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TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

FACULTY SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES


DIVISION OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES

Course name:
MANAGING TOURISM BUSINESSES
(HIGH QUALITY)
Course Code: 303061

Lecturer: Pham Thai Son, Msc

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CHAPTER 5:
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION OF
TRAVEL AGENTS

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Content

5.1. Organization and business management of travel


agents
5.2. Management and operations in travel agents

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5.1. Organization and business
management of travel agents

• Immediate booking facilities of hotels, cruise, and


flights, trains, etc.
• Helpful in the expansion of your business.
• It also helps to grow travel business and make a
good profit.
• It can easily manage payment policies, discounts,
promotions, supplements and so on.

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5.1. Organization and business
management of travel agents

• Travel Management. This would be the core function


and the one which agencies engaged in organising
business travel have always performed.
• Passenger assistance.
• Consulting.
• Marketing and internal communication.
• Technology.
• Leisure Services.

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5.2. Management and operations
in travel agents

• In addition to air, corporate travel agencies earn


commissions from booking car and hotel for
business travelers.
• Corporate travel agencies make money mainly from
service fees, net/private fares, and from airline
commissions.

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5.2. Management and operations
in travel agents

• Accommodation.
• Air travel.
• Car hire.
• Foreign exchange.
• Packaged tours.
• Rail, coach & sea travel.
• Travel insurance.
• Transfers.

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