deal with travel stress among business people and their career options and aspirations. “Executive travel stress: Perils of the road warrior” by Richard S DeFrank, Robert Konopaske, John M Ivancevich focuses on the concept of travel stress at the executive level, including the sources and the potential impact of stress before, during, and after travel. It also offers practical information for both organisations and individuals about how to prevent and deal with executive travel stress (DeFrank,
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Travel and Alternatives to Travel in Work Environment 2013 TRAVEL AND ALTERNATIVES TO TRAVEL IN WORK ENVIRONMENT Research Methodology Professor: ROSE Janna By Anand VISHWA Ankur SONKAR Mohnish Rai HANDA Saketh Varma KUCHAMPUDI MIB 35- Group A 1 Travel and Alternatives to Travel in Work Environment 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. TOPIC Introduction to Topic…………………… Literature Review………………………. 2.1. Cost Benefits………………………. 2.2. Accessibility…………………………
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Role of Travel Trade Intermediaries A travel agent's role is to find the best flight and itinerary to fit the client's needs, find hotels that match the client's specifications, provide information about activities and events at the client's destination and offer advance booking services or book the services for the client. Some travel agents also organise group travel and will expect to receive approximately 10 % commission on your gross rates for any business they send you. There has been a huge
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The Innovation Pandemic: Society quest for real time solutions Parish M. Kaleiwahea Wayland Baptist University Abstract The Innovation Pandemic: Society quest for real time solutions When one thinks of a business with information technology (IT) flair, Wal-Mart is probably not on the top of anyone’s list of companies leading the way of innovation transformation. However, for 45 years this retail giant has reinvented IT retail model for an evolving digital economy. Today in order to survive
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behind me. As I draft this first paper of my continuing studies, I look back to those nights I spent in the computer hall at the University of Maryland in the early1990’s, waiting for an open computer and writing paper upon paper. I remember the stress, tears, and heartache, but I also remember my achievements, and the sense of accomplishment I felt when I finally earned my degree. There were many challenges back then, but I achieved my personal and professional goal of becoming a Medical Technologist
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Stay True Travel Staying True to You™ Final Strategic Plan BUS475 Week 5 Professor Dhillon February 14, 2012 Stay True Travel Staying True to You™ Final Strategic Plan Introduction Being a successful business, or corporation, is composed of more than simply having the best logo, slogan, or advertising campaigns, but rather it is about how each individual aspect of an organization is constructed and built from the ground up. With money being tight, budgets shrinking, and uncertainty
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key to success even in everyday life. Contacting clients, and setting up meetings to make people stress free is the goal every day. Caring for the clients and preparing the clients with new information become more of a hobby. Taking the necessary risk to produce the financial
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Smartphones have changed the way we travel both abroad and locally. Before modern smartphones were available, individuals would have to rely on payphones (if they were even available at their destinations) in order to communicate with their companies, and had almost no way to send documents (until faxes, which do not hold the same quality as scanning and emailing) or attend meetings while on the move. From the creation of the smartphone that started the major smartphone movement (BlackBerry) to today’s
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Social Responsibility Abstract This paper will discuss the competition of Global Gas Intele Travel who has agents and customers in the United States and over 22 countries. It will discuss the target market of the business, who they market their product to. The product, distribution communication and pricing will be discussed. The product strategy basically is have a solid product that customers want and will continue to use. With the distribution strategy it will discuss the many was the
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BUSINESS TRAVELER STRESS Summary: Along with the stated potential stressors on Figure 7.1 on the book, travel stress is one of which is commonly faced by the managers as it includes the stress factors of lost luggage, poor accommodations, change in regular diets, and others which can result to anger, fatigue, poor performance, and sleep deprivation. These concerns are being managed by organization to reduce, and thus eliminate to come up with maximum efficiency of the traveler and the organization
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