Effect of Current Trends on Tour Operations Management - HND Report

This report, prepared for a Tour Operations Management unit within an HND in Hospitality program, examines the multifaceted nature of the tour operator industry. It explores the roles of special, inbound, and outbound tour operators, highlighting their functions and the impact of technology, economic factors like inflation, and current trends. The analysis includes the effects of technological advancements on organizational development, particularly for outbound tour operators, and how inflation influences economic equilibrium and consumer behavior. The report also references academic research to support its findings, providing a comprehensive overview of the strategic and tactical considerations within the tour operations sector. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering valuable resources for students.

Special tour operators: They provide services to the niche market that has interest in particular
geographical areas to special kind of activity
TOUR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(Effect of recent and current trend and development)
Special tour operators: They provide
services to the niche market that has
interest in particular geographical
areas to special kind of activity.
Inbound Tour operators: They
provide trips to residents of a country
within the boundaries of nation. They
are also known as resident operators.
Outbound tour operators: They
provide multinational tourism. They
take resident of their own country to
visit another nation or continent.
In the UK, there are several current
and recent trends create impact on
development of tour operator’s
industry. With this regard, following
are certain elements create impact on
development:
Advancements in technology:
Advancements in technology also
assists to focus on development of
the organisation as outbound tour
operators. Therefore, Travelodge
consider multinational tourism and
take residents of their own country
to visit another nation. As a result, it
impacts positively on the chosen
business when they provide
qualitative and advance services.
Rise and fall of inflation: In
Travelodge, rise and fall of inflation
create impact on economy's
equilibrium so that it moves from
point A to B. Therefore, prices tend
to rise which resulting inflation.
Rapid wages also increase or rising
raw material prices that are common
causes of this type of inflation.
When inflation increase, economy
of UK grows while it also rises
interest rates as well.
Therefore, consumer tend to save
return from savings that are higher.
When the chosen organisation deal
as specialist tour operator, they
need to provide services to niche
market so that interest also
generated for particular area or
special kind of activity.
REFERENCES
Xiang, Z., Magnini, V. P. and
Fesenmaier, D. R., 2015.
Information technology and
consumer behavior in travel and
tourism: Insights from travel
planning using the internet. Journal
of Retailing and Consumer
Services. 22. pp.244-249.