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Travel Site Evaluation, 2006.
A review of three e-commerce travel sites.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper evaluates three main travel e-commerce sites, focusing on user friendliness, navigation and organization. The three sites discussed are Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia.
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"Today with the popularity and dependability, which most individuals have on the Internet it is not surprising that they are also choosing to make their travel plans using this medium as well. There are several sites available to perform such searches by price, destination, and travel goals as well as by entertainment options. However, in this analysis three different sites were chosen for analysis and those were Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity. I.A Site Overview: Of the three sites evaluated there were a few initial differences but the main similarity was noticed through the section inquiring from the user, what their desired destination city was as well as from what city they would be departing. On all sites this section was almost identical. Each site also asked for the dates of travel and whether a hotel or rental car should be booked with the flight ticket purchase."
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Travel Web Sites, 2005.
This paper discusses marketing and regulatory aspects of travel Web sites.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper describes the e-business industry of travel Web sites. The author points out new marketing techniques of the airlines Delta, Southwest and Jet Blue, including discounted fares and instant rewards. The paper points out the flexibility of online Web travel sites and the convenience of one-stop shopping venues.
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"One of the e-commerce venues that has generated great interest and high levels of sales is the travel Web site, among which are Web sites maintained by airlines, such as Delta, Southwest and Jet Blue. These sites have developed new marketing techniques to capture audience interest and inspire consumers to purchase travel packages and or airline tickets online. A major marketing tool used by companies, such as Southwest Airlines, is the use of heavily discounted fares that are available ..."
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Air and Ship Cruise Travel, 2002.
A discussion of the pros and cons of traveling by air and traveling by sea.
3,709 words (approx. 14.8 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 102.95
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This paper examines how for many years, ships were the only means of travel between many parts of the world and therefore, were a major means of transportation. Today, air travel has become the preferred means of travel, especially when there is a need to travel long distances and one is short of time. It looks at how point-to-point steamship travel may connect one to one?s destination, but this mode of transport is by no means as popular as is sailing purely for pleasure, on a cruise. Cruise travel is usually a round trip and is considered as a total unit, while point-to-point steamship travel is undertaken between two or more ports.
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Introduction
Then and Now
Air Travel or Ship Cruise?
Booking and Overbooking
Delayed and Cancelled Flights
Check-In
Baggage
Cost
Frequent Flyer Programs
Customer Satisfaction
The Cabin
Seating for Dinner
Food
Entertainment, Fun and Games
Massage and Beauty Parlors
Shore Excursions
Safety
Health
Travel Insurance
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"Today, the scene has changed, and cruise lines are bringing their ships nearer home. Cruises of short duration are now to be had for the asking, are more affordable than ever before, and cater largely to the younger crowd. Some lines cater to the singles groups, some to honeymooners, and some to families with reduced rates. Nearly 40% of all first-time passengers are under 34, and 62% are under 55. Plenty of ships now sail out from ports like Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Los Angeles, as well as from New Orleans, Tampa, Galveston and San Diego. The addition of many new departure points from the U.S. mean that your ports of call are almost unlimited, and that one can drive up to a cruise, altogether eliminating the hassles of air travel such as airport queues, foreign airports and immigration lines. This is especially relevant, given the implementation of new and often frustrating airport security checks."
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Travel Websites, 2005.
A look at the legal, ethical and regulatory issues of travel websites.
1,204 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper offers a brief review of three travel websites. The sites examined are Expedia.com, Travelocity.com and Orbitz.com. The paper first examines legal issues pertaining to the websites and then looks at any ethical issues at play. Finally regulatory issues are discussed.
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"All of the sites have similar formats; all have menus though tabs, searches on the first page and the use of safe colors. The most differentiated is that of Orbitz, however, when looking at these sites it may be argued that with the presentation, apart from very few specific requirements, the companies may be acceptable substitutes for each other and as such the emphasis may be the choice they offer.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation and part of Cendant Travel Distribution Services division. Orbitz is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers a wide selection of low airfares, as well as deals on lodging, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and other travel."
