Transportation & Accommodation Management

Paper Code: 
MTB 402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To understand the relationship between Tourism and various components of Tourism industry.

12.00
Unit I: 

Hotel Industry – An introduction. Classification of Hotels on the basis of Physical characteristics, Tariff pattern, Size, Price level, Facilities and Geographic location., Star categorization of Hotels. Room types, Rates and Reservation in Hotels

9.00
Unit II: 

Organizational structure of a Hotel, various departments of a hotel – Front office ,House keeping ,Food & Beverage ,Personnel ,Marketing etc. Case study on ITDC group .

10.00
Unit III: 

Aviation Industry - An introduction, History of Aviation and role of aviation industry in Tourism. The new policies adopted by state- Open sky policy, Frequent flier programme. Performance of Full service providers and low cost carriers. Cruises.

Case study of Indian carriers – Air India(NACIL) and Kingfisher Airline , Indigo.

8.00
Unit IV: 

Airline Ticketing- An introduction to Airline ticketing, the five Air freedoms, Airline Geography, Airport codes , Air Fare ,Basic Airline Ticketing procedure.

6.00
Unit V: 

Railways – History of Railways in India ,Role of Railways in development of Tourism in India ,steps taken by Railways to promote tourism in India.

Case Study on Palace on wheels

Essential Readings: 

Air Travel Ticketing and Fare construction                               Jagmohan Negi

Grading and Classification of Hotels, Tourism resorts and restaurants: Principles & practices                                                                                       Jagmohan Negi

Hotel Management                                                                     Ram Acharya

References: 

Development of Tourism in India                                                   Nafees Khan

International Tourism Management                                               A.K.Bhatia

Strategies for the future of Travel and Tourism                            Praveen Sethi

Tourism and Hotel Industry in India: a study in Management    Anand

Tourism Development :Principles and Practices                        Bhatia

Tourism Education                                                                            Shashi Prabha,Sharma

Tourism & Travel Management                                                      Biswanath Ghosh

Travel Agency Management                                                           Mohinder Chand

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