Intermediation Relations in Travel Services

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Intermediation Relations with Travel Agency Providers - Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • Distribution channels include own representation, franchise, restricted agency, and extensive networks.
  • Product types: Loose (individual services) vs. Organized (scheduled packages).
  • Transportation modes: air (scheduled & charter), land (rentals & transfers), maritime (ferries & cruises).
  • Tariffs: regular, promotional, proportional, differential, last-minute, standby.
  • Contract models: firme (fixed), cupos (reserved), ad hoc (demand-driven), freebooking (direct sales).
  • Accommodation contracts: firme, cupos, ad hoc, freebooking; overbooking is common.
  • Insurance covers medical, cancellations, delays, baggage; mandatory (SOV) or commercial.
  • Auxiliary services: currency exchange, guides, restaurant reservations.
  • Legal agreements specify responsibilities, conditions, and commissions.
  • Packages are heterogeneous, perishable, often indivisible, and sold in advance.

2. 🧩 Key Structures & Components

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1. What is the primary focus of intermediation relations with travel agency providers?

2. Which type of product is characterized by scheduled, fixed schedules and prices, aimed at mass or specific groups?

3. What is a common contractual model where the hotel sells directly to clients in real-time, sharing sales information with the agency?

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Transport modes — types?

Air, land, maritime

Product types — examples?

Loose services and organized packages

Distribution channels — types?

Own, franchise, restricted agency, extensive networks

Distribution channels — definition?

Paths for selling tourism products.

Product types — loose vs organized?

Loose: individual services; organized: packaged products.

Transportation modes — types?

Air, land, maritime.

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