The objective of the thesis "Marketing strategy of a selected tour operator" is to get acquainted with the marketing strategy of MILE tour operator aiming to propose possible improvements based on carried analysis. The first part includes general theories of marketing and its specifics in tourism. The second part is the application of this theory into practice, starting with the basic characteristics of MILE tour operator, followed by analysis of its standing in the tourism market including analysis of external and internal environment, analysis of competitors and own questionnaire research. The next part contains analysis of the tour operator's current marketing strategy. The thesis results in concrete suggestions to improve market targeting, setting goals, selecting a marketing strategy and marketing mix.

The thesis deals with the inbound senior tourism. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze the supply of package tours for seniors in the Czech Republic on the basis of the information recorded by the available resources. The other objective is to collect detailed information about senior tourism and to propose appropriate inbound package tours for seniors in the Czech republic on the basis of collected data. The concepts related to the senior tourism and specifics of the senior tourism are defined in the theoretical part of this thesis. The supply of package tours for seniors in the Czech Republic is analyzed in practical part. Web pages of the Czech inbound tour operators and questionnaires in particular are used to collect data. SWOT analysis is used to evaluate current supply. Examples of good practice from both foreign and Czech travel agencies are also mentioned in this thesis. In the conclusion, recommendations about appropriate package tours for seniors are designed on the basis of the primary and secondary data

The main subject of this thesis it to improve the communication mix of selected tour operator LAYNO Tour s.r.o.. This tour operator is focused on young people. This thesis is systematically divided into three parts. First part contains the theoretical interpretation, defines important terms of marketing and communication mix, and presents a theoretical framework for the two following parts. The selected company is introduced in the second part. This part also deals with processing and evaluating of the analysis of internal and external environment, current level of marketing mix and communication mix of the tour operator. The findings from these analyzes are summarized using SWOT analysis. In the third part, based on the outputs of the analytical part, a proposals of specific tools of the communication mix are presented to be applied.

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Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:48:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 49381.pdf.jpg: 12506 bytes, checksum: 3ee0e25c4384f2bc93fc720f54b20cc4 (MD5) 49381.pdf.txt: 197053 bytes, checksum: a91984dec05b70029e90078a7eb7329a (MD5) 49381.pdf: 702040 bytes, checksum: 6a1fd2185c34dda5f5940c255ee6f19f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z / O objetivo desse trabalho é fazer um estudo exploratório acerca da cadeia de suprimentos dos pacotes de turismo, estruturados para as classes A e B, cujo destino seja o Nordeste Brasileiro. Procurou-se verificar quais as variáveis importantes e impactantes desta cadeia, o relacionamento entre os participantes da mesma e assim, avaliar se o poder da mesma está nas mãos da operadora de turismo. Para tanto, uma revisão bibliográfica foi realizada inicialmente a fim de identificar quais os aspectos relevantes da cadeia de suprimentos e de turismo. As questões teóricas serviram de base para a coleta de dados em campo, a qual foi constituída de entrevista com roteiro semi-estruturado, com 14 executivos - gerentes e diretores - das empresas constituintes dessa cadeia, complementada por meio de questionário com questões fechadas, respondido por 104 colaboradores da área operacional destas empresas. Por fim, aliando-se a teoria às informações coletadas em campo, foi possível chegar às conclusões e análises pretendidas. / The objective of this work was to conduct an exploratory study about the supply chain of tourist packages designed for publics from A and B social classes, with destination to the Brazilian northeast region. The study was focused in the identification of the most important and relevant variables of this chain as well as the relationship among the participants in order to find out if the tour operator has the main control and leadership in this chain. For this purpose, a bibliography review was done to identify which were the most relevant aspects of the supply and tourist packages. The theoretical questions were used as basis for the qualitative research through interviews with 14 executives, managers and directors from the companies involved in the chain, besides another research through structured questions asked to 104 operational employees from the companies. All this effort was aimed at checking and bringing together the results of these research works and the initial theories, and thence, make it possible to verify and confirm the conclusions.

This final thesis deals with the process of transforming of the selected travel agency VS Tours into a touroperator. All formalities and practical steps that are necessary for a successful process are analyzed and evaluated. In the first part general legal conditions for tourism industry in the Czech Republic as well as the formal transformation process are described. The second part first introduces the existing travel agency VS Tours and deals further with practical aspects of its transformation into a touroperator, including drafts of the necessary documents. The third part solves purely the practical aspects of the matter. A proposal for a profile product of the new touroperator, its marketing strategy and revenue calculations are presented. The work as a whole proposes a complex plan for transforming the travel agency VS Tours into a touroperator. The work can also be generally seen as a guide for any other travel agency planning a similar step.

