HTT 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Travelport, Air Canada, Travel Insurance
9 Nov 2015
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Top money making companies for tourism in canada. Structures of various combinations of travel organizations through which an originating producer/supplier of travel products/services communicates about a product/service to buyers and through which buyer(s) interact with suppliers. Airlines, cruise lines, rail lines, automobiles rent, hotel and any accommodations, stores/malls, time share, b&b, attractions, resorts, restaurants, golf courses. People and companies selling or reselling travel products and services, that they have bought or otherwise obtained from the suppliers. The concept of business and pleasure travel becoming blended and mixed. 3 phases of commerce: the information phase. To inform the targets of the products and services, details. Make the products and services available immediately (1-888-888-6543 infomercials) Travel distribution channels need to have geographical destination hierarchy: negotiation phase. Budget, length of stay, taste, weather preference: settlement phase. Bring buyers and sellers together who would otherwise not come together and make more sales.
