travel and tour management chapter 4

Which of the following is not a typical distribution function performed by an travel agency?

• warehouse services

• Providing information

• Preparing tickets

• Making reservations

Which of the following tourism service suppliers has been the most aggressive through distribution systems?

• Rental car companies

• Airlines

• Hotels

• Cruise ships

In a typical two-level distribution channel for tourism-related services, the intermediary will be a

• Travel agent.

• Visitors center staff member.

• Tour operator.

• Tour wholesaler.

Tour operators typically work on a

• Line item basis.

• Commission basis.

• Override basis.

• Markup basis.

Global Distribu%on System (GDS) allows travel intermediaries to make reservations for hotels

and resorts, but ______.

• The travel intermediaries also can sell a variety of product combinations in real time

• Price comparison across products options is not possible

• Integrated market services and information is not available

• Information transparency is not available

GDS is stands for

• Geographical distribution systems

• Global distribution systems

• Graphic distribution systems

• Geographical delivery systems

What is the function of amadeus?

• to book hotel

• to sells airline tickets for various airlines around the world

• online tickets reservation

• All of the above

CRS is refers to

• Customers reservation systems

• Central reservation systems

• Customers Restoration systems

• Central Restoration systems

There are wholesalers which they do buy services and goods in bulk..this is refers to_______

• tour agency

• tour operator

• tour agent

• airlines companies

•The travel ______ is a person that knows tourist products very well and act as retailer that are directly selling them to customers.

• tour agency

• tour operator

• suppliers

• service operator