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Toronto Travel, 2007.
This paper discusses Toronto as a travel location and "Travel and Leisure's" top ten list of cities to see.
2,064 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in the last decade Toronto has had significant tourism issues that have been felt through events such as the terrorist bombings in New York, the SARS epidemic and the failure of small businesses across the region. The writer points out that for Toronto, a city with a vast population that is increasing in size each year, the reliance on tourism has always been significant. Yet, because of these factors the city has failed to meet the travel standards of many throughout the globe and travelers have consequently taken their ventures elsewhere. The writer then discusses that Toronto, failing to make the top ten list of "Travel and Leisure" magazine's cities to see is detrimental, because it means that yet another year will pass that will witness the city in economic decline. The writer concludes that it is evident that Toronto needs to formulate a plan using this concept that will allow the city to build its reputation in the travel industry once again and solve the continuing issues that are adversely affecting Toronto.
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Introduction
The Importance of Top Ten Lists
Results of the Failure to be Acknowledged
The Foundation of Tourism Problems in Toronto
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism in Toronto
Issues Surrounding Tourism in Toronto
Opinions about the Issues
The Need for Community Action
Governmental Concerns
Possible Solutions
Global Tourism
The Significance of Tourism across the Globe
Impact of Tourism
Affects on the Local Economy and the Local People
Attempts to Solve the Issue
What Toronto has Attempted to Date
The Results of This Attempt
Answers for the Future
Working Together
Organizational Change
Conclusion
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"In the last decade Toronto has had significant tourism issues that have been felt through events such as the terrorist bombings in New York, the SARS epidemic and the failure of small businesses across the region. For Toronto, a city with a vast population that is increasing in size each year, the reliance on tourism has always been significant. Yet, because of these factors the city has failed to meet the travel standards of many throughout the globe and travelers have consequently taken their ventures elsewhere. Toronto, failing to make the top ten list of Travel and Leisure Magazine's cities to see is detrimental, therefore, because it means that yet another year will pass that will witness the city in economic decline."
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Online Travel Services, 2002.
Research into the willingness of travellers to use online travel services.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper conducts a survey regarding the inclination of the existent traveling population and the prospects to use the online travel services. The paper consists of a thorough literature review of the issue at hand, followed by a description of the survey methodology and the consequent results, which leads to a discussion and culminates in a conclusion.
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Travel in Narrative, 2002.
This paper presents a detailed examination of the travel motif in three novels. Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" are compared and contrasted regarding their travel motifs.
803 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper defines a motif as a recurring and persistent theme that is used in any area of work including literature. The paper sites three classic novels in which the evidence of a travel motif is laced and intertwined throughout the stories as they weave their way around the lives of the protagonists. Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter, and Huckleberry Finn all make use of travel motifs for the purpose of connecting the plot to the needs of those who live the stories.
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"The Scarlet Letter is a classic example of the travel motif being put to use for the purpose of assisting the story. Travel is a thematic strength throughout the book because it begins with Hester traveling to America ahead of her husband. Travel is what brought her to the place where she was all alone and had to wait for her husband to arrive. He didn?t and there were assumptions that he had died en-route to the states. However while waiting she had an affair and consequently had a baby with Dimmsdale the local pastor. Travel is used as a motif in this story largely because it provides avenues of escape for many of the characters (Hawthorne pp). Her husband has not really died, and he did eventually travel to the states and lay in hiding to scorn Hester for her actions. Hester had traveled here to begin anew. When she was sent to prison for committing adultery and then forced to wear a scarlet A on her clothing, her life become very difficult."
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Domestic Travel in the US, 2008.
An examination of the correlation between disposable income and domestic travel.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper's aim is to determine the true nature of the relationship between disposable income and domestic travel. While examining the main hypothesis of whether increases in disposable income cause an increase in domestic travel, the paper also tests the sub-hypothesis whether domestic travel is a normal or luxury good. This paper examines both of these issues concurrently using demand and supply analysis. The paper concludes that the literature survey does suggest that there is a positive relationship between personal disposable income and domestic travel. The paper also notes , however, that it should be understood that a complete and unbiased model of domestic travel entails looking at all determinants of travel as a supposed explanatory variable before the relationship between personal disposable income and domestic travel can be analyzed.
