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Tour package
A travel plan that includes several elements of a
vacation, such as transportation, accommodations, and sightseeing.
Tour wholesaler
A company that plans, markets, and (usually) oper-
ates tours. Marketing is always through intermediaries such as retail
travel agents, an association, a club, or a tour organizer
—
never directly
to the public, as is sometimes done by tour operators. The wholesaler
would not operate the tour if, for example, it was functioning as a
wholesaler in the United States for tours operated by a foreign
rm. In
industry jargon, tour operator and tour wholesaler are synonymous.
Transportation
The act or process of carrying or moving people or
goods, or both, from one location to another.
Travel (see Tourism)
Often interchangeable with tourism. Actually,
this term should represent all direct elements of travel. Included in the
term travel are transportation, vacations, resorts, and any other direct
passenger elements, including but not limited to national parks,
attractions, and auto use for any of the above purposes. To make a
journey from one place to another.
Travel aggregators
Aggregator Web sites are a way to simultaneously
search several sources for the best travel deals that the Web has to
offer. Some of the major players are Kayak.com, SideStep.com, Cheap-
Flights.com, Mobissimo.com, and Farechase.com.
Travel
facilitate travel as well as make it more convenient and less risky.
Examples include computer support services,
financial services, insur-
ance, information, and interpretation.
Travel trade
Includes those organizations,
firms, and individuals that
provide various elements of the total travel experience.
V
Vacation ownership
A term often used to describe resort
timesharing.
Visa
Document issued by a foreign government permitting nationals
of another country to visit or travel. The visa is usually stamped on
pages provided in one's passport but may also be a document fastened
to the passport or provided electronically.
Vouchers
Documents issued by tour operators to be exchanged for
accommodations, sightseeing, and other services.
W
Web 2.0
A perceived second generation of Web-based communities
and hosted services such as social networking sites.
Y
Yield management
The use of pricing and inventory controls, based
on historical data, to maximize pro
ts by offering varying fares over
rms, and
individuals that provide a diverse range of services that enable and
industry services
Includes those organizations,
time for the same product.
SELECTED TOURISM ABBREVIATIONS
AAA
American Automobile Association
CRS
Computerized reservations system
ABA
American Bus Association
CTC
Canadian Tourism Commission
ABC
Advanced booking charter
ACME
CTC
Certi
ed Travel Counselor
Association for Convention Marketing Executives
CTO
Caribbean Tourism Organization
AHLA
American Hotel and Lodging Association
DIT
Domestic independent tours
DMAI
AIEST
International Association of Scienti
c Experts in
Tourism
AIT
Destination Marketing Association International
DMO
Destination management organization
Academie Internationale du Tourisme
Amtrak
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
AP
DOT
(U.S.) Department of Transportation
ECOSOC
Economic and Social Council of the United
American plan
APEC
Nations
Asia-Paci
c Economic Cooperation
EP
European plan
ETC
APEX
Advance purchase excursion fare
European Travel Commission
ARC
Airlines Reporting Corporation
ARDA
FAA
(U.S.) Federal Aviation Administration
American Resort and Development Association
FHA
Federal Highway Administration
ARTA
Association of Retail Travel Agents
FIT
Foreign independent tour
GDS
ASTA
American Society of Travel Agents
Global Distribution System
ATA
Air Transport Association of America
ATME
GIT
Group inclusive tour
HSMAI
Association of Travel Marketing Executives
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
International
IAAPA
BIT
Bulk inclusive tour
BTA
British Tourist Authority
International Association of Amusement Parks and
Attractions
IAF
CIC
Convention Industry Council
CITC
Canadian Institute of Travel Counselors
International Automobile Federation
IAST
CLIA
Cruise Lines International Association
COTAL
International Academy for the Study of Tourism
Confederation of Tourist Organizations of Latin
America
IATA
International Air Transport Association
IATAN
International Airlines Travel Agent Network
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