The tour Operation Management - Trailfinder
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The tour Operation Management - Trailfinder
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THE TOUR OPERATIONMANAGEMENT
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 ..........................................................................................................................................3Effects of current and recent trends and developments on the tour operators industry.........3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................62.1 Stages and timescales involved in developing holidays...................................................62.2 Suitability of various method of contracting component of holiday and different type oftour operator...........................................................................................................................82.3 Calculating selling price of holiday..................................................................................9TASK 3............................................................................................................................................93.1 Evaluating the planning decision taken for designing specific brochure .......................93.2 Suitability of alternatives to traditional brochure for various types of tour operators...103.3 Evaluating the suitability of different methods of distribution for selling a holiday ....14TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................154.1 Strategic decisions made by different types of tour operator.........................................154.2 Comparison of tactical decision taken by Trailfinder....................................................16CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18
INTRODUCTION Operation management is defined as administration of business practices in order tocreate high level efficiency within an enterprise. It involves various activities such as planning,organising, managing, controlling and supervision of production procedure (Robinson and et.al.,2016). It is mainly concerned with transforming input into output in the best possible manner.The purpose of operational management is to help an enterprise in delivering quality products orservices to customers. An effective operation management is very much important in order toaccomplish desired objectives. The recent trends have direct as well as significant effect ondevelopment of tourism sector.The purpose of the report is to analyse the effect of trends on development of tourismsector. Assignment will include evaluation of planning decisions taken by manager in context ofTrailfinder. It emphasizes on identifying suitability of alternatives to a traditional brochure fordifferent types of tour operators. Project will highlight stages as well as time scale involved indeveloping holidays.TASK 11.1 Effects of current and recent trends and developments on the tour operators industryRecent trend in tour operator industry maydrive the whole organisation in both positiveand negative way (Boniface, Cooper andCooper, 2016). The travel and tourism industryhave very wide scope in UK market and touroperators may influenced by current trends anddevelopments. Trailfinders can get affected bychanging trends in tour industry.Following are the current and recent trends intour operator industry:InternetInternet being the biggest platform forNiche tourismOne of the most current trend anddevelopment in tour operator industry is rise ofniche tourism. This is also called as specialinterest tourism. Nowadays travellers’ demandfor niche tourism is very high and it may affectthe business of tour and travel industries. Nichetourism include; dark tourism, adventure,heritage, wine tourism, etc. For example; winelovers of UK travel to the vineyards, trekkersare just want to travel for trekking at variousdestination. The specific demand of consumer
every organisation with rapid changing worldinto digitalization. Now organisation useinternet to attract new visitors towards theindustry by using various technologicalequipments. Internet can assist industry todesign the website and Trailfinders Ltd. canuse its website to attract consumer, provide allthe necessary information and publish onlineads that gain attention of travellers. Consumermostly uses internet and various technologicalequipments to find various destination,it ismarketing strategy which helps to compare thesimilarities of products of other company.Internet being a trend and important platformfor consumers as well as for the organisation.This trend has a big impact on the serviceindustry because nowadays internet is one ofthe important source to research about adestination place. Service industry is growingday by day adopting all these trends.Echo-tourismEvery people, government,organisations pay attention to environmentalprotection. The environmental awarenesswith the trend can affect Trailfinders Ltd. as itis traditional travel company (Byrnes, andet.al., 2016). The demand of niche is constantlygrowing that can regulate the business ofTrailfinders. For example; Some consumerswant Climbing mountains, tracking that isdifficult and need lot of planning, training andequipment and other want a tour on historicplace that control Trailfinder to be flexible andcover all the market. This trend control theiroperations and area in a niche market.Safety and securityTerrorist attacks are increasing day by day andthe customers are more concern with theirsafety and security. Travellers now firstanalyse the current situation of destination andmore thoughtful about their security. Thisdevelopment can affect the whole attachmentwith tour companies like Trailfinders Ltd. Suchas; airlines, hotels, etc. It can make touristsmore concern and it controls or reduce theirvisiting level that may affect the business ofthe agency also it put pressure on theTrailfinder. The industry also concern with
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