Tour Operations Management Assignment - LCB tours

Tour Operations
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Effects of current and recent trends and development .........................................................2
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Stages and timescales in developing holiday........................................................................4
2.2 Different methods of contracting for holiday development .................................................4
2.3 Calculate selling price of holiday .........................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Planning decisions taken for design .....................................................................................5
3.2 Alternative to traditional brochures .....................................................................................6
3.3 Methods of distribution ........................................................................................................7
4.1 Strategic decisions of different types of tour operators .......................................................8
4.2 Compare tactical decisions ...................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Tour operators regularly joints tour and travel elements to design holiday package.
Operators are advertised and produced brochures to advance their goods, holidays and travel
plans. The tour operating is trouble for ordinary tribe of creating arrangements in far-flung
places with the difficulties of language, currency and interaction(Byrnes and et.al., 2016). The
advent of internet has led to fast enhance in self packaging of holidays. This study is based on
LCB tours. This assignment will analysis effects of current and recent trends and developments
on tour operations. It will assess stage and timescales in holidays development as well as
different methods of contracting for different elements of holidays. It will calculate selling price
of holidays and also evaluate planning decisions for brochures designing. Furthermore, report
will assess alternative to traditional brochures for various types of tour operators. It will evaluate
strategic decisions by various types of tour operators. It will compare the tactical decisions in
different situations by tour operators.
TASK 1
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1.1 Effects of current and recent trends and
development
Tour operators faces various current and recent
trends and development for expanding their
business and it success. Such as advancements
of technologies, increasing and failing of
inflation rate, low cost carriers, enhancing
environmental awareness, effects of Brexit on
tourism etc. There are four kinds of tour
operators such as:
Inbound tour operators: These types of tour
operators gives trips within nation to the
travellers from another nations. They give
localized help for travellers reaching in their
nations. These types of tour operators are
called as receptive tour operators. They are
made up localized preparation for pick up and
drop facilities to airport, planning for general
attraction visits and give local guidance as well
as taking responsibility to traveller stay.
Domestic tour operators: These kinds of tour
operators are also called as resident operators.
They cater trips to resident of nation within
boundaries of nation. These operators repeat
trips awareness demand of localized market
and advise destination needs to nearest DMOs.
Outbound tour operators: These operators
help travellers of nation to visit other nation.
These kins of travellers are also called as
international visitors. Tour operators are also
made up global holiday for travellers and give
Specialists tour operators: These kinds of
tour operators give services to recess market
that has curiosity in specific geographic areas
and particular type of activity.
Advancements of technology: Technology
advancement adopt by tour operators essential
for encourage team for product development of
the company across worldwide. With the help
of it, tour operator easily providing services
and running business with flexibility. These
trends effects on tour companies in terms of
modelling product and services, customer
alters, determining pricing etc.
Raising and failing inflation rate: If inflation
rate is increased, so that customers purchase
low level of package for tour. But if inflation
rate is decreased, so that consumers are buying
high level package for tour. These trends
effects on product development activities by
team in the organization.
Increasing environmental awareness:
Today's world, environmental awareness is
very essential to people. In this context, tour
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