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Tour Operation Management Assignment : Lcb tours

Prepare a leaflet for the product development team at lcb Tours to understand the effects of current trends and developments in the tour operator's industry.

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Tour Operation Management Assignment : Lcb tours

Prepare a leaflet for the product development team at lcb Tours to understand the effects of current trends and developments in the tour operator's industry.

   Added on 2021-01-02

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Effects of current and recent trends.......................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................32.1 Stages and timescale for developing holidays.......................................................................32.2 Methods of contracting..........................................................................................................42.3 Calculation of selling price....................................................................................................5TASK 3............................................................................................................................................63.1 Evaluation of planning decision............................................................................................63.2 Suitability of alternatives to a traditional brochure...............................................................63.3 Different distribution methods to sell product of company...................................................74.1 Strategic decision of tour operators.......................................................................................84.2 Tactical decision....................................................................................................................9CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTIONTour operation business have high contribution in tourism industry. There are various typesof operators such as inbound, outbound, domestic. They all arrange different travel packages forconsumers as per their requirements (Lin, Yu and Chang, 2018). Lcb tours operates its businesssin tourism industry and it works as tour coordinator in UK. Current study will analysis recenttrends in this industry. Furthermore, stages of developing a holiday will be assessed. Sellingprice calculation will be done in order to set the price of particular holiday. In addition,suitability of several distribution methods will be explained in this assignment.TASK 11.1 Effects of current and recent trends Effects of current and recent trendsTour operators arethe companies thosewhich provides differentkinds of holidaypackages to customers.Description of variouskinds of operators is asbelow maintained:Outbound operatorThey are theoperators those whicharranges travel for theresidents from their ownnation to any otherforeign location. Suchcompanies sell theirholiday packages in theirown region to the peoplethose who like to gooutside. Lcb tours worksInbound operatorsThese organisers provides trip toconsumers within the nation. They also offerlocal assistance to travellers so thatindividual does not get any issue in theircountry. Such operator arranges facilities ofairport pick up, local guide etc. for thevisitor.Current trends Over a period of time there havebeen significant changes occurred in tourismindustry (Chan and Tay, 2016). Recenttrends and developments in this sector aredescribed as below:Domestic operatorThey areanother kind of triporganiser thosewho organise tripwithin boundary ofcountry for thelocal residents.They have goodunderstandingaboutseason,culture, food thus,involve all thesethingsinappropriate mannerin order to provideamazing servicesto consumers.Rise and fall ininflation1
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as outbound operator.Responsible tourismThis is recentlyin trend, as most of thetour operators nowconcentrate on protectingnatural resources andimprovingenvironmentalconditions. Thus, theyresponsible tourism isbeing encouraged. Dueto increasing tourismactivities traffic relatedproblems, overcrowdingissues are increasing thataffect atmosphere greatly(Mamhoori, 2015). Advancement in technologyNow internet is available forcustomers, they search necessary informationabout travel package and select the bestoption. Apart from this, internet helps peoplein finding out all necessary detail aboutaccommodation etc. before planning travel toany location. Furthermore, mobileapplication assists Lcb tours in order to makeeffective coordination with its clients andinforming them timely. This assists indeveloping healthy relationship withconsumers and making them positivetowards brand (Tirasattayapitak, Chaiyasainand Beeton, 2015).Economiccondition of nationgetschangedfrequently, if thereis rising inflationthen it maydecrease value ofcurrency(Sangpikul, 2017).In such situationpeople do notspendmuchamount in tourwhereas if there isfalling inflationtrends thentravellers like tospend money intoholidays. Thisimpacts on demandof Lcb tours togreat extent.2
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