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TOUR OPERATION ANDMANAGEMENT
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Analyse the effects of current and recent trends and development on the tour operatorindustry........................................................................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................22.1 Access the stages and timescale involved in developing holidays.......................................22.2 Evaluate the suitability of different methods of contracting for different components ofholiday by various tour operators................................................................................................42.3 Calculate the selling price of services of holidays on basis of given information................5TASK 3............................................................................................................................................53.1 Evaluate the planning decision taken for design of a selected brochure...............................53.2 Assess the suitability of alternatives to a traditional brochure for different types of touroperators and recommend the most appropriate for your tour package......................................63.3 Evaluate the suitability of different methods of distribution to sell a holiday for differenttour operators and recommend the most appropriate one...........................................................7TASK 4............................................................................................................................................84.1 Strategic decisions by different tour operators......................................................................84.2 Tactical decision making for tour operators..........................................................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONAn effective management of tour operations is the most crucial and important factor thatis required to be taken in consideration by a tour operator. The tour operator plays a very deepand crucial role in contributing to the revenue and growth of travelling or tour operatingcompany. A tour operator will provide various types of products and services to their customersby means of brochures or catalogues. They take various measures to promote their services andgenerate a decent amount of revenue. For the report, Trailfinders Ltd is been chosen asorganisations of context (Filby, Stockin and Scarpaci, 2015). It is a UK based travel and touroperating firm. The report will lay emphasis on effect of recent and current trends, ongoing inmarket and contribute in development of a tour operators. Besides this, a time scale will bepresented with assessment of various stages involved during a holiday. Various types of touroperators are been analysed with different components of holidays. Also, the selling price ofholidays is been calculated. The decision planning of the tour operator with suitability todifferent types of tour operators with tour operator package is been evaluated. The suitability ofvarious methods of distribution is used to sell a luxury package is been analysed. Other than this,strategic decision making and their comparison in various situation is been analysed.TASK 11.1 Analyse the effects of current and recent trends and development on the tour operatorindustry.The tour operators covers both tour and travel industries that helps the customers to get suitableservices during their stay and meeting of proper holidays related services (Zhou, 2015). Thetour operator will look after the offering of different tour packages and services which are beenoffered by them to their customers. The travel agent associated with these tour operators haveplayed a major role in management of holidays and their operations in an effective way. Somemajor recent trends and developments of tour operator and travel industries are as follows:Increase in incomeand economy: thegrowth in economy ofcountry helps ingrowth of travel andtourism within aHighly developedtechnologies andtheir extensive usage:thehighlyadvancementoftechnologies that isGlobalisation andFDI: The expansion ofservices and productportfolio related totravel and tourism oninternational level hasTailor made productsand services: The touroperatorslikeTrailfindersLtdprovide the facility totheir customers or1
country. The majorbenefit that is gainedby them is a highamount of disposableincome. It is obtainedby savings retainedafter application of allthe expenses. It alsohelps in improving therevenue of touroperator country andoperational countries. been implementedwithin the travel andtourism sector willhelp in effective rise inthe gaining of a goodmarket (Lück, 2016).Onlineticketbookings, e- brochureand internet basedfund transfer is amajor technologicalservices that havedeeply changed thecourse of touroperations and travelindustries.been a major trend,affecting the touroperator industries.The worldwide reachof tour operators andmeeting the needs anddemands of theircustomers will helpthe organisation to agreater extent. On theother hand, Foreigndirect Investment orFDI will impactperformance of touroperators to a greaterextent.clients to get holidayrelatedservicescustomised as per theirrequirementsandneeds. This will notonly help travellers tohave a comfortablestay and time whilehaving the tour butalso reduce their stresslevel and help them,enjoy their tour. Thetour operator or travelagent will look afterproviding of servicesand facilities as percustomersrequirements in orderto have their highersatisfaction level.TASK 22.1 Access the stages and timescale involved in developing holidays.In order to develop a good amount of products and services, the tour operator likeTrailfinders Ltd have to follow certain measures and policies that will help in good handling ofoperations and activities that will help in effective rise in capability and meeting of businessoperations and activities to a greater extent (Caber and Albayrak, 2016). In order to develop a 5night tour package for 42 adult students of 18 + age group for Brussels and Brugge, Belgium, thecited tour operator firm will follow certain operations and activities that will help it to meet the2
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