Corporate travel management

to do so.  Surveyed attendees who identified themselves as “Buyers” were instructed to name three sponsors of the event. Among the ten companies named, nine were actual sponsors of the event. Overall, Best Western (47%), WestJet (47%) and Vision Travel (41%) are the top-three sponsors with high blind recall rates.  Most sponsoring companies received positive net impact ratings, as buyers’ opinions towards them improved as a result of their sponsorship of the Calgary ERM. WestJet,…

While tourism can promote awareness of the environment through areas like national parks, it can also cause environmental destruction. People are careless and often do not pay any mind to the area around them and unknowingly destroy it. It can also cause destruction through pollution because of the increase of cars and people that are coming to a country. When mass amounts of foreign people travel to one country it can often wash away the country’s identity and warp it into something so far away…

The Journey to Nowhere The humid lands of Africa make a hard area to travel, but to run away girls, from the Maletrism of dominant males, it makes a perfect get away. The two decided to run from their dominant husband, for they were tired of the way that he treated his wives. They both knew the night that they could even try to run away. The day was Sunday when the husband would go into town to have a good time with women not of his household. Jamal, the younger of the two at the age of…

friends looking on, was as normal as tying my shoe laces in the locker room. Furthermore, till last year, we lived as a nuclear family and took all decisions, without any exceptions, collectively. Moreover, the discussions did not weigh heavy – they progressed, organically. As a result, I have learned to be open to and respectful of perspectives that are different from mine and look for solutions and decisions that are in the best interest(s). In month 2015, I discovered life in a joint…

Interviewer:What did you hope to experience in the Andes? Rosemarie Alecio:I could not wait to experience the beauty and depth of the Andes.Looking up to the mountain , all I could imagine was my husband and, I on top of the magnificent Venezuelan Andes.The height of the ridged and sharp angles was the finest I've ever witnessed. We gazed up at the rugged and rough shape of the Andes as it looked more immense as we drove closer. I recall ,I couldn’t have waited until I could climb the peak of…

Every day is more and more common to read or hear news related to tourism and the scope that is achieving. As described by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (2015, p.2) it has experienced continued expansion and diversification, to become one of the largest and fastest-growing economic sectors in the world. In 2014 the international tourist arrivals raised by 4.3% in 2014, coming to 1,133 million arrivals, even though the fastest growing of tourism is known, UNWTO predicts that…

INTRODUCTION Volunteer Tourism or voluntourism can define as a form of tourism where the tourists volunteer in local communities as part of their travel (Sin 2009). Also, Brown (2005) remarks the term of voluntourism as the type of tourism experience where a tour operator offers travellers an opportunity to participate in an expedition that has a volunteer components, as well as immerse oneself in the local culture and community and engage in conservation projects and explore career…

An unforgettable experience is an event that has a great impact on a person’s life (An Unforgettable Experience, 1969). The experiences that I want to share are the trip in Taman Negara and Redang Island. Firstly, I would like to introduce the two tourist attraction, Taman Negara and Redang Island, which I visited before going into the essay. Taman Negara was established as King George V National Park in 1938. Then, the park was renamed to Taman Negara after independence. Taman Negara, two words…

In our modern society when someone intentionally leaves their home, state, or country it is typically for a good reason. An example of this might be a sports fan going to a Dodgers game to experience the thrill and joy of the game with fans alike, a nice vacation to the Bahamas with the added luxury of a first-class flight, and the possible enjoyment with being together with family which lives far-far-away only to be visited ever so rarely on special occasions. These all sound like brillant…

Vacations are not always what they are cracked up to be. Vacation destinations are usually viewed as places where people travel to relax and escape from the realities of everyday life, but it could also mean learning something valuable if looked at through the right perspective. When going on an excursion to a tropical island or an amusement park, it is easy for me to forget how much hard work is put into creating the perfect experience for guests. From the outside, Walt Disney World may appear…