TOUR OPERATION MANAGEMENT

TOUR OPERATION MANAGEMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1.............................................................................................................................................. 4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1.............................................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.............................................................................................................................................. 8
2.3............................................................................................................................................ 10
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1............................................................................................................................................ 12
3.2............................................................................................................................................ 13
3.3............................................................................................................................................ 15
TASK 4.......................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1............................................................................................................................................ 17
4.2............................................................................................................................................ 18
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 19
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................20
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INTRODUCTION
Management of the travel and tour organisations faces an imperative task to manage or
process with the detailed information regarding tour and visitors. The attraction of the visitor is
entirely based on the perceptions and financial incomes. The present report is based on the
development of the stages that are involved in creating holidays by the tour operators industry
(Wilson and Moore, 2017). The brochures, methods of distributions and other prospects those
are crucial for approaching the strategic decisions of the tour operators are encountered in the
study. Being the part of the tour operator organisation it is necessary to emerge the visitors on
describing the responses that are prepared by grasping knowledge about different holiday
destinations. The assignment represents the current and future trends that are essential of tour
operators to articulate perceptions of the people.
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TASK 1
1.1
The travel and tourism industry Trailfinders
is the most dynamic and was founded in the
year 1970 by former SAS officer Mike
Gooley with a staff of four people. Today
the travel company has developed 32
centres and is staffed with more than 1000
people (Wilson and Moore, 2017). With a
worldwide reputation, the widest range to
manage the flights, tours, hotels, cruises,
car and another cost lowest price.
As the line manager, it has been pioneered
that travel consultant has been a substitute
for one-on-one bespoke services (Morpeth
and Yan, 2015). The recent trends of
Trailfinders are:
Increase in the disposable income in the
economy
According to the recent trends, the increase
in the income popularizes the living
standards of the population. This helps in
contributing to the GDP of the country.
Developed the transactions of the new
technology
Now a day, the transactions are articulated
on the instance of the online booking
through the use of technologies (Ezeuduji,
2015). For example- depending on the
mobile booking systems that provide the
desired set of destinations holiday package
with booked details.
Increase in the access of country and
generating capital through Foreign Direct
Investments (FDI)
The fact that has helped in generating the
capital has influenced the travel and tour
industry to expand reach with the support
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of FDI as the globalisation has eliminated
the boundaries and increased
opportunities.
Providing variety of the holiday packages
i.e. customising the products
The variety of holiday packages can initiate
the terms with the economy of the country
(Wilson and Moore, 2017). This can be
supported by the significance of the
customising prospects of the products like a
visit to the Singapore, Virgin Atlantic &
Delta and many others.
The Current trends have provided the
effectiveness of the facilities that are
accounted for the level of the customer
satisfaction. Customers have set a
benchmark to increase the demand for the
products and services that are provided by
the travel organisation (Morpeth and Yan,
2015). The visit to different locations can
help in developing their physical
significance. The places for the visitor
attractions like- National Maritime
Museum, Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark and
Tower of London.
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TASK 2
TITLE
PROPOSAL FOR THE EDUCATIONAL TOUR FOR ADULT STUDENTS FROM LONDON, UNITED
KINGDOM
SUMMARY
As a Trailfinders manager, it is necessary to create a luxury coach and educational tour for adult
students from London. A detailed proposal covering the group of 42 students’ size and tour for
5 nights has been planned. The vacation has to be taken place in July 2019 (de Grosbois, 2016).
The stages that are involves as per the proposed details for creating a holiday tour in summer
vacation for 5 days at Grand Cassel Bergh Bruges.
INTRODUCTION
The report provides an understanding of the stages that are involved in creating holidays. It
assesses the stages and timescales and methods that are involved in planning the tour along
with the selling prices that are recorded for the tour packages and price per person. It is
calculated with the cost of the local tour guide exchange for the duration of the tour.
BODY
2.1
The stages are involved in developing the tour packages and planning the stages of the tourist.
They are:
RESEARCH- DESTINATION AND MARKET
The destination is researched with the identification of the political, social and package tours.
The target market can help in identification of the key destinations. The approaches the
suppliers can account helps in making the policies and certainly engrasping the tour ingredients
of the market (Liu, et al. 2017). Based on the two things the new tour operators can undertake
the familiarization of the tour that is based on the two basic approaches. They are approaching
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