Travel Agency Operations

New Frontier Touring is a tour booking agency based in Nashville, TN. They represent artists from the indie-rock, Americana, acoustic roots, folk, and jazz genres. With over 75 artists on their roster, technology is an important aspect of the company and keeping the business running. On a normal day, there are ten booking agents, two contract department workers, and at least two interns there at a time, each one on their own computer using technology.

Even now, disciples wearing white clothing -kimono for ascetic training, come and go there refer a part of culture (JNTO, 2014). The religious center of Japan is in Kiso, the area of Mt Ontake. For the domestic religious tourists, Leah pointed out that the Japanese concept of tourism for a trip from the pilgrimage, so for them, the most important place when they are visiting is the land of temples and other religious places (Leah, 2008). In the case of Mt Ontake can not be recovery to normal travel order in a short term, it can be expected that there would be a increase in other domestic important religious sites. For example, the tourist who was scheduled to visit this religious center in Kiso may choose to visit Tokyo's religious center instead.

This particular plan was used to create the Byodo in and many other temples during that period portrayed with an immensely open extent providing views of gardens and lakes. Originally made of wood with no utilization of the nails, Byodo in temple was commissioned and largely constructed by concrete as the home of The Amida Buddha. Carved to be the most comprehensive figure engraved outside of Japan, it is an original exertion of art carved by Masuzo Inui , a famous Japanese sculptor which towered it more than 9 feet covered with cloth and painted with three applications of gold lacquer and gold leaf over it. The Buddha is surrounded by 52 smaller sculptures dancing, floating on clouds and playing musical instruments which is also known as the national treasures of Byodo In depicting

In his 2001 journal article “Ise Shrine and a Modernist Construction of Japanese Tradition” of The Art Bulletin, Jonathan M. Reynolds examines the differing representation of the Ise Shrine through time, emphasizing on the changing cultural significance of the Ise after the second world war. Reynolds discussion of the Ise Shrine centers on its representation in texts and images. The texts and images in which Reynolds analyzes date as early as the 8th century with the Nihon Shoki, and as recent as the 20th century.

Shurei-mon gate constructed in the 16th Century as the 2nd gate to Shuri Castle. It is a known Okinawan historical cultural asset, destroyed by fire several times. The present

Together with Munakata Taisha, Itsukushima Shrine is at the head of the Munakata shrine network. Dedicated to the three daughters of Susano-o no Mikoto, the shrine is a UNESCO World Heritage

Yasukuni shrine, is a Japan’s symbolic image. Located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, this shrine is widely recognized as a Shinto Shrine. Founded on June 1869 by the Emperor Meiji himself, its existence has the purpose of commemorating those who have fallen for the Empire of Japan. Also the original name is Tōkyō Shōkonsha, which means shrine to summon the soul. There would not be much to say if it was one in many normal Shinto shrines in Japan which their existence do not concerned politics. The difference is that the shrine “specifically honors 2.5 million fallen heroes – officers, personnel which died during military service” and 14 “considered-war-criminals” (particularly class-A war criminals) in the World War II – when Japan was a fascist regime – were being enshrined (spiritually kept in the shrine through a sort of traditional Japanese ceremony).

In the modern era, travel and tourism industries seem to go beyond the mere need of attracting sizable visitors by incorporating macroeconomic and non-customary variables to earn monetary and non-monetary benefits. Cost is an important aspect of growth and profitability in an organization. Organizations lose money because of heavy costs and they require decreasing the cost for better profits. Sale and cost has direct relation because as the sales volume increases, total cost of the entire production also increases. However, at the same time, as the quantity of sales increases, cost of production decreases so as to achieve economies of scale. In addition, the assignment elaborated three key pricing strategies including rack rate, seasonal pricing and Last minute pricing that seemed appropriate for WHG. Moreover, management accounting information is a process through which an organization forecasts to improve business decision making. Management accounting information helps to advice the business ways of moving forward, for example, whether an organization should buy a new plant or land or invest in company stocks.

At the beginning of Japan’s Edo Period, “in the year 1639, the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu imposes the seclusion of Japan, by cutting off the links with all foreign states. Japan resigns thus to any connection with the external world and locks the door to the foreigners.” (Shogun, 1) This led to internal retirement, which became the basis for the strong cultural growth Japan experienced for nearly two and a half centuries before its borders once again opened to the outside world. During Japan’s isolation from the outside world, popular culture began to grow and new art forms like Kabuki, Noh, and Bunraku Theater as well as ukiyo-e became very popular among the people. These art forms used face paint, masks, song, dance, and music in order to tell stories and entertain while displaying folklore and strengthening Japanese culture.

To begin, I am not a religious person. However, I do believe in spirituality. Therefore, I will begin my spiritual pilgrimage on the island of Shikoku, Japan. Kūkai, a Japanese Buddhist monk, hiked along the island of Shikoku and founded many of the temples (Shikoku Henro Trail). Through Kūkai, the pilgrimage established. The Shikoku Pilgrimage consists of eighty-eight temples and

The multiple target market segmentation of Kaleidoscope Travel Agency is designed by the idea of customer-driven marketing strategy. The purpose of the agency is to attract and grow middle-class and retired Chinese senior citizens. According to the theories of Introduction: Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, a consumer’s behaviour is based on four characteristics: cultural, social, personal and psychological. (Kotler, 2014) Furthermore, factors that affecting market segmentation is another theory that will help the analysis of the target identification.

Stratified Random Sampling was used in the case of employees, while Random Sampling was used in the case of the top management. From each travel agency, a sample of ten was taken, where one associate was the top management, two were senior level employees, three were middle level employees and four were junior level employees, in order to have an adequate representation. On this basis, there were 30 associates from government travel agencies, 300 from Indian travel agencies, 130 associates from multinational travel agencies and 40 associates from online travel agencies. All efforts were taken to ensure that all the organizations taken in the study met the criteria. The top management consisted of Travel Agency Owner, Managing Director and CEO. The senior level associates consisted of those who had 6.1 years and above experience in the agency. The middle level associates consisted of those who had experience between 2.1 – 6 years. The junior level employees consisted of those having experience upto 2 years. The senior level, middle level and junior level employees belonged to sales and operations departments of the travel agencies. The design of

Through the 5th to 8th century Japanese there have been a few archeological sites for Japanese gardens, many of the gardens are problematic to date. During the late Nara period (8th century) they’re timeworn texts that mention some significance for Japanese gardens. There also important religious influences on the Japanese gardens, given the Shinto beliefs. Many early Japanese gardens contain Shinto admiration; the excessive rocks, antique trees, lakes,

Shintoism is the ancient faith of the Japanese people. Unlike Buddhism, Shintoism has no founders or sacred texts. It also has no doctrines. It is the “way of Kami”. Kami are spirits or gods worshipped in Shintoism. They can be anything from humans to things in nature, such as rocks, trees, rivers and animals. Throughout Japan, there are thousands of shrines dedicated to Shinto. The main purpose of these shrines is to provide shelter for the various Kami. Shrines vary

Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW) is a leading global online travel agency (OTA) that uses state-of-the art technology to allow leisure and business travelers to research, plan, and book a wide range of travel services. Orbitz maintains and operates a group of consumer brands that includes Orbitz, CheapTickets, ebookers, HotelClub, RatesToGo, the Away Network, and the corporate travel brand Orbitz for Business. In their Chicago headquarters Orbitz has 800 employees and 1,500 employees worldwide with offices in 20 countries