Problem: In this study, tour operators' perceptions of market changes linked to the pandemic have been investigated. Based on their perceptions, the most effective competition strategies have been described both before and after the pandemic. Aim: The study's intention was to gain an understanding of how Swedish tour operators experience changes in the tourism industry linked to Covid-19 and what competition strategies the companies use before and plan to use after the pandemic. Method: The study uses a qualitative research strategy with an inductive approach and grounded theory as a method. The collected data material has been analyzed mainly by in-depth interviews which were then transcribed and coded from Glaser’s point of view, containing open, selective, and theoretical phase. This resulted in two core categories that expressed the study's main problems: competition strategies and the tourism industry and competition in Sweden. Conclusion: The study results have shown that the most effective competition strategies according to Swedish tour operators are customer orientation, vertical integration, and digitalization. Regarding perceptions of market changes, respondents believe that there have been no major changes in the tour operator market, but the pandemic has affected the tourism industry and competition in general, where market demand and competition between other industries have changed. In addition, the competition strategies used by companies before the pandemic were effective and provide competitive advantages, which results in that these strategies will be largely unchanged after the pandemic. / Problemställning: I denna studie har researrangörernas uppfattningar om marknadsförändringar kopplade till pandemin undersökts. Baserat på deras uppfattningar har de mest effektiva konkurrensstrategierna beskrivits både före och efter pandemin. Syfte: Studiens avsikt var att få förståelse över hur svenska researrangörer upplever förändringar i turistbranschen kopplade till Covid-19 samt vilka konkurrensstrategier företagen använder sig av innan och planerar att använda efter pandemin. Metod: I studien används en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi med induktiv ansats samt grundad teori som metod. Det insamlade datamaterial har analyserats främst med hjälp av djupintervjuer som sedan transkriberades och kodades utifrån Glasers syn, innehållande den öppna, selektiva och teoretiska fasen. Detta resulterade i två kärnkategorier som uttryckte studiens huvudproblematiken: konkurrensstrategier och turistbranschen och konkurrensen i Sverige. Slutsats: Studien resultat har visat att de mest effektiva konkurrensstrategierna enligt svenska researrangörer är kundorientering, vertikal integration och digitalisering. När det gäller uppfattningar om marknadsförändringar anser respondenterna att det inte har skett några större förändringar på researrangörsmarknaden, men pandemin har påverkat turistindustrin och konkurrensen i allmänhet, där marknadens efterfrågan och konkurrens mellan andra industrier har förändrats. Dessutom ansågs de konkurrensstrategier som företag använde före pandemin vara effektiva och ge konkurrensfördelar, vilket resulterar i att dessa strategier kommer i stort sett att vara oförändrade efter pandemin.

The purpose of this study is to determine which marketing communication methods tour operators in Gauteng, registered with SATSA, utilise. Tour operators aim to enhance tourist experiences. Companies need to be exposed to the marketplace to attract and keep business, thus marketing communication methods used by tourism organisations are examined at length. The results for the study were obtained using a web-based questionnaire. Main findings include the fact that SATSA-registered tour operators frequently use interactive media, direct marketing and advertising. Word of mouth was continually regarded as an important marketing communication method. The larger the company, the more likely it is to use advertising. Interactive media can be used by small and large companies alike. Many marketing communication methods that are used frequently were not deemed to be efficient. One may therefore conclude that SATSA-registered tour operators in Gauteng prefer to use interactive media. / Business Management / M. Comm. (Business Management)

The main objective of this thesis is to propose a products optimization for current Czech touristic clientele in France. Partial aims are to identify visitor segment of Czech clients in France and to define variants of products optimization proposals for selected Czech clients in France. The theoretical part consists of five chapters and deals with international tourism, tour operators, including their services and marketing mix, consumption behaviour of customer on international tourism market, outbound tourism of Czech republic and position of France in international tourism. The practical part covers an analysis of supply and demand and product optimizations proposals for one Czech tour operator. Czech tourists going on Five-day Coach Package tours to Paris were selected as a target segment. There were proposed three variants of product optimizations for this group, based on information gained from an analysis of competitors´offer and a profile of a visitor and his requirements. The optimizations of Paris package tour mainly concerned costs reduction of service providers, quality enhancement of an accommodation and boarding.

The topic of this thesis is: Travel contracts according to the new Civil Code. The thesis consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with the basic terms related to the tourism and it describes the consumer protection legislation in both the Czech Republic and the European Union. In the practical part, there is an analysis of some travel contracts (including the terms of a contract) of tour operators and travel agencies located in České Budějovice. This part also analyses the results which were obtained from the questionnaires intended for the customers of tour operators or travel agencies and for the tour operators and travel agencies.