Unit6 P1 P2 M1 - 1442 Words

Unit6 – Preparing for Employment in Travel and Tourism P1, P2 M1 Marites Marzan TT L3 Yr1 GrpB Harish Tutor P1 - Describe career opportunities within different industries in the travel and tourism sector. Tour Operators A tour operator requires a holiday representative to work throughout the summer and winter season to ensure that holiday makers have an enjoyable trip. They are the first point of contact for customers so a holiday representative needs to be prepared to answer question and resolve problems. They usually start the day meeting the excited new arrivals at the airport and overseeing transfers to their accommodation. From there their duties may include, giving an introductory talk on the facilities and the†¦show more content†¦In each element within this chain has their own specific needed; the producer should take account along with the needs of their consumer. The first level of the chain of distribution is the Principal. Principals are the one who provides the products or service to pass down to the next organisation in the chain of distribution; the principals are the one who produces the products or services. Tour operators are the one who combine or mix all the principals t ogether to pass it down to the Travel Agents which is the next level of the chain of distribution. Tour operators like Thomson and First Choice merges as one to gain competitive advantage. These two organisations are now owned by TUI Travel they are both targeting different markets because First Choice organisation will focus on younger and more family-orientated customers while Thomson will focus more on the wealthier and empty nested customers. Additionally, empty nested customers are the couples whose children are living on their own and already left home. Tour operators are mostly the one who design and plan a holidays ahead of time they forecast the holiday and plan them two years before they sell a holiday to Travel agencies. While Travel agencies is more likely on marketing they sell and they promote to make profit according to their negotiation between Tour operators and Travel agencies this will depends how much