The Business of Travel and Tourism

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The Business of Travel and Tourism Task 1 Introduction The purpose of this task is to describe the features of two different types of business organisation within the tourism industry. The business must be one from the non-profit making sector (public) and the other from the profit making sector (private) I have chosen Hilton Hotels Corporation as my first business (P1) they provide accommodation for many different types of guests and provide many different facilities from internet connections to wheelchair access for their customers. They are a profit making international chain of hotel. For P2 I have chosen a non-profit making organisation which is apart of the public sector- The Northern Ireland Tourist Board Part 1 Type of organisation- A profit making organisation can otherwise be categorised as a commercial or an organisation which belongs to the private sector, the majority of businesses in the Travel and Tourism industry are apart of this commercial/private sector. Any private sector businesses' aim is to sell their products and services successfully in order to generate enough profit to firstly help their business grow and develop. Hilton is a profit making organisation, we know this as they operate like any other privately owned business. Their main aim is not to provide a service but to provide a service which will in turn generate a profit and good customer clientele. Through research I have found the financial details of profit generated in 2004: Full year Turnover: £2.9b (2004: £2.7b) Pre-tax profit: £187.5m (2004: £159m) Half year Turnover: £887.6m (2004: £845.9m) Pre-tax profit: £72.6m (2004: £65.6m ) Financial year end: 31 December 2005 Half-year end: 30 June 2005 Ownership- A private limited company is one where liability is limited; this means the company has a limit on how big it can
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