Outline:
Literature Survey
Theory and Hypothesis: Effect of Disposable Income on Domestic Travel
Graph: Domestic Travel and Disposable Income
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"Research that has centered on domestic travel, began as early as the 1960's, especially in wake of the fact that in many developed countries citizens were spending excessively on travel. Empirical studies by Gray found that disposable income was a major determinant of travel. Gray's analysis was an econometric model that included explanatory variables such as the foreign exchange rate, fare payments abroad, and travel spending by local residents. Gray's work also included another element that was absent in other papers, that is, Gray found that the prices of goods and services while traveling were an important determinant of travel. This particular model is important to the testing of the relevant hypotheses since, it gives a clear picture as to what the complete model of domestic travel should entail as explanatory variables. It is therefore less likely to get a biased determinant if all the necessary independent variables are included in the model; Gray's research paper dictates what these variables should be."
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Disposable Income and Domestic Travel, 2008.
An examination of the effects of disposable income on domestic travel.
1,262 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines the main hypothesis of whether increases in disposable income, cause an increase in domestic travel, and the sub-hypothesis of whether domestic travel is a normal or luxury good. The paper explains that the main aim is to determine the true nature of the relationship between disposable income and domestic travel. The paper further explores the effect of disposable income on domestic travel. In conclusion, the paper shows that a complete model of domestic travel entails looking at all determinants of travel as a supposed explanatory variable before the relationship between personal disposable income and domestic travel can be analyzed and this is necessary so that the relationship coefficients are unbiased.
Outline:
Literature Survey
Theory and Hypothesis: What is the Effect of Disposable Income on Domestic Travel
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"Research that has centered on domestic travel, began as early as the 1960's, especially in wake of the fact that in many developed countries citizens were spending excessively on travel. Empirical studies by Gray found that disposable income was a major determinant of travel. Gray's analysis was an econometric model that included explanatory variables such as the foreign exchange rate, fare payments abroad, and travel spending by local residents. Gray's work also included another element that was absent in other papers, that is, Gray found that the prices of goods and services while traveling were an important determinant of travel. This particular model is important to the testing of the relevant hypotheses since, it gives a clear picture as to what the complete model of domestic travel should entail as explanatory variables. It is therefore less likely to get a biased determinant if all the necessary independent variables are included in the model; Gray's research paper dictates what these variables should be."
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Travel Industry Analysis, 2002.
A review of various reports on the travel industry and the move towards on-line purchase of travel needs.
2,285 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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An analysis of the report titled "Travelers' Use of the Internet" which is based on interviews with over 1,200 adults in the U.S.A. The results are largely consistent with a report released by Gartner Group earlier this year, which predicted that the value of the global travel industry market will increase six-fold, by the end of next year.The writer concludes that there is a need for travel agents to increase their on-line share, without disrupting the sales of their outlets. As tickets are purchased on-line, but must be picked up at the local agencies, companies can continue to stay competitive without significantly altering their traditional model.
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"The main problem facing the Internet and electronic ticketing is the reluctance of consumers to buy products and services online. The Internet airline ticket market has yet to fully mature into an on-line "buying" culture. Too many people casually surf travel sites without buying a ticket, which is due in large part to a perceived lack of secure information transfer."
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Internet Sites and Regulation, 2005.
Outlines how ethical legal and regulatory issues differ on a B2C site compared to a B2B site.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper outlines how ethical, legal, and regulatory issues differ on a B2C (business-to-consumer) web site compared to a B2B (business-to-business)web site. The paper examines the different audience each site is aimed at.
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"Ultimately because business-to-business web sites cater to a different audience and provide different services from their business-to-consumer counterparts it is understood that the ethical legal andr regulatory issues that face ..."
