1. In recent years, the number of travel agencies in the declined sharply.
united States has
2. Travel management companies are giant chains that operations, and
own and control all aspects of their their extensive
buying power en-
ables them to
negotiate special
rates for their
clients.
3. Leisure, travelers often need more assistance in plan- travel than busi-
ning their ness travelers.
4. A global distribution system or GDS is a reservation initially developed
system, by the air-
lines,which pro-
vides rate and
reservation infor-
mation for air-
lines and other
travel companies
such as hotels and
rental car firms.
5. What types of groups does the acronym SMERF-so- nonprofit organi-
cial, military, religious, and fraternal-apply to? zations
6. Group business benefits a hotel because group guests tend
to spend more at
the hotel than do
other guests.
7. the destination for most incentive trips is usually and ex-
otic location.
8. Attendance is usually restricted to senior sales peo- they are the old-
ple and supervisory executives: average attendance est type of cor-
is 121/141 persons; the meetings last and average of porate meeting.
.5 days: theses attributes
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