Diploma thesis goal is to define the extent of possibilities which are presented to client who is interested in vacation in Crete offered by selected travel agencies. The thesis is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter, there are theoretically explained the most important concepts, terms and topics associated with tourism and travel agencies. Following chapter is from tourism development point of view oriented on the destination analysis. Characterictic traits, geography, history, weather conditions, administrative units and the most atractive sites of the island are described. In the third chapter, there are ten travel agencies according to given criterions selected and introduced. Supply of these companies related to Crete is subject of the analysis. The analysis is focused on four basic marketing mix elements, it means product, price, promotion and place. In the last chapter particular criterions are set. On the basis of these criterions the comparison of studied travel agencies is made and total extent of the offer which is presented to the clients is specified. The appraisal of its comprehensiveness comes out from the resultant summarisation of possibilities which are offered to the client. In conclusion there is advised the opportunity which could be used by travel agencies in order to gain broader range of clients.

Diploma thesis focuses on the marketing strategy of travel agency called CK S úsměvem, which organizes sports tours not only with aerobic. The aim is to characterize and evaluate the current marketing strategy of CK S úsměvem and suggest possible changes or improvements. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is putting the issue of tourism and tourism marketing. The practical part is based on theoretical principles. Marketing strategy of CK S úsměvem will be analyzed using the PEST analysis, SWOT analysis, competitor analysis, survey, customer testimonials, personal experience and interviews with owners of CK S úsměvem. The conclusion will confirm or disprove the hypothesis outlined in the introduction.

The thesis is focused on protecting consumers, especially in the individual tourism. Interested mainly on legislation that covers this. The study also evaluated the current situation of the Czech consumer protection in individual tourism and then compared with the situation of the British consumer. And last but not least, the thesis examines whether Czech consumers cares about their rights in this area, and whether it is sufficiently informed about the differences between individual tourism and organized tourism.

The subject of this thesis is the consumer protection in the tourist industry in the Czech Republic. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the consumer protection in the Czech Republic in general. There is determined the term "consumer" and stated the list of legal enactments related to this issue. The second part is concerned with some duties of tourism service providers from the view of public law. The third and fundamental part of this thesis deals with contract law in tourism. There are examined the most usual contract types in this area, especially package travel contract. In the last part I mention consumer law enforcement in the Czech Republic. This part is aimed at the Alternative Dispute Resolution Project.

Protection of consumers - customers against the insolvency of tour operators - in EU law This thesis examines the legal regulation of consumer protection in the cases of the bankruptcy of travel agencies. In the event of the insolvency of a travel agency, a problem arises as to who will ensure that the consumers are repatriated from summer resorts and their expenses for the unperformed travel services are reimbursed. This issue was first dealt with by Directive No. 90/314 on package travel. The Directive 90/314 will be analyzed in the second chapter of this paper. The Directive leaves a large margin of discretion for national legislators as to how they achieve the required consumer protection standard. However, the EU Member States must ensure that consumers recover the entire loss they have incurred due to the failure of tour operators to provide services. The Member States have come up with a number of implementation solutions - e.g. insurance of the guarantee for the case of insolvency, bank guarantee or guarantee fund of the travel operators. This implementation into national legal systems is described in the third chapter of this thesis. That chapter further introduces the Czech implementation affected in Act No. 159/1999 Coll. This Act has opted for insurance of travel agencies as the means...

Con la entrada en vigor de la Ley 21/1995, de 6 de julio, reguladora de los viajes combinados (LVC) se instaura una nuevo régimen de responsabilidad contractual del organizador y el detallista. Ahora el consumidor de esos viajes no sólo mantiene una relación contractual con el organizador si no también, en su caso, el detallista, cuya actuación deja de tener carácter representativo. Ambos sujetos responderán frente al consumidor "en función de las obligaciones que les correspondan por su ámbito respectivo de gestión del viaje combinado..." (art. 11.1), circunstancia que plantea algunas dificultades en orden a delimitar el alcance de su responsabilidad. Esa misma norma establece la responsabilidad del organizador por los actos de los prestadores de los servicios del viaje utilizados como auxiliares en el cumplimiento contractual.Analizados los sujetos responsables, la presente tesis doctoral estudia los supuestos de incumplimiento del contrato de viaje, las partidas de daños resarcibles y su extensión. El trabajo propone distintos criterios en orden a calcular el valor de los daños por lesión al llamado interés de prestación, los daños corporales, los daños ocasionados por el extravío, destrucción o deterioro de objetos del consumidor, los daños por gastos inútiles y costes de negocios de reemplazo, los daños no patrimoniales y los daños por ganancias dejadas de obtener. Cada una de esas partidas e daños merece un estudio pormenorizado. Así, por ejemplo, se constatan enormes problemas en cuanto a la identificación e indemnización separada de los daños por frustración o pérdida de vacaciones, así como la nesesidad de establecer unas circunstancias a las que los jueces deban acogerse para llevar a cabo su valoración discrecional. La tesis propone que dichas circunstanciasd sean el alcance del incumplimiento del contrato de viaje, las condiciones personales del consumidor, el tipo de vacaciones objeto del viaje contratado y el valor residual de las vacaciones. / The Spanish Act 21/1995, of 6 July, reguladora de los viajes combinados (LVC) has established a new contractual liability regime of package travels' organisers and retailers. Now the consumer of this kind of travel is part of a contractual relationship not only with the organiser but also, occasionally, the retailer, whose activity is neither as a consumer's agent nor as an organiser's agent. Organiser and retailer will be liable to the consumer "depending on their corespective obligations according to their field of activity in the travel package" (art. 11.1), whose circumstance arising some difficulties in order to delimit their liability. The same provision states the organiser's liability for the proper performance of the contractual obligations, irrespective of whether such obligations are to be performed by him or by other supliers of services.Once analysed the responsible persons, this work examines some cases of breach of package travel contract, some kind of damages that can be awarded to the consumer and their extension. It suggests some approaches in order to calculate the value of special damages, personal damages, pocket expenses (consequential loss) or mental distress incurred because of the breach of contract by organiser or retailer. Each one of these damages deserves a particular examination. For example, if the organiser or retailer breaks his contract, damages can be given for the disappointment, the distress or the upset and holiday frustration caused by the breach. In this case, there are a lot of problems as concerns identification and separate compensation of this kind of damages, and there is an absolute necessity to establish some circumstances that should be taken into account for the judge in order to perform his discretionary assessment. The doctoral dissertation suggests that these circumstances should be the importance of the breach of contract, the personal consumer's conditions, the type of holidays object of the contract and the residual value of the holidays.