Tour Operations Management (HND) Task 2 Report for Product Team

This report, prepared for a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Hospitality Management unit on Tour Operations Management, explores the core aspects of the tour operator industry. It begins with an introduction and covers regulatory bodies such as the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The report delves into the details of an all-inclusive tour, providing a breakdown of costs including accommodation, transportation, and tour guide charges, along with a profit margin calculation to determine the selling price. The report also outlines the stages and timescales involved in developing holidays, methods of contracting, and calculations for the selling price of a holiday, with a conclusion summarizing the key findings. References are also included.

Tour Operation
Management
TASK 2

Cover Content
 Introduction
 Regulatory Bodies
 Details of All-inclusive tour,
 Timescale
 Methods of contracting
 Information about hotels
 Selling price of holiday
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Tour operations management is the instant task in which
organization prepares vacation packages with the
information regarding tour. It attracts travellers across the
world and improve sales turnover of companies operating
tours.

Regulatory Bodies
 Association of British travel agents
 Association of independent tour operators
 UK civil aviation authority (CAA)

Details of All-inclusive tour,
Details Price(in £)
Accommodation cost 9000
Transportation cost 11200
Charges of tour guide 945
Total cost 21145
Add: Profit margin @ 33% 6977.8
Sale price 28122.5

Public Relation
Public relations is refer as a planned process or activity to
influence public opinion, through proper performance,
sound character which is mainly related on mutually
satisfactory two-way communications.

Stages and timescales in developing
holidays Market research
 Planning and scheduling
 Contracting
 Costing the holiday
 Financial evaluation and pricing
 Creating the brochure
 Advertising
 Operation and execution
 Post tour management

Different methods of contracting
 Fixed contract
 Allocation
 Ad-hoc Contract

Calculation of selling price of a holiday
Accommodation cost: 96*1.12=2016
96/1.12= 85.7
85.7*21= 1800(For One night)
1800*5= 9000(For 5days) From the above calculation,
cost of food is not included while maing calculations of
selling cost. Thus, in this selling cost is £28122.5.
For Per person:
=28122.5/21= £1339.18

CONCLUSION
From the above project report it is concluded that tour
operations management are companies who provide holiday
packages to customers all over the world. Different type of
tour operators help providing tour services to customers in
many countries all over the world.

REFERENCES
Allahyari, S., Salari, M. and Vigo, D., 2015. A hybrid
metaheuristic algorithm for the multi-depot covering tour
vehicle routing problem. European Journal of Operational
Research. 242(3). pp.756-768.
Brown, S. and Bessant, J., 2013. Strategic operations
management. Routledge.
De Sausmarez, N., 2013. Challenges to Kenyan tourism since
2008: crisis management from the Kenyan tour operator
perspective. Current issues in tourism. 16(7-8). pp.792-809.