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Definition of travel insurance
A travel insurance product is intented to cover the costs and reduce the risk associated with unexpected events during domestic or international travel. When traveling, costs associated with unexpected events can be much higher, which poses an increased risk to travelers. Travel insurance attempts to reduce these risks. Travel insurance usually covers the insured in two main categories: costs associated with medical expenses and trip cancellations. Many online companies selling airplane tickets or travel packages allow … Read entire article »
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Would You Pay $204 For A $20 Bill? A Story from Harvard Business School.
Professor Max Bazerman teaches a class at the Harvard Business School on how these two factors collide. Every year, on the first day of class, he holds up a U.S. twenty dollar bill and announces that he’s putting it up for auction. There are only four rules: 1. Everyone is free to bid 2. All bids must be in $1 increments 3. The winner of the auction wins the bill. 4. The runner-up must still honor his/her bid while receiving … Read entire article »
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Travel Market Analysis: Travel Agents Show Their Value Post-Costa Concordia
It’s been one month since Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Giglio, Italy, creating a global shockwave of concern about the safety of cruising. The collision killed 17 people while 15 are still missing and presumed dead. How have travel agents contributed in maintaining calm after the collision of Costa Concordia and helping the lines retain bookings? We wondered if, in this unfortunate situation, whether cruise lines feel that travel agents have been more successful … Read entire article »
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Name Selection Policies in General for .travel Names
There are two types of .travel Name selection policies: 1. Name selection restrictions that flow from ICANN policies and contracts; and 2. Name selection restrictions that flow solely from the Registry’s delegated authority. The central principle of name selection is that the first eligible applicant for a name will be entitled to register that name. The date and time of completion of all application requirements, including registration and authentication data, will determine the applicant’s order of priority. Any name that is not registered by reason of the ineligibility of the applicant will be released and available for registration. Domain names must: • be at least 3 characters and no more than 63 characters long; • be a name on the second level (e.g. AAA.travel where “AAA” designates the second level) unless approval has been obtained for name … Read entire article »
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.travel Registry Policies: eligibility
The .travel TLD is intended to serve the global travel community. .travel is restricted to people, organizations, associations, and private, governmental and nongovernmental agencies in the travel and tourism industry. The registrants are not limited to, but may fall within, the industry types set out in the table below, which is provided only as a list of illustrative categories and types, and not as a restriction of the general eligibility requirement. The Registry may establish stricter requirements for registrants by published policy statement. The Registry may extend the list of industry types from time to time by published policy statement, provided that any such extension is consistent with the travel community’s perceptions about the prevailing scope of the community as evidenced by the support of such extension by the travel industry … Read entire article »
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