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Site-Specific Art, 2001.
An analysis of site-specificity in art, focusing on the concept of art that is specifically created for a particular site or space.
1,314 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines art that is produced for a specific site, thereby taking advantage of the unique qualities of that site. The paper provides various examples of works of site-specific art, such as, from the internet, video arena, land, interior, and other genres. The writer also discusses the issue of preserving this type of art.
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"Site-specific art must therefore be commodified, due to the significance of its location. Commodification is the process in which a work of art is bought and sold as a commodity. Some artists believe that calling a work of art a commodity, or a unit of trade, is demeaning and reduces its artistic, aesthetic qualities. Site-specific art still retains these qualities, however, such as expression of the artist?s feelings."
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Ancient Travels in Eurasia, 2006.
This paper compares the writings of Marco Polo from the thirteenth century about travel in Eurasia with the accounts of the travels of sixteenth century missionary St. Francis Xavier in this area.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper explains that, in 1295, when famed explorer Marco Polo returned to Europe after twenty-five years spent traveling throughout Eastern Eurasia, the tales of magnificent wealth and flourishing societies he related forever altered the way that Europeans considered the lands beyond the borders of Christendom. The author also points out that, in 1543, St. Francis Xavier, a missionary from Portugal, traveled to India for the purpose of spreading the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The paper observes that the writings of Xavier present a clear tone of disdain and disgust. The paper then stresses that, while Marco Polo observed the cultures of China from the political and economic perspective of a merchant, St. Francis Xavier approached the people and cultures he met with a prejudicial, ethnocentric point of view.
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"The European world that Marco Polo left behind when he embarked upon his expedition to the East in the mid-thirteenth century was one characterized by an uneducated populous, economic subsistence, and religious and political disunity. It is perhaps because of this that he perceived the lands of the East with such reverence. Although China in the thirteenth century was a strikingly different place than Europe in this time, in his account of his experiences Polo speaks of the religious, economic, and political structures of the country with great awe and respect, rarely passing any prejudicial or negative judgment upon the institutions of the East."
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Time Travel, 2005.
An examination of the meaning and possibilities of time travel.
969 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses the concept of time travel. The paper contends that time travel is possible if it is defined as travel through time zones or on the basis of theories. The paper briefly outlines the theories of Albert Einstein and Kurt Godel regarding this concept. The paper claims that, theoretically speaking, time travel is possible, and within certain limits, we have been able to employ technology to move us between time zones. Whether or not traveling through history is possible is another issue altogether. Its possibilities or impossibilities cannot be judged on the basis of our current technological capacities.
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"Time travel is an interesting concept that has inspired numerous science fiction novels, films and television serials. People are always imagining the opportunities that time travel, if ever successfully accomplished, could provide for them, whether financially or intellectually. Were we ever able to travel through time, we could visit ancient lands, collect a few artifacts and then travel back to our time and sell them or, if such travel was possible, we could go back in history and acquire a more accurate understanding of the past, for the sake of academic knowledge. The point is that the very idea of time travel, leads one to think of its numerous applications and positive outcomes. At the same time, few of us actually believe that time travel is possible or that it would ever exist anywhere except in science fiction books, movies and television serials. However, the fact of the matter is that time travel is not necessarily possible or impossible. Our consideration of it as possible or impossible ultimately depends upon our definition of time travel."
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Web Site Analysis, 2005.
Considers three Web sites and their approach to e-business.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper analyzes three different types of web sites: a business-to-business site, a government site and nonprofit organization site. The paper analyzes the different focus of each website based on each site's purpose.
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"Today's Internet encompasses a wide variety of functions. It provides information, shopping opportunities, the ability to obtain a college degree, ways to meet people and the ability to entertain oneself for hours at a time. Government and educational institutions formed the original Web community but today's community is diverse and includes companies and nonprofit organizations as well as government entities. This research considers three Web sites, one focusing on business-to-business users, one a government site and one a nonprofit organization, and how each site uses the..."
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