Online Travel Industry

Infomediaries are web-based market makers that leverage the Internet to bring together buyers and sellers in niche markets, charging commissions for the products they help move... Sabre-type infomediaries took in $290 million in 1998. By 2002,... that number will grow to $20 billion” (Malik,1999). With technology like Sabre in picture the airline industry had enough information in terms of suppliers, global distribution systems, travel database etc. to create a market place which almost had perfect information regarding schedules and fares which incepted the idea of e-commerce in travel industry (Smith, Gunther, Rao, Ratliff, 2001).

Many authors raised the issue of making decisions by clients, when choosing a leisure destination (Elliot, Papadopoulos and Kim, 2010; Nuraeni, Arru and Novani, 2015; Nickerson and Neil Moisey, 1999). Many of articles was based on the influence of the culture of a given place, on the choice of a holiday destination (Richardson and Crompton, 1988; Andersen, Prentice and Guerin, 1997; Ritchie and Zins, 1978); and on the impact of the distance to the destination chosen by customers (Yannopoulos and Rotenberg, 2000; Crompton 1979, Scott, Schewl and Frederick, 1978). Numerous articles described the differences in factors influencing customer decision-making between online platforms and stationary tourist agencies (Cheyne, Downes and Legg, 2006; Ku and Fan, 2009) or articles focused only on the factors affecting the customers choices of stationary travel agencies (Ng, Cassidy and Brown, 2006; Hui and Wan, 2005). Repeatedly, there has been analysed the influence of online user reviews on customer decision-making (Ye, Law and Gu, 2009; Sparks and Browning, 2011). The research was also conducted on the impact of factors on customer decision-making of a tourist agency by customers during the selection of individual packages (Heung and Chu,

In her essay “Marketing the Millennial”, Suzy Menkes states that finding a way to reach the millennial is the focus of every smart luxury and fashion brand. The millennial, which were born linked to the world of social media, have different mind sets compared to those of the older generations; therefore ignore the advertisements that are constantly around them. Menkes suggests that to catch their attention, companies need to market through social networks. Since the millennial are so embedded in the digital world, marketing through social networks should be a reasonable solution to catching the millennials attention from around the world.

Tourism in Belgium is one of Belgium's industries, and its accessibility from elsewhere in Europe still makes it a popular tourist destination. The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's gross domestic product and employs 3.3% of the working population of about 142,000 people.

Planning a vacation is not easy, especially when you are visiting the place for the first time. Hiring a travel agent or browsing the net for package deals is a good way to ensure your having a hassle free, enjoyable holiday. Best package deals to Cancun should be offering airfare and lodging combos. Apart from keeping the costs down, this will see you tucked comfortably in a hotel without going through the hassle of finding one yourself. The brilliant sunset at Cancun is one of the endearing natural wonders, you will be lucky to behold. Nichupté Lagoon wears a romantic endearing look for those intimate and romantic dinners.

Destination management and destination marketing organizations (DMOs) are new phenomena in tourism professional practice and in the tourism literature. However, they have now become recognized as being integral to the success of a tourism destination (Alastair, 2012).

Mad Travelling offer its service offered in a user friendly website that guarantees the satisfaction of this user by offering a 6-month or a one membership to its users. Scheduled to be operating b the end o 2017, our Mad Travelling would be specialized in Mediterranean destinations. Our staff can attend any travel request in several languages, mainly English, Arabic and French. We are currently working on our certification by IATA (International Association of Air Transportation), TICO (Travel Industry Council of Ontario). We are collaborating with Travel Organizations that lead us to offer sustainable and reliable travel services to our clients. Given that booking sites for flights and hotels are becoming

The evolving of the tourist’s behavior has triggered a series of changes in the way of operating the tourism businesses. From traditional travel agencies, hotels and airlines up to the online tour operators. All tour operators have had to adapt to the changes of the individual as a traveler and this has led to continuous development of strategies by the agents.

Another great option is to use travel agents. Similar to airplane prices, travel agents will often know of great deals when it comes to accommodation and they can help you to find cheap accommodation if you have to go for a hotel. Get a reliable travel agent and specify how much you are willing to pay and for how long if they are good they will find you several options to choose

“Tourism comprises the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one year for leisure, business and other purposes”. United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

However, the existing systems accessible to tourists are Informative tourism websites and Mobile Applications that serve as travel guides. For example, MyMauritius is a Mobile Application that lists all the best hotels deals, attractions and latest events if the user wishes to plan his visit to Mauritius. It requests the users to classify themselves in one general group, such as “adrenaline junkie”, “sea lover” or “nature lover”. They are then displayed information based on their selected preferences. Nonetheless, users have to handpick from the listed options and schedule their tour themselves.

Travel industry is made up of a number of individual sectors including the tourism, hospitality and visitors services sector, within each of these sectors there are a number of individual that have attempted to measure customer satisfaction as part of their quality assurances programs.( Foster, D. 1999).

Travel and tourism industry is one of the most important factors of online commerce businesses which impacts profoundly and changed overall structure of the industry. Facebook is one the hot spot of social media marketing where travel agents do posts their promotions frequently. Online travel agencies have anticipated ever since the emerging of new marketing dynamics and consumer behavior. With the diffusion of interactive web 2.0 features and application, travel and tourism have become real conversations on thrilling platform of human

Travel agents cannot be held responsible for products and services which are/ are not provided by any third party supplier. In such case the consumer should hold the third party supplier responsible. They should have to deal with them to resolve the issue.

In order to have more opportunities to travel in the future, you need to at least minimise your spending and save more during holiday excursions. Let’s not kid ourselves: traveling is expensive, no matter where you are going. Anyway, we’ve compiled a few tips that can help you reduce expenses and help you have enough funds for your next trip.