Travel perspectives : a guide to becoming a travel professional /
Gorham, Ginger
Travel perspectives : a guide to becoming a travel professional / Ginger Gorham and Susan Rice - Fourth edition. - Australia : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2007 - xv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Your place in travel -- Ch. 2. Technology and the travel professional -- Ch. 3. Travel in the twenty-first century -- Ch. 4. Basic travel geography -- Ch. 5. Travel destinations -- Ch. 6. Air travel basics -- Ch. 7. Planning United States flight itineraries -- Ch. 8. United States airfares and other charges -- Ch. 9. Ticketing and reporting -- Ch. 10. Accommodations -- Ch. 11. Rental cars -- Ch. 12. Traveling by rail.
In the recent years, the travel industry has been buffeted by significant international events such as terrorist attacks; the expanding war on terrorism; outbreaks of contagious diseases, such as Bird Flu and SARS; and hurricanes, floods and tsunami. In addition to these issues, travelers have concerns about security in airports, at hotels, on cruise ships, and on trains; travel scams, thieves; pickpockets; and identity theft.
9781418016494
TRAVEL AGENTS -- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
G 154 .G67 2007
Travel perspectives : a guide to becoming a travel professional / Ginger Gorham and Susan Rice - Fourth edition. - Australia : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2007 - xv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Your place in travel -- Ch. 2. Technology and the travel professional -- Ch. 3. Travel in the twenty-first century -- Ch. 4. Basic travel geography -- Ch. 5. Travel destinations -- Ch. 6. Air travel basics -- Ch. 7. Planning United States flight itineraries -- Ch. 8. United States airfares and other charges -- Ch. 9. Ticketing and reporting -- Ch. 10. Accommodations -- Ch. 11. Rental cars -- Ch. 12. Traveling by rail.
In the recent years, the travel industry has been buffeted by significant international events such as terrorist attacks; the expanding war on terrorism; outbreaks of contagious diseases, such as Bird Flu and SARS; and hurricanes, floods and tsunami. In addition to these issues, travelers have concerns about security in airports, at hotels, on cruise ships, and on trains; travel scams, thieves; pickpockets; and identity theft.
9781418016494
TRAVEL AGENTS -- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
G 154 .G67 2007