicates the computer reservations system, it also reflects a much larger
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